Police get two new boats for gulf patrol

August 2, 2009

LINGAYEN—Two motorized bancas to be used in the campaign against illegal fishing in the Lingayen Gulf were turned over to the Pangasinan police force on July 25 as part of the "Pulis Makakalikasan" program.

The boats were provided by the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations-Northern Luzon (DIPO-NL) headed by Police Director Leopoldo Bataoil, a native of this town.

At the same time, a troop carrier, valuable during relief and emergency response situations, was also handed over.

Bataoil said the proposal to procure new boats for the Pangasinan police was immediately approved by PNP Chief Director-General Jesus Verzosa, who hails from Dasol town, to strengthen measures in protecting the Lingayen Gulf against degradation caused by illegal fishing methods.

"He is very much concerned with the environment as I am," Bataoil said.

The boats, to be manned by the province’s trained police officers, will regularly patrol the gulf to be on the look out for dynamite fishers.

P/Sr. Supt. Percival Barba, Pangasinan police director, said the new sea vehicles will help their operations as they intensify the campaign to save the Lingayen Gulf.

Barba said 180 police personnel from Dagupan City to Bolinao have been deployed to watch the long coastline of Pangasinan, to boost efforts of other coastal towns' Bantay Dagat groups.

The DIPO-NL sponsored a seminar last week tackling ways to improve the implementation of fishery laws and also launched the "Volunteers for PNP Lingkod ng Bayan project, an anti-crime reporting system using an action cellular number, 0916-4611911, to enhance community par ticipation on crime monitoring, reporting, solution and prevention.

In a related development, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will turn over a 28-footer patrol boat will be turned over to the costal town of Sual next month as part of the Department of Agriculture-BFAR's drive to strengthen patrolling of the Lingayen Gulf, an important source of aquaculture products.—CSR

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/02/police-get-two-new-boats-for-gulf-patrol/

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Children are dwarfed by the new municipal building of Anda that has been in the making in the last five years and is finally set for a soft opening on August 20. Limited funds available to this fourth class municipality prolonged the construction.


http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/02/andas-new-hall/


Finally, Anda has new town hall

August 2, 2009

ANDA–Five years after construction started, the "dream" municipal hall for this small island town will finally have its soft opening on August 20.

First District Board Member Alicia Pulido, who started the project when she was mayor here, said the construction took so long because the local government of this fourth class municipality opted not to secure a loan for the building.

Pulido, whose husband Nestor Pulido is the incumbent mayor, said the town built the huge structure slowly, depending on the availability of annual development fund and assistance from some politicians, including Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Edgardo Angara, Jinggoy Estrada and Francis Pangilinan

"It was built purely on strong political will because we are only a fourth class municipality so we don't have enough funds but good thing we didn't avail of any loan," she added.

The building has so far cost P14-million and another P5 million is needed for the project's completion, which is envisioned by next year.

Over the last five years, the Pulidos' residence, located a few meters away from the old town hall, served as temporary office for some of the departments.

"We are happy we initiated it otherwise Typhoon Emong would have been blown our old municipal building away," she added.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/02/finally-anda-has-new-town-hall/

Malnutrition rate diad Pangasinan, inmabeba

DAGUPAN CITY - Inmabeba ya daiset so malnutrition rate diad luyag na Pangasinan diad linmabas na bulan onong ed kinen Provincial Nutrition Officer Milagros Guttierrez.

Onong ed kinen Guttierrez, nen bulan ya Hunyo et inmabet ed 6.6 percent so malnutrition rate diad Pangasinan balet nagin 5.6 percent labat la iya nen bulan ya Hulyo.

Inmabeba iya na sakey porsyento na manpapanengneng na marakep ya sinyales.

Kwanto baleg so epekto na pagigin malnourish na sakey ogaw diad pan-developed na laban tan isip to ya katon dapat magin malusog met so ina na ya malukon tapian agga naapektuan so anak to.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=100881

Secretary Puno to swear in 13,600 BPAT members in Pangasinan

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA)—Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno will officiate in the mass oath-taking of a total of 13,640 members of the newly formed Barangay Peace-keeping Action Team (PBAT) on August 14 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen.

To take their oath before Puno are members of BPAT from more than 1,300 barangays of Pangasinan that were organized by the Police Provincial Office (PPO) to assist lawmen and the barangay tanod in maintaining peace and order in every barangay

Speaking during the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) forum here on Thursday, Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Percival Barba clarified that BPAT has no political meaning as its formation in every barangay was directed by national headquarters.

There will be 10 members of BPAT in every barangay, who shall undergo five-day training after their oath-taking under the auspices of the Police Community Relations Office (PCRO) headed by Superintendent Policarpio Cayabyab.

Cayabyab said that under the BPAT guidelines, members of the organization will be the “main operators in peace-keeping operations at the barangay level”, adding that to date the BPAT is now 101 percent organized and ready to go to action.

The BPAT will be our partners in crime prevention as well as in crime solution, Cayabyab said, pointing out that BPAT may be volunteers from communities, some of whom may already be members of the barangay tanod.

Police Provincial Director Barba said the BPAT members need not face notorious criminals or trouble-makers in the discharge of their civic duties as they just simply provide information to the police as fast as they could on anything that is happening in their barangay so that the police can respond immediately.

“The information to us is enough,” said Barba, adding that information must be moved fast to enable the police to act immediately to prevent any loss of lives or properties.

Members of the BPAT, said Barba, need not hold any firearm but only hand-held radios, at least 1,300 of which will soon be made available by the provincial government thru Governor Amado Espino Jr.

BPAT members will not receive any remuneration but Governor Espino pledged to work for their respective insurance.

The governor said that BPAT members are also to report on any woman giving birth in their communities as it is the policy of his administration not to let mother to give birth in their home where they may be incapable of getting any medical help. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=222470

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A mammoth crowd of Iglesia ni Cristo’s (INC) members and supporters from entire Pangasinan and the provinces of Tarlac and Zambales flocked to the sprawling Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center to celebrate the 95th Founding Anniversary of their church last July 27. The provincial government led by Executive Assistant Paterno M. Orduña together with the Philippine National Police and the INC officials prepared elaborate traffic and security measures that ensured the smooth staging of the religious assembly participated in by an estimate crowd of 130,000 people. (PIO Photo by Bob Sison (http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp13/gabrie11c/30/pc_inc_nrscc-1.jpg))


Capitol ground have become giant picnic area

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Lingayen - The vast greenery of the Capitol grounds served as a giant picnic area and playground to the thousands of Iglesia ni Cristo members who attended their church’ 95th Anniversary Celebration last July 27.

Before the start of the program at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) here, young and adult church members were treated with a tour at the elegant and refurbished Capitol while others took a dip and frolic at the historic and spruced-up Lingayen Beach.

The rare experience to these people, including those from the neighboring provinces of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zambales, elicited various remarks such as: “Ito ang pinakamagandang Kapitolyo na nakita namin;” “Hindi kami makapaniwala na may ganito pang building sa probinsiya;” “Kahit mainit sa labas sulit ang pagpasyal namin;” “Para kang nasa palasyo, ang gaganda ng mga gamit at chandeliers;” “Parang bahay ni Samson (obviously referring to the huge columns of the building);” “Siguro mahal ang kapitolyo niyo;” “Mas maganda itong kapitolyo nyo kesa sa amin;” and to those who visited the rooftop that offers a scenic aerial view of the Capitol Complex: “Grabe! Ang ganda, makikita mo ang buong paligid na malinis;” and “Napintas (Ilocano for beautiful), nakita ko ang Pacific Ocean (referring to the Lingayen Gulf).”

These things alone will tell us that the province of Pangasinan has a lot to offer, for Pangasinenses to rediscover the province, and for visitors to experience a whole new different place and culture. It is not an exaggeration, therefore, that Pangasinan, according to the Tourism Operations Division, topped the arrival of tourists in Region I last year posting 198,462 arrivals of foreign and local visitors as compared to Ilocos Norte, the former topnotcher with 183,119.

It will be recalled that the province during the past administration ranked third in tourist arrivals out of four provinces in Region I.

Foreign tourists came from various countries that include Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Hongkong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India, Canada, America, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, England and many others.

During the first quarter of this year, the province already registered an arrival of 18,353 tourists as per accommodation establishments. The peak months of April and May were not yet included in this record.

The Provincial Tourism Office offers a package of guided tour of the Capitol Complex that includes the Capitol Building, the Provincial Tourism Center in Malong Building, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Maramba Boulevard, Lingayen Beach promenade, and other provincial offices like the Kalantiao and Finance Buildings, the Narciso Ramos Sports Complex and the Capitol Resort Hotel. It also includes a visit to bagoong factories and the FVR House and very soon, the Sison Auditorium which is still being renovated.
The Pangasinan Tourism Center, which serves as a tourist assistance office, pasalubong center and display center of Pangasinan products, for its tourist assistance, already had 7,456 visitor arrivals particularly in the towns of Lingayen, Bolinao, Manaoag and Alaminos City from January to June this year.

There are at present 18 active provincial tour guides who are all employees of the provincial government catering to visitors for a Capitol Tour and for visits to various major tourist destinations in the province.

Among the documented prominent visitors of the Capitol Building were Hawaii State Representative Dennis Arakaki, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission of Australian Embassy Stephen Scott, Chinese Consul Tian Qixiang, Former President Fidel Ramos and family,Jesus Is Lord founder Eddie Villanueva, Senator Manny Villar, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando and DENR Secretary Lito Atienza. (PIO/Rafael Manuel III)

http://piopangasinan.manilamci.com/2009/08/capitol-ground-have-become-giant-picnic-area/

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Pleasures of the Table
Dagupan's pigar pigar and kaleskesan

By GENE GONZALES

A recent trip took me and a couple of chefs to Dagupan, Pangasinan. The businesses and entrepreneurs in this trading hub at the Northern Luzon area seems to be at pace with their highway developments such as the improved NLEX and the new SCTEX. New restaurants and franchises seem to have their eyes focused on this area with the mushrooming of so many new choices to dine in.

Although an urban center, Dagupan has still maintained a lot of its rustic flavors, even in its surrounding areas. A visit to nearby Calasiao, had us popping the smooth, lightly chewy and snow-white puto sold in that market lane by pretty and rather smartly clad girls tending to their rice cake stalls. (I’ve been wondering if looks are an overt marketing tool for puto.). On another route, we went to Mangaldan Market and bought coolers of freshly slaughtered (still warm) carabao meat, cured carabao tapa, old-style limes (dalayap) and some excellent dried fish from the seaside areas.

As we had observed, the Dagupeño and probably the Pangasinan resident has this particular preference for fresh meat. This seems to be an antithesis to all the procedures on aging and tenderizing meat.

In Dagupan, fresh meat rules and is evident in the proliferation of pigar pigar stalls. This is a stall where a piece of freshly slaughtered meat is hung and displayed in front. The fresh meat can either be beef or the darker carabao and is immersed in a mix of simmering oil and suet with a huge batch of sliced onions. One can extend this dish by asking them to put cauliflower or whatever vegetable they have. Sometimes, liver is used instead of lean meat.

What‘s phenomenal though is that pigar pigar is all around Dagupan. The most profitable open-air joints are on Galvan St. beside an old condemned cinema. The flavors are simple; in fact, there is hardly any difference between the stalls. The profit basically boils down to the stalls’ suki.

When an order of pigar pigar arrives, one sees slivers of meat piled and mixed with lightly limped onions fried in the beefy-tasting oil. Naturally, we went more exotic and had the leaner, darker carabao meat that was not tough at all. (I guess we got a good cut, it could be hit and miss.) The onions were wonderfully sweet with a light crunch and bursting with its own and absorbed juices. In the custom of Dagupan, dips of either soy or fish sauce mixed with calamansi and chili are large and very deep. The flavors become cumulative and the richness of the buffalo flesh is felt after the third bite with the crunch, texture and sweet juiciness of the onion mixing with the meat.

Another favorite evening pastime in Dagupan is eating kaleskesan. These stalls selling braised beef and beef offal on wood-fired stoves truly have a provincial flavor and feel (even though the kaleskesan area, which is beside the fire station, is done in pink as the motif of cleanliness by the politician who sponsored it.) The gentle wood-fire cooking and flavors are imbibed by the long simmered parts. The sellers are quick to show the parts of their “stew” for the evening and you can choose from brisket, belly, liver, and big intestine to tripe, among others. When unsure, they would even slice off a part for you to sample.

In this place, you can have all the flavorful soup you want. Some of my buddies were amazed by my two rounds. I first had librillo or the fine tripe with sliced tito. But the best bowl I had for the evening was one which had a combination of tender beef hearts with the thick aorta braised to crunchy tenderness. I was just a little sad that our dip or sawsawan was not local or homemade patis. It was a commercial label. (I do miss our trips from Baguio where we would stop at every province. The Dagupan stopover was for bagoong and patis.) It was a rather rare texture I had encountered and the soothing yet hearty soup was another wonderful nightcap to a week of hard heavy rains.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/214418/dagupans-pigar-pigar-and-kaleskesan

Prayoridad ira ya Proyekto na Dagupan, Aprubado la kabiangay City Development Council

by Lanie Tomas

Inaprubaan na saray kabiangan na City Development Council ed panangidaulo nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. ed agawan inpantuyaw da nen Agosto 5, 2009 so pigaran proyekto tan programa ya nepeg ya itdan na prayoridad parad kaplesan a taon basid Annual Investment Plan (AIP).

Manunaan ed saya so pangaliw na balon katkagawaan na Engineering Office tan balon garbage truck parad Waste Management Division. Impaliwawa nen Mayor Fernandez ya unaen so abitla iran pangkaokolan na siudad ta pian anggapoy nabaat ya operasyon lapu labat ed daan tan aderal iran katkagawaan.

Mangigetar met so siudad na pundo parad pangaliw na taloran transport coasters ya osaren parad panlakbay-aral na barangay, ontan met na siudad. Onong nid kinen Mayor Fernandez, makagemper na gastosen so lokal a gobierno diad bektan wala lay sarilin coasters pian diad nagawan lakbay-aral et ag natilak so Dagupan ed paka-asol na best practices na arom ira ya siudad tan probinsiya.

Itdan met na imano so pama-apiger na multi-purpose playing court ed City Astrodome tan pigara nin proyekton kaplesan lan ikukurang a singa satellite markets ed taloran lugar ed siudad, slaughterhouse, ferry boat service, sanitary landfill tan river ferry terminal.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=593

Ay, Tagalog ka la?



Yup. But also an infrequent visitor of the province esp. Dagupan (and Baguio) cities.



Si Cojuanco dayo labat. He's a Tarlaqueño (from Tarlac Province).

But he is the outgoing 5th district rep, and his wife the mayor of Sison, Pangasinan.

Thing is, if Rep. Mark DOES vie for the governorship of Pangasinan this would be esciting (considering na nagpapalakas ng husto ang partido-pulitikal nya which is already unmasking its identity no longer as a partner of the administration but of the opposition, as its presidentiable pool are both known anti-Arroyos). Also according to my mole, Mark C is considering the mayor of Rosales to be his vice gubernatorial bet.

^^galing ng road widening dyan lalo na sa Urdaneta.....nawala yung sobrang traffic....

^^ tapos na po ba...??
read from another site, di pa rin daw matapos-tapos...:dunno:

^^ tapos na po ba...??
read from another site, di pa rin daw matapos-tapos...:dunno:

ah ganun ba....pero at least lumuwag na rin sa may intersection kaysa nung dati....

PANGASINAN'S AMAZING AERIAL VIEWS
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But he is the outgoing 5th district rep, and his wife the mayor of Sison, Pangasinan.

Thing is, if Rep. Mark DOES vie for the governorship of Pangasinan this would be esciting (considering na nagpapalakas ng husto ang partido-pulitikal nya which is already unmasking its identity no longer as a partner of the administration but of the opposition, as its presidentiable pool are both known anti-Arroyos). Also according to my mole, Mark C is considering the mayor of Rosales to be his vice gubernatorial bet.

I respect your honest opinion, but I don't find this exciting at all. This is just an old fashioned political Dynasty wanting to dominate the political scene. He's an adopted son of Pangasinan representing the 5th district but that doesn't mean he can rule over Pangasinenses. He can't even speak the language. :nuts:

Well, he's a resident of Sison. He is constitutionally privilaged to run for the post. Good Luck to him!

If ever he gets elected. That would be the saddest day in the history of Pangasinan and its people. :ohno:

PANGASINAN'S AMAZING AERIAL VIEWS
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Photo credit: Inet Computer Education (http://www.myce101.com/category/tour)

Correction, photos should be credited to Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/author/tonetriv/) from worldpress.com (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/), also a registered member of SSC.

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Pangasinan Aerial Photos
Courtesy of Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/author/tonetriv/) and worldpress.com (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/) (Please wait for photos to load)
(http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)
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Alaminos Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Hundred Islands Photo from Tonet (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Hundred Islands Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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"The Pangasinan coastline south of the islands is beautiful, if not often extolled." Photo and text from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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"There are bays and coves that could be great dive spots, with underwater coral ledges and walls clearly revealed by our aerial reconnaissance. And we were 5,500 feet high!" Photo and text from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Sual Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Sual Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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"Mabini is also the site of the Malaysian Proton car plant, on the upper left corner of the photo." Photo and text from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Lingayen Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Lingayen Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Lingayen Airport Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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San Fabian Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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The Bued river, separates Sison from Rosario, La Union Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Rosales Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

^^^ agno river ba yan?
^^^ kaya naman pala ang taas ng income ng sual kasi some factories are there.

Post away folks! :colgate:

Link to Thread 2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=637824&page=101) in the Archives. :okay:

New thread! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=931364) :colgate:



:lock:

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Pangasinan Aerial Photos
Courtesy of Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/author/tonetriv/) and worldpress.com (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/) (Please wait for photos to load)
(http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)
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Hundred Islands Photo from Tonet (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Hundred Islands Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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"The Pangasinan coastline south of the islands is beautiful, if not often extolled." Photo and text from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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"There are bays and coves that could be great dive spots, with underwater coral ledges and walls clearly revealed by our aerial reconnaissance. And we were 5,500 feet high!" Photo and text from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Sual Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Sual Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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"Mabini is also the site of the Malaysian Proton car plant, on the upper left corner of the photo." Photo and text from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Lingayen Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Lingayen Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Lingayen Airport Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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San Fabian Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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The Bued river, separates Sison from Rosario, La Union Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

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Rosales Photo from Tonet Rivera (http://tonetcarlo.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/visual-therapy-touring-our-backyard-in-a-flying-soda-can/)

^^^ agno river ba yan?
^^^ kaya naman pala ang taas ng income ng sual kasi some factories are there. That's Agno River and Sual Power Plant.

31 barangays na Dagupan, Palduaen ed anemiran distrito

by Lanie Tomas

Makakaliket si Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. ed proponi nen Liga ng mga Barangay President Marcelino Fernandez ed agawan inpantuyaw na kabiangay Local Development Council nen Agosto 5, 2009 parad say pamaldua na 31 barangays, no iner pagmaliwen iyan anemiran distrito.

Inkanonotan so abitlan proponi ta pian naikorang so mas maabig ya panangoley tan naitanduro so promosyon na pankakasakey ed komunidad.

Pormal ya mangipasen si Mayor Fernandez na “deputy mayors”, sakey ed kada grupo diad bektan naralan to lan maong tan nasompal lay pangrupo ed 31 barangays.

Iilaloan ya baleg ya makatulong iray magmaliw ya “deputy mayors” ed pamapeles tan pamaabig na pangipasabi na manunaan iran serbisyo tan promosyon na ulopan ed baetan na lokal ya ehekutibo tan diad saray barangays ya nasakopan na balon tinogyup ya grupo.

Impaliwawa nen Councilor Fernandez ya say iproproponi na Liga ng mga Barangay ya panibokel na anemiran balon distrito, sakey et tibokelen na pigaran barangays et basid pigaran inkonsidera dan dasig kaiba lay papolasyon tan lokasyon na barangay.

Diad loob na anemaplo ya agew et ipaway la nen Mayor Fernandez so kangaranan na saray “deputy mayors” pian epektibo la ira ya makapipartisipa ed lokal ya panangoley, bilang kaantabay tonya.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=595

yehey! thread 3 na tayo!! just keep on posting....

Instolasyon na napan-asolan na malinis ya danum ed island barangays, impasiguro

Posted by Lanie Tomas

Asingger lan na-instola lamet so napan-asolan na supplay na malinis ya danum ed apatiran island barangays ed siudad na Dagupan. Saya so impasiguro nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. ed agawan inpantuyaw na Local Development Council nen Agosto 5, 2009.

Maliket ya impakabat nen Mayor Fernandez ya impromisa nen chairman Prospero Pichay na Local Water Utilities Administration ya mangipangaro ira na napangalaan na malinis ya danum ed saray maiiirap ya komunidad. Sakey la iyan kurang pian nasustena so misyon na abitlan ahensiya.

Nanonotan, nen taon 2004, bolan na Agosto et nagnap ya nikonekta na Dagupan City Water District so potable pipe water service dad island barangays panamegley na network na underwater pipelines, saya so sangkaprimeroan ed Northern Luzon.

Say underwater pipeline project ed apatiran island barangays na Pantal Patalan, Calmay, Lomboy tan Salapingao, ontan met ed sitios na Dupo tan Pugaro so insuldong ed manunaan ya water supply system ed Dagupan City mainland.

Anggaman ontan, adalanan na inpan-draga ed kailogan so pipelines tan water services kaniyan naapektoan so serbisyo na danum manlapod mainland paonlad island barangays.

Say kakulangan na koneksyon ed pakaasolan na malinis ya danum tan pasilidad ya naosar parad kalinisan so aka-apektod kipapasen na abig laman tan kalinisan ed kaliber-liber ed abitlan paspasen, basid sangkasampotan ya ginawan inpan-aral ed silong na Sustainable Sanitation for East Asia (SUSEA) program.

Onong ed kinen Mayor Fernandez say pangipawil na panlapuan na malinis ya danum ed abitla iran barangays so baleg ya makatulong parad pamaaliguas na kipapasey abig laman na saray ogogaw.

Ingangan na abitlan mayor iray kapitan na abitlan apektadon barangays ya mangawa iray pormal ya pikerew panamegley na pansulat ed administrative agency tan ed local water district pian natulungan iran i-instola lamet so pangalaan da na supplay na malinis ya danum ed nasasakopan dan lugar.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=592

Akala ko ba 1st class municipality na ang San Fabian? Bakit 2nd class nakalagay sa wiki?

Akala ko ba 1st class municipality na ang San Fabian? Bakit 2nd class nakalagay sa wiki?

Wikipedia cannot be trusted as a source because it can be easily edited by anyone.....

yehey! thread 3 na tayo!! just keep on posting.... See you more often here phinkiss!

Akala ko ba 1st class municipality na ang San Fabian? Bakit 2nd class nakalagay sa wiki?

Wikipedia cannot be trusted as a source because it can be easily edited by anyone.....

We have a total of 19 1st Class Municipalities.

Reclassified municipalities as per Memorandum Circular No. 01-M (58)-08 issued by the Bureau of Local Government Finance under the Department of Finance.

From 2nd Class to 1st Class:

Binalonan
Binmaley
Manaoag
Mangatarem
Pozorrubio
Rosales
San Fabian
San Manuel
Umingan
Villasis

From 3rd Class to 1st Class:

San Nicolas

Existing 1st Class Municipalities:

Bayambang
Bolinao
Calasiao
Lingayen
Malasiqui
Mangaldan
Sta. Barbara
Sual

Source: http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2008/12/29/11-more-1st-class-towns/

Random Pangasinan Photos
Manaoag, San Carlos, Binmaley & Alaminos

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Me walking in Manaoag, Pangasinan taken last week. Magic Manaoag (right side) now open with Mang Inasal at the ground floor.

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Magic San Cralos taken yesterday

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Binmaley taken yesterday on our way to Alos, Alaminos City

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Construction activity in Bangsal Area, Binmaley

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Limestone hills in Alaminos resembling the Chocolate Hills in Bohol. It was created by the same geographic formation.

^^ ahhaha... wala la manaya'y magic ed manaoag!!?!?!:okay: ditan ed gilig na simbaan etan??? road leading to laoac if i'm not mistaken...

:cheers:

Laki ng ng improve ng San Fabian magmula nung natalo na mga Magliba.

allan dude, pang ilan ba ang pangasinan sa pinakamaraming 1st class municipality sa buong bansa?

^^ ahhaha... wala la manaya'y magic ed manaoag!!?!?!:okay: ditan ed gilig na simbaan etan??? road leading to laoac if i'm not mistaken...

:cheers: Maabig ya kabuasan ed sikayo! Un atan may dalan. :)

Laki ng ng improve ng San Fabian magmula nung natalo na mga Magliba. I can see improvements

allan dude, pang ilan ba ang pangasinan sa pinakamaraming 1st class municipality sa buong bansa? I'm pretty sure we're on top 3. Hindi pa updated mga gov't websites kaya hindi natin ma compare.

34 barangay na Urdaneta City, itdan na sansakey ya barangay patrol car

8/11/2009 9:40:11 AM

DAGUPAN CITY – Alekitan tan panpapasalamatan na aray barangay officials na syudad na Urdaneta so pormisa nen City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. ya itdan na sansakey ya barangay patrol car so 34 ya barangay na syudad.

Impalapag nen Liga ng mga barangay President Blesildo Somera, akaliket ira lapud abayag layan kekerewen da tan natan et natuor la na naitdan ira na barangay patrol car.

Impalapag tonya ya baleg ya tulong iya ompian napaleles tan naparakep so pansilbe ed nasasakupan da lapud say abetlan patrol car.

Sayan proyekto et kaaruman labat na akaunan tulong ya tig- 500,000.00 ya iter ed sikara na Mayor ed kada barangay ya osaren ed pangitoor na abetlan proyekto.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=102327

SB na Burgos, ag ni kinmurang impian imbestigahan so nababalang ya 727,000.00 ya pundo na baley

8/11/2009 9:42:33 AM

DAGUPAN CITY – Ag ni nangaway imbestigasyon so Sanggunian Bayan na Burgos nipapaakar ed ibabagan nababalang ya 727,000 pesos ya pundo na baley ya inusar kuno ua impansaliw na saray materyales tan saray proyekto ed baley.

Impalapag nen Vice Mayor Gerardo Rosete, anggad natan et ag ni ra nantugyep na fact finding committee ya man-imbestiga ed na babalang ya kwarta , anggaman nariringil to laya tungtungan , lapud anggapoy antukaman ya dokumento ya manbabaga ya ywan walat nababalang ya kwarta.

Imbaga nen Vice Mayor Rosete ya no age na Lunes et katungtungen to so Sanggunian bayan ya aksyunan layan isyu tan amtaen da no twan walay nababalang ya kwarta, balet ni ag ira onkurang et onla layad Commission on Audit o COA tan mantetpet nipapaakar ed saya.

Nakaukulan met ya nakatongtong to so ni-relieve ya tresurera ya si Rebecca Estimada, ompian naamtaan so katwaan.

Ibabagan inosar so kwarta ya impangaliw na materyales na pinagawan farm to market road, baley anggapoy naipanengneng dan antukaman ya resibo.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=102331

Town aims civil service recognition

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

THE municipality of Rosales is aiming to receive a back-to-back recognition from the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Last year, Rosales Mayor Ricardo Revita was one of the six Presidential Lingkod Bayan awardees. This year, another Pangasinense, Sta. Barbara Police Chief Eric Noble, also made it as a semi-finalist to the Lingkod Bayan Award.

The CSC confers the Lingkod Bayan (LB) award to on an individual or group of individuals "for extraordinary contributions resulting from an idea or performance that had nationwide impact on public interest, security and patrimony."

The awarding ceremony will be held on September 17, 2009 at Malacañang during the 109th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will confer the awards to the exemplary civil servants.

The mayor said Project Revita or Realistic Empowerment Via Innovative Training for Adults and Youth, which also vie for CSC recognition was launched last year. The program caters to out-of-school youths and adults.

It gives them the opportunity to later enroll and get college degree or vocational diploma by first earning an elementary or high school diploma.

This is patterned to the Alternative Learning System program of the Department of Education (DepEd).

The only difference is that the Instructional Managers (or teachers) are policemen assigned in Rosales who are themselves licensed teachers.

The project is supervised by the DepEd. Members of the Project Revita are Vice Mayor Romeo Sim, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Municipal Federation President Rickson Revita, Association of Barangay Councils President Jacinto Velicaria, Gloria Torres, Erlinda Fronda, Sanita Caoayan, Gloria Belver, the police chief and John Alimorong.

Of the 180 (first batch) who took the Accreditation and Equivalency exams, 17 of the learners passed based on the result released on March 2009.

The mayor said as a tribute to their hard work, a special commencement program was held for the 17 passers. They wore toga, their respective families were present.

Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr. of the Presidential Management Staff awarded them Tesda scholarship grants are now undergoing vocational course instructions at Tesda accredited vocational schools.

Mayor Revita said the warm response of the out of school youths and their parents inspired them to continue Project Revita.

He said human resource development must go hand-in-hand with the infrastructure and economic development programs of the local government unit.

This is to empower unschooled residents giving them the opportunity to gain better employment later.

"This would mean reducing unemployment and juvenile crimes," the mayor said.

Meanwhile, the funds used in purchasing the instructional materials being used by the learners were taken from the SK fund.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/town-aims-civil-service-recognition

hi guys, may i know if there is a Dagupan based masscom/advertising/multimedia student on this thread? that or any Dagupan based photo buff who likes to take pics of Dagupan downtown.

would appreciate any response.

Puno's adoption as Pangasinan son draws flak

LINGAYEN–The election fever has already hit the provincial board.

A resolution was passed last Monday making Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno an adopted son of Pangasinan. But not everyone at the provincial board is happy about the resolution passed in an executive session.

First District Board Member Alicia Pulido, for one, said adopting Puno as an honorary Pangasinense was a bad precedent in view of the coming 2010 elections wherein Puno has expressed intent to run as vice president.

"While Puno is a highly respected official and has also contributed something to Pangasinan, caution must be observed especially at this time that politicking is again around the corner and many might become interested to be adopted and therefore it will be tainted with politics," Pulido said.

Third District Board Member Angel Baniqued echoed the same sentiments saying, "What will prevent us now from adopting (senators) Manny Villar, Mar Roxas, Chiz Escudero and former President Erap Estrada as pointed out by Board Member Pulido?"

Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., who agrees with Pulido's position, said he proposed that a resolution expressing support and confidence to Puno's administration would have sufficed instead of making him an adopted son of the province, but this was rejected by the proponents.

"They have cheapened and diluted the privilege of adoption by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. This one should be judiciously extended and as correctly articulated by Board Member Baniqued, we should be careful in adopting," Bince said.

Bince is also proposing that parameters or guide lines must be set for future adoptions.

Vice Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, presiding officer of the provincial board and author of the resolution said it was unanimously approved by the board in the executive session.

"It is the belief of the majority of us present that Sec. Puno in a way, being the secretary of DILG, had also exhibited an excellent performance in that field," Agabas said.

She added that the Philippine National Police (PNP) supports the move as Puno has been instrumental in giving fire trucks and PNP vehicles, among others.

"So in a way, it's a way of saying 'thank you' (to him) also and he is coming to the province and so we passed that resolution," the vice governor said.

She denied any political motivation behind the move.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/09/punos-adoption-as-pangasinan-son-draws-flak/

New barangay peace-keepers undergo training

Some 13,640 members of the Barangay Peacekeeping-Action Team (BCAT) newly organized by the Police Provincial Office (PPO) will undergo a five-day training under the supervision of the Police Community Relations Office (PCRO).

Their training will be held after they take their oath on August 14 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno will swear in the BPAT members totaling 13,640, with at least 10 representatives from each of the 1,300 barangays in the province.

The BPAT was organized to assist lawmen and the barangay tanod in maintaining peace and order by reporting crimes and providing information for the solution of crimes.

Speaking during the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) forum here on Thursday, Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Percival Barba stressed that BPAT is not a vehicle for politics.

Puno has declared his intent to run as vice president in the May 2010 election.

PCRO head P/Supt. Policarpio Cayabyab said BPAT members, as "main operators in peacekeeping at the barangay level", will be the new force multiplier of the PNP.

Barba said the BPAT members are expected to provide information on crimes being committed to enable the police to respond effectively and quickly.

They will not be armed but will have hand-held radios, at least 1,300 of which will soon be made available by the provincial government.

BPAT members are volunteers and will not receive any remuneration but Governor Amado Espino Jr. pledged to work for their insurance.—LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/09/new-barangay-peace-keepers-undergo-training/

Dagupan City thanks Bangus Fests volunteers

A VOLUNTEERS Day was held at the CSI Stadia last July 31 to pay tribute to all those who helped make the 2009 Bangus Festival from April 15 to May 2 a huge success.

The affair was initiated by Vice-Mayor Belen Fernandez, chairperson of the Bangus Festival 2009, to acknowledge the efforts and contributions of the different volunteer groups that helped not only in the Bangus Festival but in various activities of the city as well.

"Of course, we always thank them but an event for them is even more fitting," she said.

"Volunteer service contributes to the success of events especially Bangus Festival, one of the most successful events in our country na pinag-uusapan at hinahangaan sa Norte. Ipagpatuloy natin ang pagkakaisa alay sa ating lungsod," Mayor Alipio Fernandez said.

In his address during the program, the mayor lauded Vice Mayor Fernandez and cited the success of every event organized under her stewardship.

The gathering was attended by over 800 participants from 21 different groups, namely: the Latter-Day Saint Light Squadron Unit Seagull & LDS Roverscout; PNRC Dagupan Chapter, Region 1 Medical Center, Kabayan Action Group, Deltacom, Riders Association of Dagupan, Dagupan Communications Spectrum Inc., Kabalikat City Com, Action Inc. Police Hotline, Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc-Bayang Bangus, Bangus Riders, BRODI, Barangay Nutrition Scholars; Day Care Workers, Panda Dagupan, Barangay Service Point, Coastguards, PACG, Scooter Riders and Barangay Health Workers.

LDS Roverscout leader Ernesto Cabie remarked, "We are thankful for this event because they recognize our efforts and sacrifices, they appreciate us. We hope that they will continue this program so that volunteers will be inspired to continue their duties and responsibilities."

Some P100,000 worth of prizes were raffled and given away to the volunteers.—Sunshine E. Mallary

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/09/dagupan-city-thanks-bangus-fests-volunteers/

Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center
Lingayen, Pangasinan

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http://l.yimg.com/g/images/pulser2.gifby Jerry Enerva (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry_enerva/3811438788/)

Promotion of Pangasinan arts and culture pushed

Dagupan City -- Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. created a technical working group (TWG) called "Dangoan Pangasinan" to plan, create, and carry out a program on Pangasinan culture and arts.

Under Executive Order No. 0073-2009, otherwise known as Pangasinan Culture and Arts Group, the TWG was tasked to do the following: formulate and implement programs on Pangasinan culture and arts; coordinate with other agencies concerning cultural and artistic performances and art exhibits; and create a working plan for the management and administration of the Sison Auditorium.

The program aims to relive, promote and preserve the distinctiveness of Pangasinan culture through music and arts, crafts, dance and drama which are uniquely Pangasinan.

"Pangasinan's culture is known for its diversity and uniqueness developed by an intricate blending of indigenous cultural fibers."

Espino said that the undertaking is also of significant timing since the repair and renovation of Sison Auditorium is nearing its completion.

With its intricate design and fixture, the auditorium will house the Pangasinan's Culture and Arts Center and host programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of performing, visual and literary arts of Pangasinan and others.

Sison Auditorium used to be the best venue for cultural shows of the country outside Metro Manila but due to long years of neglect, the auditorium lost its luster, he said.

With its renovation, the Sison Auditorium will reclaim its old glory as the finest auditorium outside Metro Manila, he added.

The TWG has. Espino as honorary chairman; Vice Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas and Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraan as honorary vice-chairmen with the department heads as members. Dea Que Hoffman was designated executive director.

During major events such as Pista'y Dayat and "Agew ya Kawayangan" 2009, the provincial government has staged cultural nights to instill a deep sense of awareness and appreciation of Pangasinan culture among the youth. (PIO/PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=r01&y=&mo=&fi=p090810.htm&no=15

Urdaneta sanitary landfill now almost a done deal

By Leonardo V. Micua

URDANETA CITY, Aug. 11 (PNA) — Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said construction of a modern sanitary landfill here is almost a done deal following the nod given by the city council to the proposed project.

The mayor said aside from this, residents of Barangay Catablan, where the multi-million peso project will be built, interposed no objection as they see the project as a boon, not bane to them.

Eyed to be the site of the project is a 10-hectare lot in Sitio Caligo, Barangay Catablan, just adjacent the existing dumpsite to be bought from different landowners.

The city council, Perez said, also approved his proposal that the city borrow some P220 million from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to be used in the development of the sanitary landfill.

Part of the amount, he said, will be used in buying the land where the project will be built and in constructing an access road leading to the project.

LBP is keen on granting the loan as Urdaneta, in the past, proved to be a good payer based on its outstanding records in its past loans with the financial institution.

When finished, it will be the first ever sanitary landfill in Pangasinan and Northern Luzon, making Urdaneta a step ahead over other cities in the Philippines as far as compliance to the requirement of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, otherwise known as Republic Act No. 9003, is concerned.

Mayor Perez said the facility will be designed to also accommodate garbage of neighboring local government units that would be charged fees for every cubic meter of wastes that they would dump to the site.

Sta. Barbara, an emerging industrial center in central Pangasinan, served notice it will be the first outside of Urdaneta to use the sanitary landfill.

Many other LGUs may follow suit as they are incapable of building their own sanitary landfills due to lack of available spaces in their areas.

Perez assured that the sanitary landfill will adopt all rules and regulations that would be prescribed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) from the construction phase up to operational phase. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223412

6th district towns get new classrooms

ROSALES–Ten public schools in the 6th District will get a new building with two classrooms, courtesy of the Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCCI) and the national government.

The beneficiaries are the national high schools in Rosales, Umingan, San Quintin, Natividad and the integrated schools in San Nicolas, Balungao, Sta. Maria, San Manuel, Asingan and Tayug.

Presidential Management Staff (PMS) Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who led the ground-breaking ceremony for the project last week, thanked the FCCCI for its support.

Esperon said there remains a significant lack of classrooms around the country even as he noted the administration's investments in infrastructure for education.

"This is never enough if possible, we add 50 percent more," he said.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/09/6th-district-towns-get-new-classrooms/

Dagupan dev't council approves priority projects

Dagupan City -- The City Development Council last week approved priority projects and programs for implementation pursuant to the city's annual investments strategic plan.

The development council -- composed of the Liga ng mga Barangay, presidents of civic, professional and non-government organizations, and heads of volunteer groups and associations of public utilities -- unanimously approved the realignment of certain 2009 annual investment plan projects and all unexpended balances of implemented projects from the previous year for the purchase of engineering equipment, waste management collection equipment, three transport coasters, and the installation of an all-weather, all-purpose playing court at the Dagupan City People's Astrodome.

Meanwhile, City MAYOR Alipio Fernandez,Jr. announced that additional aid to barangays will be made available within the year following the reversion of previously -withheld internal revenue allotment to the city after the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional the law converting 16 municipalities into cities because of their failure to meet the P100-million annual income requirement stated in Republic Act 9009 that took effect on 2001.

Last April, the Supreme Court affirmed its earlier decision to "demote" the newly created cities in the Philippines for violating provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Voting 6-5, the SC rejected the motion filed by the mayors of the affected cities which were created by the 11th Congress.

The League of Cities said the creation of more cities would result in lesser funds for older cities like Dagupan.

Fernandez said the wholesale conversion of municipalities into cities reduced the older cities' share in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).

He said the recent SC decision reinstated the rightful share of Dagupan to fund more development programs and projects. (CIO/PIA-Pangasinan)

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DepEd promotes ICT in city schools

THE Department of Education is pushing for the promotion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by integrating ICT in the existing curriculum.

One program that was introduced at the Dagupan City National High School last August 5, tagged as ICT for Education: Intro to Learning Technology and Internet Connectivity, an orientation for all public high school students conducted by the Special Assistant to the Secretary, Elcid Pangilinan.

A presentation by British Council Jansen Mayor, the program manager, on the introduction to learning technologies was shown.

DCNHS Principal Erly Dalatario said the program does not intend to get rid of chalk and blackboard use, but to enhance the quality of education using ICT.

DepEd has also introduced and installed a system allowing schools in different parts of the country to teleconference for the sharing of best practices.

Dalatario said the system allows students to chat with each other regarding lessons. "This is still one of the best ways to learn – students learning among themselves. Teachers are just facilitators," he added.

Teachers of participating schools have also been granted an individual DepEd email account using "@deped.gov.ph”.

Coordinators gave a demonstration on the activation of email accounts.

Dr. Ligaya Soledad Miguel of CESO III Director IV thanked both the participants for their support for the program and DepEd for introducing a program that will benefit public school students and employees.

DCNHS has been granted P48,000 to cover a one year internet connection service.

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) provides a monthly subscription plan for the school's 20-25 computer units.—Sunshine Erfe-Mallary

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Dagupan grants incentives to outstanding employees

AFTER paying tribute to its five outstanding employees two months ago, the Dagupan City government rewarded them with P10,000 cash gift each for their exemplary performances.

Earlier named as "Best in Internal Client Service" was Jonnafel Radovan of the City Accounting Office, while Angela Basto of the City Treasurer's Office was named "Best in External Client Service".

Dr. Evelyn Dy of the City Health Office was recognized as "Outstanding Health Worker"; Francisca Sanggalang of the City Social Welfare and Development Office as "Outstanding Community Worker"; and Michael Mejia of Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) as "Outstanding Traffic Enforcer".

The outstanding employees were earlier feted in formal ceremonies during the Agew na Dagupan celebration last June 20.

The awarding of the cash gifts was done last Monday during the Monday flag raising ceremony.

City Administrator Alvin Fernandez, in his inspirational message, challenged the awardees to continue espousing positive character values in order to continue winning the people's trust.

He said the cash grant was a small token for their exceptional service to the people.

The young Fernandez likewise encouraged the rest of the city's workforce to emulate the performance of the awardees.

Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. again congratulated this year's awardees and urged them to continue as an inspiration to their colleagues in rendering public service.—CIO

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Lingayen police get new patrol bikes

LINGAYEN–The police station here finally received the promised eight bicycles from the Delano City government in California, USA last Thursday.

The project, aimed at increasing police visibility to improve the peace and order situation, was undertaken through coordination between P/Supt. Harris Fama, the town police chief, and Reverend Joseph Wright Jr. of the Delano City Police Department.

The bikes are equipped with bike bags and carrier, built-in flashlights and sirens and came with helmets.

The Sangguniang Bayan passed a resolution commending Delano City Mayor Sam Ramirez, the Delano City Council, Delano City Chief of Police Mark Derosia, Delano City Police Department, Mr. Abdel Salem and the Rotary Club of Delano, USA for the donation.

Lingayen Mayor Ernesto Castañeda Jr. plans to craft a memorandum of agreement to make the Lingayen Police and the Delano City Police Department as sister police stations.

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City's PWDs receive wheelchairs

In its continuing thrust to change the life of the city’s persons with disabilities (PWDs) immeasurably, the Alaminos government in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region I has provided additional assistive devices to the deserving recipients here.

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The PWDs were overjoyed upon recieving the 17 wheelchairs including crutches and walkers from no less than Mayor Hernani A. Braganza right after the flag raising ceremony held at the city hall grounds.

Joined by their respective families, each recipient personally expressed their utmost gratitude to the caring city head for his initiative.

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“This (wheel) chair now gives me better access to many activities that I thought I could no longer do after what happened to me,” said Elenita Pamo, who was paralyzed due to a road mishap.

“My family and I are extremely grateful to Mayor Braganza and the DSWD for this wonderful gift,” added 45 years old mother from Brgy. Tawin-tawin.

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“With my family’s assistance I can now attend to many household chores,” said Evelyn Garcia, a polio victim and another recipient of the wheelchair.

Rafael Suyat, another polio victim from Brgy. Inerangan, on the other hand, was very excited to use his brand new wheelchair.

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He said that with this timely donation from the city government, he could soon continue working to support his family through selling balut and in repairing damaged umbrellas.

Bienvinido Botacion, a resident of Brgy. Palamis who suffered from a stroke, also thanked the mayor for his kindness.

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Accompanied by Barangay Captain Charlie Raroque, Botacion and his wife Virginia, who also received a quad cane, vowed that they will treasure the gift forever.

“I thank Mayor Nani for his help, I can now have mobility to see and play with my grandchildren and get around in our community,” said Rosalina Relano of Barangay Polo.

In his message, Mayor Braganza thanked anew the DSWD for its huge counterpart in the said program.

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“This is relatively small assistance coming from the city government for our PWDs to finally move around easier than before,” described the mayor of the wheelchairs, canes and walkers.

“We are hoping that (with this equipment), we have provided joy by helping ease their sufferings and of their families and friends who attend to their needs,” he added.

“(We hope) you will feel comfortable each day and continue living a normal and meaningful life,” he continued even as he cited that 10% of nation’s population has birth defects or disabilities.

Speaking further on his administration’s pro-poor programs, the chief executive announced that the city will soon have its own hospital- the Hundred Islands Medical Services Complex which will be built in Brgy. Bolaney.

Braganza noted that this first and modern medical complex in the city and in the first district of the province will cater to the medical needs and promote wellness of his beloved constituents.

“With the full support of our city council and department heads, we will build this hospital for our citymates, especially those who have less in life, to have better access to quality and free medical and health care services."

The hospital will house the Crisis Intervention Center (CIC), Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center (STAC), Imaging and Diagnostic Laboratories, a Pharmacy, Doctors Clinics and Emergency Facility.

“CIC and STAC were established during the first term of the mayor,” said Elizabeth Radoc, assistant CSWD chief.

She said that both centers have served hundreds of abused mothers and women and the children with disabilities (CWDs) in the city.

And with its imminent transfer to a bigger and modern facility, better services await the clients of CIC and STAC.

Radoc further disclosed that aside from victims of polio, road accidents and/or amputees, this year’s recipients are senior citizens who were paralyzed due to stroke.

Around 15 children with disabilities in the city still need assistive devices, according to Julius Cutit, Physical Therapist of STAC-Alaminos.

“Once we are done with our final validation, we will submit the list of would-be beneficiaries to Mayor Braganza for additional funding assistance,” he said.

It was said that a retail value of the wheelchair is P 5,000 while walkers and crutches now cost P 3, 000 and P 900, respectively. (CIO)

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P17-B TPLex will reduce travel time to 2 hours

ROSALES–What is there to look forward to once the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway project is completed?

From today's five to six hour travel time from Balintawak, Caloocan to Rosario, La Union, the new project will enable motorists to cut travel time to two hours and 15 minutes.

For this venture, 10 companies are investing an estimated P17 billion for the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway project, with the government putting in a P2.9 billion subsidy.

Presidential Management Staff Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr., whose office is in charge of overseeing the project, said construction is expected to start within the month with 95% of right-of-way cases already resolved.

"Right now, right of way settlement stands at about 95 percent but they have to formalize everything and hopefully construction starts this August," Esperon said last week as he met here with representatives from agencies involved in the road project.

By December 2010, construction is planned to have already reached the Carmen, Rosales area and full completion is expected by 2014.

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Alaminos acts to save gov’t lands, relocate informal settlers

Informal settlers will soon be relocated away from the city’s danger zones, public places and government projects as Mayor Hernani A. Braganza signed into law Ordinance No. 2009-01.

The said ordinance, Creating a Local Housing Board (LHB) of the City of Alaminos, Pangasinan, its Composition, Power and Functions, made it mandatory for the city to conduct evictions and demolitions-whether voluntary, extra-judicial, summary, or court-ordered.

The passage of said measure is pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 2008-143 and Section 3 and Executive Order No. 708 S. 2008, with mandates the LGU to enact ordinance creating Local Housing Board.

Under the ordinance, the city mayor will head the Local Housing Board.

Among the members of the Board are Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee Chair on Housing and Urban Development or its equivalent, City Planning and Development Coordinator, City Engineer and Representatives from Zoning Office, Health Office, DSWD Office, Assessor’s Office, Cooperative Office, PNP/POSO, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, SEC registered and duly accredited Non-Governmental Organization operating in the city and a certified and accredited Developer.

As the sole clearing house for eviction and demolition activities concerning informal settlers, LHB shall exercise several powers and functions.

This includes monitoring all evictions and demolitions and requiring the proponent of an eviction and demolition, i.e., national government department, agency, institution or local government, or its duly authorized representative, to first secure from the Board the Checklist, Guidelines and Eviction and Demolition Compliance Certificate prior to the actual implementation thereof and, thereafter, to submit to the Board the completed

Checklist, attested to under oath by the proponent, shall indicate the following:

(a) Adequate consultations with the affected families were undertaken;
(b) Adequate resettlement site and relocation facilities are made available; and
(c) The provisions of Section 3, Paragraph 1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Section 28 of this Ordinance (Pre-relocation) have been complied with.

Based on the completed Checklist, and subject to further verification, LHB will also issue an Eviction and Demolition Compliance Certificate on a proposed eviction and demolition.

Concerned parties will also receive several prior notices for them to leave the place and transfer to other areas allotted by the city for them.

It was learned that every proponent of an extrajudicial eviction and demolition, whether administrative or summary, shall, prior to actual eviction and demolition, secure a Compliance Certificate from the Board.

A penalty of not more than one (1) year of imprisonment or a fine of not less than Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or both, at the discretion of the court shall be imposed to any person who violates any provisions of said ordinance.

City councilor Orlando R. Go, author of the ordinance, said there will be no illegal or chaotic evictions and demolitions in the future.

He added that the squatters will be relocated to resettlement sites or away from government reservations as mandated by Republic Act 7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992.

LHB will soon have the list of informal settlers in the city which will be used to address squatting in Alaminos, now one of the fast growing areas in North Central Luzon, noted city councilor Earl James Aquino, co-sponsor of the ordinance.

“And once the data base of actual informal settlers is established, the city can best protect the land areas designated as forests parks, development sites and other purposes identified for city and barangay needs,” he further stressed.

Owing to its strategic location and stature as center of western Pangasinan and one of the fastest growing areas in North Central Luzon, Alaminos continue to attract tourists, investors and even informal settlers here nowadays.

Certainly, the demand for urban poor housing in the city increases as years go by and the creation of the Local Housing Board is indeed a bold step towards the realization of vision of a squatter-free city and preserving areas for future development. (CIO)

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Polo NHS student tops reg’l ASEAN Quiz

Another student of the Polo National High School (PNHS) brought honor to the city.

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Jasmin F. Pagaduan, who represented Alaminos City Division in the regional level, stunned her rivals and emerged as this year’s regional ASEAN Quiz champion.

The said contest which was participated by 14 division finalists from region 1 was held at the Division Conference Center in San Fernando City last July 24, 2009.

Pagaduan will try to sustain her winning run as she vies for the coveted prize in the national finals of the ASEAN Quiz 2009 which will be held in Quezon City from Sept. 10-13, 2009 and will be aired live over the National Broadcasting Center (NBN) Channel 4.

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She will be joined once again by her coach, Mr. Rey Pascua, Mrs. Elsie Roy-school principal and Dr. Mercuria Rendon, education supervisor in Araling Panlipunan.

If she survived the national finals and finished not lower than second place over-all, she automatically gains one of the RP slots to represent the country in the 4th Regional ASEAN Quiz, according to Dr. Rendon.

The quiz show will be held in the country for the first time this coming November.

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Pagaduan recently made a call on Mayor Hernani A. Braganza at his office to thank the latter for his full support to their campaign.

She was accompanied Dr. Oscar C. Tadeo, city schools division superintendent, her coach and Dr. Rendon.

Braganza congratulated Pagaduan for reaping another award for the city even as he wished her good luck for her upcoming participation in the national finals.

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“My congratulations as well to your coach, principal and supervisor and Dr. Tadeo for working so hard this year as manifested by the major awards that our students continue to reap,” added the mayor.

Pagaduan narrated that she never expected to win citing that her co-competitors also came prepared and are very eager to bring home the top prize.

“I felt I was just lucky on that day but sometimes it really boils down to who deserves it more and has the will to win,” pointed out the senior lass who has still a month to prepare for her toughest competition yet.

Pascua said that this is the second time a student of PNHS reigned supreme in the regional competitions.

In 2005, Rizalyn Relano ruled the regional Pop-Ed Quiz. Last March, their school also finished second over-all in the 2009 Inter-School Learning Activity (ISLA) Challenge, an annual quiz show organized by the city government.

A battle of intellect, ASEAN Quiz is part of the activities of ASEAN-Committee on Culture and Information (ASEAN-COCI).

Its primary goal is to raise ASEAN awareness among the young generation of ASEAN citizens and promote regional knowledge among students.

The competition is open to students age 16 to 19 and takes place in a different ASEAN host country every two years.

Malaysia’s Ministry of Information first organized the ASEAN Quiz on September 17-29, 2006 in its capital city of Kuala Lumpur. (CIO)

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Dagupan City still zero on A(H1N1) Influenza

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) — A city councilor and doctor hailed a report of the Center for Health Development in Region 1 that the city of Dagupan has not registered any case of the A(H1N1) Influenza to date.

Councilor Jesus Canto, chairman on the committee on health of the city council, said while there are now eight cases of A(H1N1) Influenza in Pangasinan, Dagupan has not registered any yet.

Canto, former director of the Region 1 Medical Center, attributed this to the concerted efforts of practically all sectors of the society in undertaking measures so that the city will be free from the A(H1N1) Influenza.

He hailed the efforts of a task force created by Mayor Alipio F. Fernandez tasked to undertake measures to prevent the disease from spreading in the city.

Canto also cited the personal efforts of Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, president and chairman of the board of the retail giant City Supermarket Inc. who is printing fliers and posters containing health advisory on how to prevent A(H1N1) Influenza.

Canto said wherever Vice Mayor Fernandez goes in the city, she makes it a point to bring these fliers and posters which are distributed by her staff to the public.

This helped in a large measure disseminate the proper information to the public on how to prevent A(H1N1) Influenza, Canto said.

He said the vice mayor, who owns one of the biggest shopping malls in Northern Luzon, also regularly distributes bottles of alcohol and soap to pupils and senior citizens so that they can better prevent the disease.

Canto said as proven in Dagupan City, personal hygiene is the most effective way to prevent A(H1N1) Influenza. (PNA)

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BJMP constructing additional septic tank to avert Lingayen Gulf pollution

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) is now building a new septic tank at its district jail in Dagupan City to avert pollution of the Lingayen Gulf.

This was in response to the call made by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) whose officials visited the jail last June 2 in response to reports that waste water from the latter’s existing septic tank is flowing to the beach and polluting the sea.

Raymundo Gayo, officer-in-charge of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), said the BJMP was directed by Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) to do something about its waste water cascading to the Lingayen Gulf. p>The district jail, built in 1992 to accommodate only 100 inmates, is now the home of more than 400 inmates not only from Dagupan City but also from adjacent towns of Pangasinan.

Water sampling conducted by PENRO and CENRO showed high level of coliform micro-organism and therefore below the standard for swimming and fishing.

According to Gayo, being constructed inside the jail is a three-chamber septic tank, complimented by a reed bed to serve as a depository of wastes water.

Gayo said he was assured that the construction of the septic tank is being fast-tracked as per conversation with Jail Officer 1 Israel Masilian, Jail engineer.

However, PENRO Wendy Co said the jail needs a bigger septic tank considering its continuously growing inmates.
A report showed that the Department of Health (DOH), through Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, provided financial assistance for the BJMP intended for the construction of additional septic tank for the district jail. (PNA)

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Police chief attends conference in Australia

LINGAYEN -- The police chief of this town, Superintendent Harris Fama, will be out of the country until August 13.

Fama is now in Australia attending the 12th Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Associates (FBINAA) Asia Pacific Chapter Conference scheduled August 9 to 13.

“I am privileged to be chosen as one of the delegates,” Fama remarked before he left the country. He is a member of the 228th FBI National Academy.

Designated as officer-in-charge is Chief Inspector Hilario Toledo.

Fama said the conference is co-hosted by the Queensland Police Service Australia and the Queensland graduates of FBINAA.

“The conference brings together senior executives and key personnel from diverge range of agencies and organizations associated with countering the terrorist threat throughout the Asia Pacific region and the United States. These include policy and decision makers to expert practitioners and various aspects of terrorism. Among the key topics to be discussed includes cyber-crime, pedophilia, drug enforcement, money laundering and fraud,” he had said.

The conference theme is “Regional Partnership-Global Solution.”

Also with the Philippine delegation are NBI Director Nestor Magtaring and other graduates of the FBI Academy in the Philippines.

Meanwhile, the Lingayen Police Station earlier received eight police bikes from the Delano City government of California, USA.

Fama said each bike costs US$1,800. With the donation were accessories which included helmets, bike bags and carriers, built-in flashlights, and sirens.

Last July 2, the municipal council passed a resolution “commending Delano City Mayor Sam Ramirez, Delano City Council, Delano City Chief of Police Mark Derosia, Delano City Police Department and the Rotary Club of Delano, USA” for the said donation. (LCMY/Sunnex)

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Voters may register on Saturdays, holidays

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

DAGUPAN CITY -- Since registration turnout in the province of Pangasinan is low, the election offices at the 48 towns and cities in the province are open even on Saturdays and holidays.

Provincial Election Officer Reddy Balarbar said there are municipal election offices that have adopted measures to reach out to new registrants.

The continuing registration for the 2010 elections will be until October 31.

He said there are towns that have been conducting off-site registration on schedule basis.

Balarbar said he is encouraging this as there are senior citizens, farmers and even teenagers who are legible to vote by 2010 which could not just go to the town proper and register.

Offsite registration means staff of the municipal or city election office will go to a certain barangay bringing with them the data capturing machine for the biometric date of voters such as fingerprints and photo.

For a barangay to be able to avail of this service, Balarbar said the barangay council has to pass a resolution addressed to the local election officer.

The election officer will decide whether the request is viable, after which, will make a recommendation to the provincial election office for approval.

The only problem during rainy season, he said, is the machine (computer) might get wet.

Meanwhile, Balarbar said all the 48 local election offices are equipped with a data capturing machine. It is capable of servicing 200 to 250 persons a day.

The common problems though being encountered are on the signature pack, camera, and finger print taker getting bogged down.

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Red Cross supporters honored

DAGUPAN CITY -- Last Wednesday was a red-letter here as the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) Pangasinan-Dagupan City-San Carlos City chapter gave recognition to individuals and entities helping them out in sourcing blood donations.

Chapter director Florame Magalong said the Pangasinan Chapter's Blood Service Recognition Ceremony was in line with the 2009 Blood Donors Month.

She said it was a simple way of thank you to their supporters who have been religiously extending their assistance.

Magalong said the "blood galloners" were Manuel Sinen, Xerxes dela Pena, Carrmelo John Vidal, Rey Mejia, Carlos Lopez, Joseph Dario Abalos, Roger Sotelo, Melchor Cabreros Jr., Jose Andaya, Nicomedes dela Rama, Israel Magbanua, Dr. Steven Sheldon Aquino, Joseph Estrada, Juna Viernes.

Also, John Paul Bacolor, Ricky de Luna, Raymund Perez, Norman Sumagpao, Dominador Doton Jr., Yulo Arpon, Ruckson de Vera, Rechelle Ann Grace Robles, Allan Vinluan, Romeo Fernandez, Jr., Leonardo Ranga, Jr., Virgilio Aurelio, Noel Perez, Fr. Angelito Arsola, Gerry Pradez, Jason Eleccion, Josephine Arenas, and Joseph Ramirez.

Among the entities given recognition were the University of Luzon who was able to sustain its pledge 25 Mass Blood Donation Drive Project earning a total of 712 units of blood; Colegio de Dagupan, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, Ang Dating Daan, Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mangaldan), Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital, 105th Community Defense Center at Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag town.

The City Government of Dagupan which for four years now has conducted mass blood donation among its employees, detailed medical technologist at the Blood Center.

It has also maintained a blood typing directory for the constituency of Dagupan. The directory provides accessibility to all in need of blood since the database has been uploaded to the Dagupan City website; the local governments of San Manuel and Malasiqui.

Meanwhile, Smart-Nepo Mall Dagupan Wireless Center and Customer Care and PNRC-Pangasinan conducted a mass blood donation activity the other day at the Nepo Mall.

Aside from the Smart employees, among those who donated blood were members of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) who were not able to participate in the most recent mass blood donation held at the other mall here in the city; the PLDT security group and the members of the PPPO's 107th Mobile Group led by Deputy Group Director Ryan Manongdo.

Magalong said although they are yet beyond their quota of blood supply, their chapter appreciates the continuous support of the Pangasinenses to their blood donation drive and their care for other people's lives. (LCMY/Sunnex)

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Intensified anti-TB campaign launched in Dagupan

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) -- Residents of Dagupan were enjoined to support the intensified campaign against tuberculosis by reporting any one suffering from TB in their respective barangays so that they can be cured under the Directly Observed Therapy Short Course (DOTS).

This was contained in a resolution approved by the city council on Monday, consistent with a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed here last August 5 by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and representatives of different government agencies and non-government organizations.

Councilor Jesus Canto also signed the MOA, being the chairman on health of the city council, and a doctor by profession.

The other signatories are Dr. Jennifer Wi, representing the Department of Health (DOH), Dr. Fernando Fernandez, president of the Pangasinan Medical Society, Dr. Leonard Carbonell of the City Health Office, and representative of National and Regional TB Control Centers.

The signing coincided with the current Tuberculosis Awareness Month in connection with the birth of the late President Manuel L. Quezon on August 19, 1878 and death on August 1, 1944.

Stressing that TB can be cured, Canto urged barangay residents to report to the city health office any person suffering from TB in their barangays so that they avail DOTS and be cured.

DOTS, he said, is a program of the government that provides from six months to one-year treatment to the confirmed TB cases. It can be availed free from health centers throughout the country.

“I’m happy to report to you that Dagupan was chosen as number one throughout the country in the implementation of DOTS today,” said Canto, former director of the Region 1 Medical Center based in Dagupan City.

A DOH program, patients can also get free sputum examination, x-ray, and the added services, which are culture and sensibility, both very expensive procedures.

Under the re-intensified fight versus TB as provided for in the MOA, he said, all patients are required to report everyday to DOTS clinic where doctors will give them the medicines they need to take daily.

They need not be given their six months to one-year supply at one time, which was the practice in the past, to ensure that they will not miss a single day of taking their medicines, he said.

Patients from barangays who cannot go to the DOTS center daily can get their daily supply from their own barangay health workers who will be in charge of supervising their medication.

He said the government is avoiding a situation in which a patient may suffer from multiple drug-resistant TB, which often occurs when they miss their medication and would have start their medication again when the ailment recurs. (PNA)

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Mayors gave kids peculiar names

BINMALEY -- What’s in a name? These parents’ fervent desire and support for the country’s freedom and democracy inspired them to name their children as such.

Anda Mayor Nestor Pulido and his wife Board Member Alice Pulido named their two daughters Makibaka and Kalayaan.

Makibaka is GMA7 reporter Maki Pulido. She is a martial law baby. Her full name is Makibaka Ma. Judea Jimenez Pulido while Kalayaan is Kala Pulido-Constantino of Abanse Pinay.

Accordingly, it was Mayor Pulido, an activist during the Martial Law years, who gave their daughters’ names.

Meanwhile, Binmaley Mayor Sammy Rosario and wife Grace named their youngest child Jaja Mae who incidentally celebrated her birthday August 5.

Jaja, it was learned, means Justice for Aquino.

Mayor Rosario narrated that he was a simple employee when Ninoy Aquino was killed.

He later joined the groups who fought for the country’s freedom from the dictatorship. He was one of the members of the August Twenty One Movement or ATOM.

Last Tuesday, a mass for Mrs. Aquino was hosted the municipality. Binmaley was the first town mayor to pay homage through a mass to the late President Aquino. (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/mayors-gave-kids-peculiar-names

Secretary Puno to swear in 13,600 BPAT members in Pangasinan

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA)—Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno will officiate in the mass oath-taking of a total of 13,640 members of the newly formed Barangay Peace-keeping Action Team (PBAT) on August 14 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen.

To take their oath before Puno are members of BPAT from more than 1,300 barangays of Pangasinan that were organized by the Police Provincial Office (PPO) to assist lawmen and the barangay tanod in maintaining peace and order in every barangay

Speaking during the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) forum here on Thursday, Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Percival Barba clarified that BPAT has no political meaning as its formation in every barangay was directed by national headquarters.

There will be 10 members of BPAT in every barangay, who shall undergo five-day training after their oath-taking under the auspices of the Police Community Relations Office (PCRO) headed by Superintendent Policarpio Cayabyab.

Cayabyab said that under the BPAT guidelines, members of the organization will be the “main operators in peace-keeping operations at the barangay level”, adding that to date the BPAT is now 101 percent organized and ready to go to action.

The BPAT will be our partners in crime prevention as well as in crime solution, Cayabyab said, pointing out that BPAT may be volunteers from communities, some of whom may already be members of the barangay tanod.

Police Provincial Director Barba said the BPAT members need not face notorious criminals or trouble-makers in the discharge of their civic duties as they just simply provide information to the police as fast as they could on anything that is happening in their barangay so that the police can respond immediately.

“The information to us is enough,” said Barba, adding that information must be moved fast to enable the police to act immediately to prevent any loss of lives or properties.

Members of the BPAT, said Barba, need not hold any firearm but only hand-held radios, at least 1,300 of which will soon be made available by the provincial government thru Governor Amado Espino Jr.

BPAT members will not receive any remuneration but Governor Espino pledged to work for their respective insurance.
The governor said that BPAT members are also to report on any woman giving birth in their communities as it is the policy of his administration not to let mother to give birth in their home where they may be incapable of getting any medical help. (PNA)

http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Secretary_Puno_to_swear_in_13_600_BPAT_members_in_Pangasinan.shtml

Cacupangan Cave System
Mabini, Pangasinan

Photos and text by Rawen Balmaña

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Pools found within Cacupangan cave system

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BC member Ron besides a pristine formation in a passage named Branch 3

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Cacupangan Cave System
Mabini, Pangasinan

Photos and text by Rawen Balmaña

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formations above a big breakdown that leads to a crawl in gushing water.

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Dagupan City Disaster Coordinating Council best in RP

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) -- The city of Dagupan will receive the coveted Kalasag Award in a ceremony in Malacanang on Wednesday afternoon for having the best City Disaster Coordinating Council (CDCC) nationwide.

Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and City Administrator Alvin Fernandez will receive the award from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a ceremony at Heroes Hall in Malacanang to be attended by officials of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC).

Dagupan was chosen by the NDCC as best CDCC in the independent component city category, besting many cities nationwide, said the City Information Office.

The award has something to do with disaster preparedness, which the Dagupan CDCC has developed and perfected for years being a pilot area of the Program for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia (PROMISE) under the United States Agency for International Development since 2006.

A flood-prone area and having undergone the ordeal of the July 16, 1990 killer quake, Dagupan was chosen as the only pilot area of Project PROMISE in the Philippines.

The other pilot cities are Chittagong, Bangladesh; Hyderebad, Pakistan; Kalutaran, Sri Lanka; and Da Nang, Vietnam.

A component of the Dagupan CDCC is the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) which is open and ready to respond to any emergencies 24 hours a day.

In an earthquake and fire drills conducted last July 21, in observance of the July Disaster Preparedness Month, Dagupan got a high 95 percent rating from the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council through Director Eugene Cabrera of the Office of Civil Defense, Region 1. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223294

Dagupan CDCC, “Gawad Kalasag” national awardee

by Lanie Tomas

Naikinon tan talagan agla natawalan so kakabatan tan dedikasyon na siudad na Dagupan ed dasig na kataryaan kasabi panaon na kalamidad o antokaman ya segsegang.

Apili so Dagupan ed interon bansa bilang Best City Disaster Coordinating Council ed kategorya ya Independent Component City.

Personal ya iparesibi nen Presidente Gloria Arroyo so plaque of recognition tan cash award ed saray analon local government units, kaiba so siudad na Dagupan ed panangidaulo nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. ed nagawan pamagalang ya seremonya ed Palasyo na Malakanyang sano Agosto 12, 2009.

Dimmalan ed malet ya inpansapit na National Disaster Coordinating (NDCC) National Selection Committee na “Gawad Kalasag” so amin ya nominado balet talagan anggapoy makatalo ed siudad na Dagupan ed nidumaroman agawaan ed dapag na impamabiskeg na kataryaan ed itubat na kalamidad.

Koneksyon tonya et walay sulat ya impawit nen Gen. Glenn Rabonza, say executive officer na NDCC tan administrator na Office of Civil Defense (OCD) ya mangipapasabi na dayew tan pagalang ed siudad koneksyon ed saray gagawen na Dagupan nilirad disaster risk management.

Inkaliketan met nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. so marakep ya impanengneng tan inpankimey na saray miembro na CDCC tan saray ahensyang kaantabay na siudad ed panrerespondi tan panmomonitor na kipapasen na Dagupan kasabi kalamidad o antokaman ya segsegang, kabiangan la iray boluntaryon komikimey tan communications group.

Nanonotan, nen Hulyo 21, 2009 et nikorit na Dagupan so sangkatageyan ya grado ya 95%, ya agamoran na Local Government Unit (LGU) nanlapo nen gimmapo so earthquake tan fire drill sanen 2006. Saya so inkonsidera ed inpakapili na siudad bilang Gawad Kalasag awardee ed Northern Luzon tan natan et national awardee la.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=597

Alaminos City to build its own hospital

ALAMINOS CITY (PNA) -- The city of Alaminos will soon have its own hospital to provide the medical needs exclusively to residents of the city, according to Mayor Hernani Braganza.

Braganza, speaking during the distribution of 17 wheelchairs, crutches and walkers to persons with disabilities (PWDs) here on Monday, said the Hundred Islands Medical Services Complex (HIMSC) is set to rise in Barangay Boliney.

Braganza, on his second term of office, has assured the HIMSC will be the first and modern medical complex in the city as well as in the first district of the province.

The Western Pangasinan District Hospital operated by the provincial government is located in Alaminos City.

Once operational, he said, the H1MSC will cater to the medical needs and promote wellness of the people of Alaminos City.

“With the full support of our city council and department heads, we will build this hospital for our city mates, especially those who have less in life," he noted.

The mayor said the hospital will house the Crisis Intervention Center (CIC), Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center (STAC), Imaging and Diagnostic Laboratories, a Pharmacy, Doctors Clinics and Emergency Facility.

“CIC and STAC were already established here during the first term of the mayor,” said Elizabeth Radoc, assistant chief of the City Social Welfare Department (CSWD).

The upcoming city hospital will be distinct and separate from the Western Pangasinan District Hospital based in the city.

Radoc said both CIC and STAC have served hundreds of abused mothers and women and the children with disabilities (CWDs) in the city.

With their transfer to a bigger and modern facility, CIC and STAC are set to serve more clients, she said.

Radoc said the 17 wheelchairs, crutches and walkers went to their constituents who are suffering from polio and had a stroke.

Around 15 children with disabilities in the city still need assistive devices, according to Julius Cutit, Physical Therapist of STAC.
It was learned that a retail value of each wheelchair is P5,000 while walkers and crutches now cost P3,000 and P900, respectively. (PNA)

http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Health_21/Alaminos_City_to_build_its_own_hospital.shtml

akin kasi grabe interes nen Puno ed pangasinan??? siguro tatakbo ya congressman ed pangasinan??:dunno:

^^ Labay ton man bise presidente.

Anak na lasi, pati met si Chiz Escudero lanang dya natan! :lol:

^^ Labay ton man bise presidente.


haha, allingwanan ko...:bash::lol:

Anak na lasi, pati met si Chiz Escudero lanang dya natan! :lol:

haha sirin?? samantalang Bicolano tan si Escudero...:lol::nuts:

:cheers:

Gabay ton man presidente nen Chiz, kaiba to ray ABONO party. Aramay opposition. Nan feeding program ira ed Malasiqui last week.

Ibabaga na arum pati si Mark Cojuanco man gobernador. Balbaleg ya kaambagelan awa?! Taga Tarlac tan, aga ni makatalos na Panagisnan.

P2 B more needed to complete Agno River Flood Control Project

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) -- At least P2 billion more will be needed to complete the almost P10 billion Agno River Flood Control Project (ARFCP), a flagship program of the Arroyo administration in Pangasinan.

Director Fidel Ginez of the Agno Flood Control Office said the P2 billion will be needed for Phase III of ARFCP, which is set to be financed by a foreign loan, like Phases I and II of the project, whose funding came from Japan.

Ginez said the financial requirement of Phase III of the project is included in the short list of loans now being secured by the Philippine government from abroad.

Ginez said negotiation for loan to finance Phase III of the project is now going on, adding that if the loan is available, this is set for completion in five years.

Phase II of ARFCP, costing P5.5 billion, is already about to be completed except for its Package 2 which involves, among others the construction of a guide channel where part of the water from upstream will be diverted. This is now about 75 percent complete.

Ginez said that Packages 1, 3 and 4 of Phase II had already been completed.

The 1.1 kilometer long Hector Mendoza Bridge in Alcala was constructed under Phase II.

Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr.of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS), head of Pro Performance Team of Malacanang that is monitoring all government projects in the country, expects Package 2 of Phase II to be completed sometime in December.

Phase I, costing P2 billion, was already completed. This included the construction of the Bugallon Bridge spanning across a new man-made river channel that diverted part of the water of the Agno River to the Limahong Channel, then to the Lingayen Gulf.

Ginez said completion of the ARFCP will finally bade good bye to the yearly floods in Pangasinan caused by the swelling of the Agno River during the rainy season.
The projects anticipated possible release of water of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam in San Manuel since several evacuation centers were also set up in Moncada, Paniqui and Pura, Tarlac; Bautista, and Bayambang, Pangasinan. (PNA)

http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/P2_B_more_needed_to_complete_Agno_River_Flood_Control_Project.shtml

"Demotion" of 16 newly created cities, boon to old cities -- Dagupan mayor

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) -- Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. said more development projects await the 31 barangays here following the reversion to the city coffer of its previously withheld Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) as a result of the "demotion" of 16 new cities in the country to their old status.

Fernandez, in a talk to the barangay captains when he convened the City Development Council (CDC) on August 5, said this was made possible when the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional the laws that converted these 16 municipalities into cities.

The reason for the demotion was the failure of these 16 new cities to meet the P100-million annual income requirement to qualify themselves into cities as provided for in Republic Act 9009 that took effect on 2001.

The tribunal, in April this year, affirmed its earlier decision to “demote” the newly created cities in the Philippines for violating provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

Voting 6-5, the SC rejected the motion for reconsideration filed by the mayors of the affected cities, which were all created by cityhood laws enacted by the 11th Congress.

The League of Cities said the conversion of more cities have resulted in lesser funds for older cities like Dagupan as their IRAs were slashed to augment the shares from the IRA of the newly converted cities.

Fernandez said the wholesale conversion of municipalities into cities reduced the share of its members in the IRA since more cities would share the same amount of IRA set aside by the national government for these cities.
He said the recent SC decision has reinstated the rightful share of Dagupan to fund more development programs and projects. (PNA)

http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Demotion_of_16_newly_created_cities_boon_to_old_cities_--_Dagupan_mayor.shtml

San Quintin mayor bares programs and projects

By Virgilio Sar. Maganes

SAN QUINTIN — Mayor Clark Cecil Tiu expressed his thanks to the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Abono Party-list thru Rosendo O. So for the construction of two-classroom school building at the Lagasit National High School here in a simple ground breaking ceremony last July 28, 2009.

Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, Senior Board Member Tyrone Agabas, Abono Party-list Chair Rosendo O. So and Abono Party-list President Ponciano Onia, Jr. proceeded to the said school after the ground breaking ceremony in Balungao

“This is a welcome development in my town. The Chamber and the Abono Party-list are always assisting us in our programs and projects,” Mayor Tiu told the Northern Watch.

Mayor Tiu, who is seeking re-election in the 2010 polls, bared his ongoing programs in the town saying that the health program is on top of his list.

“Our health center is open 24 hours daily with the continuous services of our three operating ambulances,” he said.

He further said that the municipal government has launched a massive vegetable planting program dubbed as “Masustansyang Gulay, Para sa Masaganang Buhay.”

The program, he said, entails the distribution of seeds or the “bahay kubo” package to the 16 elementary schools in the town in which each school will plant the seeds in a 300 square meters lot inside the school compounds.

“After three months period, the school vegetable gardens will be evaluated. Winning schools will receive a computer package and the Best Pupil/Student will receive a cash prize of P5,000, “ Mayor Tiu said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/09/san-quintin-mayor-bares-programs-and-projects/

Perez launches vegetable production contest

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by Virgilio Sar. Maganes



URDANETA CITY — “We have not given importance on planting vegetables for our household consumption. Our bagsakan market (wholesale market) sell vegetables coming from the different provinces of Regions I and III and our families here buy vegetables for their consumptions.”

This was said by Mayor Amadeo R. Perez, Jr. as the main reason why he decided to come up with the Organic Vegetable Production Contest which was launched at the Cultural and Sports Center here on August 6.
He said that the project is an off-shoot of the city’s project “Tulungan sa Purok” in 1980 but has to be reinforced to reach more people particularly during the lean months.

In stressing the importance of the contest, Perez presented a mathematical computation that if 10,000 households in the city are buying vegetables daily at P100.00 for their consumption, this is translated into P1 million daily or P30million a month. But if the households plant their vegetable consumption, that amount could be spent for other essential needs of their families.

Councilor Amadeo “Bobom” Perez IV expressed his thanks to the 34 barangays for heeding the call on this kind of project. He said that the city is still an agricultural area and many depend on farming for livelihood and the agricultural production.

“We have to act now and produce our food,” he told the more than 340 cityfolks.

Sison Mayor Kimi S. Cojuangco who also grace the launching of the program lauded the city government for this kind of project. She said that even in her town, she has already launched a similar project and encouraged her constituents to plant not only vegetables but also high value crops.

“We are a very lucky country that God has given us a rich land. We have beautiful landscapes that could be planted with many crops like vegetables. But the problem is we are not using these endowed natural resources of ours,” she said.

Abono Party List Chair Rosendo O. So who also attended the affair told the audience that unless the people will supplement their food needs by planting vegetables, life ahead will be harder for them.

He said that the Asian Free Trade Association through its policies greatly affected the prices of agricultural products in the Asian region. He also said that the country should have already modernized its agricultural productivity through the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act which was passed in 1992. However, funds for the modernization have not been released by the national government.

“We should have now cold storage facilities for our crops and corn dryers should have already been installed in barangays, but the government had been remiss in implementing the modernization program,” So stressed.
He also informed the audience about Abono’ feeding program using white corn and the said project will soon be implemented also in the city.
Last year, Abono launched also a similar project dubbed as “Gulayan at Maisan Sa Eskwelahan” which was participated in by various schools in the province.

The Organic Vegetable Production Contest entails ten participants in every barangay who will be provided with vegetable seeds, malunggay seedlings and bags of organic fertilizers. The seeds shall be planted in a 100-200 square meters lot which will be evaluated by the monitoring committee created for the purpose.

Prizes according to Mayor Perez are: First Prize-P30,000.00; Second Prize-P20,000.00; Third Prize- P10,000.00 and P5,000.00 consolation prizes each for the ten runners-up. Mayor Kimi S. Cijuangco and Engr. Rosendo O. So beefed up the prizes by committing to give P5,000.00 each to all winners in the barangays.

The launching was also attended by Councilors Chinky Perez, Higinio Agsalud, Blesildo Sumera, City Agriculturist Bonifacio Pareñas and Agriculture Consultant Bert Rosario.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/11/perez-launches-vegetable-production-contest/

DPWH bares P500-M projects for Pangasinan

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By Mortz C. Ortigoza


SAN FERNANDO– The new director of the Department of Public Works and Highway in Region 1 said the national government has appropriated P593,974,000 for Pangasinan, for construction and repair of highways, bridges, school houses, dikes, and others.

Director Mariano Alquiza said the said amount can be sourced from his department itself, Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Education.

The DPWH funds have been divided into the following districts of Pangasinan: 1 — P51 million; 2 — P177 million; 3 — P143 million; and Pangasinan Sub-District Engineering II, P99 million.

The funds of Department of Agriculture have been appropriated into the following Pangasinan districts: 1 — P20 million; 2 — P25 million; 3 — P45 million; and Pangasinan Sub-District Engineering II, P20 million.
The funds of Department of Education have been divided as follows: District 1-, P254,000; District 2- P6,983,000; and Pangasinan Sub-District Engineering II, P6,737,000.

Alquiza said that his department was still waiting for the funds from DepEd intended for Pangasinan third district.
He added that the overall budget for this year in his jurisdiction is P 1.7 billion.

He said however that if he includes the appropriation last year for some projects that have been finished only this year he dubbed “carry-over,” his office banners a P 2.8 billion budget for 2009.

He explained that significant part of the funds have been programmed for the pump-priming of the regional economy through additional school buildings, bridges, and roads.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/10/dpwh-bares-p500-m-projects-for-pangasinan/

Lambino, Baniqued clash on Magic deal

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By Mortz C. Ortigoza


MALASIQUI – Critics of Mayor Armando Domantay and the Sanggunian Bayan members of this town have finally crossed path with their lawyer when they guested in a media forum in Dagupan City.

Former Malasiqui Mayor Oscar Lambino and whistle-blower Mariano Armas tangled with provincial legal officer Geraldine Baniqued on legal matters and ethics at the Kapihan sa Lenox in Dagupan City.

Lambino charged Baniqued of “wrongfully” counseling for an anomalous lot conversion that the latter legally interpreted in year 2004 as defective when she was then the provincial attorney.

Lambino, who was the vice governor then, remembered that he and the members of the provincial board remanded Municipal Ordinance No. 005-2003 to the Sanggunian Bayan of Malasiqui upon the recommendation of Baniqued, who said it lacked the necessary two-third votes.

“Out of ethics and delicadeza she should not have accepted this anomalous case. She gave legal opinion to a contract that is defective. Nakakahiya! (It’s shameful!),” Lambino hissed.

Baniqued refuted Lambino’s assertions saying that she could not refuse to counsel any local government units since she is the legal officer of the province.

“I was duty bound to represent them (LGUs) as I’m also guided by the lawyer’s Cannon of Ethics,” Baniqued said.

She narrated that when she was the legal attorney of former governor Victor Agbayani, she defended a mayor who was not an ally of the governor.

She said that case was so unpopular among the vendors of that town but she went with it because she was the provincial lawyer.
“LGUs can not be represented by private lawyers except on some circumstances,” she added.

Baniqued interjected also to the accusation of Lambino that she is “lawyering” to the said case.

“I disagree! Lawyering is like advocating. I am representing them as the public counsel for Malasiqui,” she said.

A resident of this town, Mario Armas, who discovered the said anomalous transaction said that this case commenced when he wrote Vice Mayor Mariano Espinosa to furnish him copies of the resolution and other documents that the SB passed empowering Domantay to enter a contract with Magic Group of Companies to lease for 40 years the lot.

“But the SB did not furnish me copies. Thus, I used the photocopies of my letters as exhibits to my injunction case against those officials at the Regional Trial Court in San Carlos City,” he emphatically and loudly explained to the wide eyed media men.

He added that whatever justification Domantay gives, the contract was void from the beginning since the 2/3 votes required by Section 21 of the Local Government Code (Republic Act 7160) was not met to convert the lot from public to commercial use.

The law says that in case of permanent closure, such ordinance must be approved by at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the Sanggunian, and when necessary, an adequate substitute of the public facility that is subject to closure is provided.

“They should get seven votes, but was able to get five votes” Armas harangued.

Lambino said Domantay was mocking the law as he was using an invalid ordinance.

But Domantay in a chance encounter with media men at the feeding program by Abono Party List in Barangay San Julian here denied the accusation of the former vice governor that he made a mockery of the law.

“My legal basis when I entered into a contract with Magic Groups of Companies was the resolution empowering me to negotiate and enter into a contract with Magic Group of Companies. It was signed by nine councilors and the vice mayor that I eventually approved,” Domantay explained.

Resolution No. 002-2009 was approved by the SB last January 26, 2009.

Domantay pooh-poohed the criticisms of Lambino and Armas as he did not see Ordinance No. 005-2003 the duo was acrimoniously talking about.

“The ordinance they are talking about is out of the picture,” he added
Resolution No.002-2009 is this town’s Annual Investment Plan of 2009.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/10/lambino-baniqued-clash-on-magic-deal/

Gabay ton man presidente nen Chiz, kaiba to ray ABONO party. Aramay opposition. Nan feeding program ira ed Malasiqui last week.

Ibabaga na arum pati si Mark Cojuanco man gobernador. Balbaleg ya kaambagelan awa?! Taga Tarlac tan, aga ni makatalos na Panagisnan.

haha sirin???:lol:

sipatan kasi unlaban met ey?? agbayani tan espino??:dunno:
how about de venecia?? in kakampanya mi man nen saman ta taga san-jacinto kami insan 4th district tan si jdv...:lol:

Siguradon Espino tan Agbayani lamet so labanan. Espino ak la! :lol:

Ibabaga ra si Manay Gina so unlaban for 4th dist rep. nakalaban to retired police general?

Balitan Amianan la.. GMAch.10 mambantay kilay TV!

'Oposisyon mankasakey lanlamang ed kaunoran'

8/12/2009

DAGUPAN CITY - Maninisya si Senador Francis Chiz Escudero na magkaka-sakey lan lamang ed kaunoran so oposisyon diad panpili na saya pambato da ed 2010 Elections anggano amayamay so maninisya ya imposible la iyan nagawa.

Diad ekslusibon inpituyaw na Bombo Radyo Dagupan nen niman na kabwasan ed senador inbaga nen Escudero na anggad natan ed anggap ni so apankasunduan na partido da balet posiblen mankasakey met lan lamang ira tan nawalaan ira na sak sakey ya manok.

Anggano walay nanenengneng na political ads na saray posiblen standard bearer et agga ibabaga na watak-watak so oposisyon .

Kwan ni ya senador anggano saray arum na partido et anggapo ni so kandidato da.

Kalegenan ton nia, bukas met iya diad anton posisyon ya i-alok da ed sikato balet natan anggapo ni so apantongtongan da.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=102585

Mangatarem PNP, ag kinmurang ed ginawan impangulo na datin Mayor tan Vice Mayor

8/12/2009

DAGUPAN CITY – Anggapoy ginawa na Mangatarem PNP ed ibabagan impanderal nen datin Mayor Nelson Cruz, tan asawa ton si Vice Mayor Cristina Cruz ed grocery store na kanayon ya si Ailyn Cruz.

Impalapag nen SPO1 Jose Campus, personal iyan seblangan na sankakanayon ya Cruz kanyan ag akibabali so PNP.

Agmet kuno kinmerew na tulong so complainant nen babagbagen na san-asawan Cruz so pankayarian ton establishemento.

Agmet kuno nibaga nen Campus no twan walay agawan harassment lapud agto met personal ya anengneng so insidente, anggaman ire-reklamo na kanayon dan walay agawan impan-abuso na san-asawa.

Taluran pulis so akatalaga asingger ed lugar na inkagawaay insidente tan manbabantay na traffic, balet agmet ira aki-babali.

Unaan lan nanreklamo si Jose Tandoc, kanayon met na makangawa na grocery store, ya inararo na luluganan na san-asawang Cruz so Grocery tan imbabantak daw lako to.

Papasuotin dayan onalis la ta wala la kunoy nalmo ran man-renta ed lugar.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=102495

Drag racing na aray kalangweran , unaarangkada lamet ed baley na Mangatarem

8/12/2009

DAGUPAN CITY – Unaarangkada la lamet so drag racing ed baley na Mangatarem no iner panay ogugaw so sangkot.

Impalapag nen SPO1 Jose Campus, imbestigador na Mangatarem PNP, makakalusot labat so aray mangagaway delekadon galaw ya singa say saya.

Kada makaka-awat iray impormasyon ya walay nagagawan Drag Racing, tampol ya manreresoponde iray pulis tan eerelen iray mimilad saya.

Imbaga ni nen Campus ya babagaan to rayan ituonda lay delikadong galaw da lapud nayari ran narisgo.

Agto balet kuno amta no piga so pustaan na aray kaibad drag racing.

Kinmerew layay tulong ed saray barangay official tan diad kumunidad so Mangatarem PNP ya ipasabid sikaran tampol no walay nagagawan drag racing ed lugar da.

Imbaga to nen ya delikado iyan galaw tan nayarin pateyan ni na aray mangagalaw.

Lapud saya, ag laya iya-abuloy na kapulisan.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=102514

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NATURE FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla

Working in Mangatarem

SUPPORTED by the European Commission, Haribon is currently implementing its Governance and Local Development for Endangered (Golden) Forests project in four important biodiversity areas in the country. One of our project sites is the Zambales Mountains that straddle the provinces of Pangasinan and Zambales. Specifically, Haribon works with the local government units and communities of Palauig in Zambales and Mangatarem in Pangasinan particularly within the Manleuag Spring Protected Landscape (MSPL). It is a protected area declared through Presidential Proclamation 576 signed by President Arroyo on March 10, 2004. It covers an area of 2,900 hectares and is a second growth forest resulting from reforestation activities in the 1960s to the 70s. It is managed by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) led by the Regional Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources which allocates budget, approves proposals for funding, and decides matters relating to planning, peripheral protection and general administration in accordance with the General Management Plan of the Park. The Protected Area Superintendent is the official administrative officer exercising immediate supervision over the park personnel and its operation and implementation of park development plans. Haribon will be signing a Memorandum of Agreement with the PAMB regarding capacity building activities and forest restoration efforts.

The park is a popular destination of local tourists mostly coming from nearby towns of Tarlac and Pangasinan and is famous for its hot spring, waterfalls and fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. The LGU of Mangatarem and the PAMB are proposing to expand the area of the park to 4,240 hectares to include all the remaining tropical rainforests extending up to the boundary with Zambales Province. Specifically, Haribon works in the barangay of Malabobo which comprises a large portion of the park. The reforestation project of the DENR using exotic tree species has not totally revived the lush vegetation. Forest guards are not enough to deter the continued practice of illegal logging, charcoal making and kaingin farming which started in the 1950s and caused floods and landslides in 1972. More families from Tarlac migrated in the 1960s who are now considered forest-dependent settlers. Rampant use of destructive fishing methods in rivers was also practiced that resulted to the waning of freshwater fish population. The population of wild animals has also declined; majority of what remained retreated deeper into the forest which now take days to be reached.

Buho is still abundant in the hills of Mangatarem and is being used for making sawali. Other non-timber forest products like yantok and cogon are also collected and sold commercially. Outside the MSPL are rice fields which are the income sources of the community. These are, however, affected by siltation brought about by quarrying which devastated crops in some areas. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides affect wildlife diversity both in agriculture and freshwater ecosystems. Chemical residues may contaminate ground water through leaching, while aquatic life can be affected through improper disposal to rivers and tributaries. Unrestrained application of pesticides also poison the predator birds and wildlife that control pest populations while extensive use of chemical fertilizers also cause emission of significant amounts of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with very high global warming potential.

Haribon’s conservation initiatives in this important biodiversity area encompass awareness raising activities, the conduct of trainings on forest restoration and livelihood, involvement in the local planning process and advocacy. To address poverty and livelihood, trainings on bio-intensive gardens (BIG) have been conducted and gardens have been established. The BIG is an organic agricultural system which focuses on maximum yields from the minimum area of land, while simultaneously improving the soil. The goal of the method is long-term sustainability on a closed system basis. What are grown are nutritious vegetables and medicinal herbs to respond to food and medical needs of families. Because dependence on the forest for fuel wood is high, communal tree farms will be identified jointly with the PAMB wherein trees will be planted and harvested for fuel. We shall soon be starting the forestland use planning process with the LGU which will address spatial allocation for activities and law enforcement. Our work in this part of the country continues to challenge and inspire us. We are fortunate that the DENR, LGU and the communities are cooperative and this may be the best first step for any conservation work to succeed.

orgsus@haribon.org.ph

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/aug/08/yehey/opinion/20090808opi5.html

Pangasinan guv directs anew removal of road barriers in front of schools

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 12 (PNA) -- Governor Amado Espino Jr. has reiterated the order to the Police Provincial Office (PPO) to direct all chiefs of police in Pangasinan to remove all road barriers in front of school buildings which hinder the free flow of traffic.

Espino coursed his new order on Wednesday to Superintendent Wilson Lopez, chief of the Special Operations Group (SOG), who will relay it to Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Percival Barba.

The governor reiterated the order after he noticed that road barriers in front of schools are back after they were removed months ago due to numerous complaints from motorists.

Regional Trial Court Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 52 in Tayug town was among those who complained about the existence of road barriers in front of schools. He called these illegal.

Saying that these barriers can cause accidents, Judge Butuyan recommended that they be removed immediately by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Early this year, Espino ordered that all road barriers in front of schools be removed as these are also a major concern of motorists in other provinces, like La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Sur Norte, not only Pangasinan.

The Regional Peace and Order Council, of which Espino is the chairman, discussed this in their quarterly meeting in Lingayen in February, prompting the Pangasinan governor to act swiftly for their removal.

Espino, in a talk to newsmen in Dagupan City on Wednesday, said that in his new order against the barriers, he asked that they must be placed only when the pupils/ students are going in and out of their schools.

After that, these should all be removed to keep the uninterrupted flow of traffic along the highways, he said. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223561

Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Pangasinan get cash incentives

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Mabini, Pangasinan (12 August) -- A total of 1,524 families in this town have received cash cards under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) which is part of the government's poverty reduction program.

Social welfare officer III and 4Ps focal person Venus Reboldela said beneficiaries from 16 barangays of Mabini received total cash assistance amounting to P2,899,500. Barangay Tagudin has the biggest number of beneficiaries with 214 identified households followed by barangays De Gusman and Barlo with 135 and 133 beneficiaries, respectively.

Reboldela said cash assistance is given to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly for children aged 0-14. The beneficiaries, she said, were selected through a uniform, objective and transparent set of criteria.

"The 4Ps has dual objectives. The first is social assistance wherein the government provides cash assistance to the poor to alleviate their needs and the second is social development to break the inter-generational poverty cycle through investment in human capital," Reboldela said.

Reboldela explained that certain conditions need to be complied with by the beneficiaries to remain in the program such as: pregnant women must get pre- and post- natal care and be attended during childbirth by a skilled/ trained health professional; parents or guardians must attend responsible parenthood sessions, mother's classes and parent effectiveness seminars; children 0-5 years old must receive regular or preventive health check-ups and vaccines; children aged 3-5 years old must attend day care or pre-school classes at least 85% of the time, and; children 6-14 years old must enroll in elementary or high school.

Non-compliance to the conditions by the beneficiaries will result in the suspension of their cash grants or dropping them from the program, Reboldela said.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has also distributed cash cards to beneficiaries in Bolinao and soon in the towns of Urbiztondo and Aguilar. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090812.htm&no=19

Proposed curfew hours for motorcycle riders in tandem up for hearing in Pangasinan

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Aug. 12 (PNA)-- The provincial board is set to hold public hearing on the draft ordinance seeking to impose curfew hours for motorcyclists riding in tandem along the highways.

The hearing is set on August 28 starting at 10 a.m.

The draft ordinance was authored by Board Members Alfonso Bince Jr. and Jeremy Rosario as part of the provincial government's efforts to curb crimes, especially the so-called extra-judicial killings, which are reportedly perpetrated by men mostly riding in tandem on motorcycles along the highways.

Invited to attend the public hearing to give their views about the draft ordinance are Pangasinan-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, representatives of the Human Rights Commission, Philippine National Police (PNP), Land Transportation Office (LTO) and members of non-government organizations (NGOs).

Under the draft ordinance, the curfew for men riding tandem on motorcycles is set from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. daily.

Board Member Bince said that so far, the Pangasinan Motorcycle Riders Association sent a position paper to the provincial board, expressing opposition to the draft ordinance, calling this as discriminatory.

According to Bince, the group believes that based on records of the police, it is not only motorcycles that are being used in the commission of crimes but cars and jeeps as well.

He said Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa, chief of Police of Dagupan City, expressed his support to the draft ordinance.

Bince said he and Board Member Rosario proposed the ordinance due to numerous crimes in the province attributed to men riding in tandem on motorcycles even during the wee hours.

“Depending on the voice of the public, we are willing to have the draft ordinance revised to suit to the present times and conditions,” he said. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223576

^^magandang gabi sayo allandude....how's pangasinan tonight?

^^magandang gabi sayo allandude....how's pangasinan tonight? Masantos ya labi ed sikayo! (Good evening)

Mabuti naman at hindi na maulan. Hot and humid ngayon dito sa town namin. Mataas parin ang tubig sa Agno River, Tarlac River, Camiling River, Marusay River, Sinocalan River, at kung ano ano pang tributaries kaya baha sa ibang low lying areas. Sanay na sa annual flooding ang mga tao kaya hindi na nababalita sa TV. Kamusta dyan?

De Venecia, APSCU Region 1 to push MOA with Korean investors

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 12 (PNA) -- Educators in Region 1 and Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. (4th District, Pangasinan) have already reconciled on the proposed establishment a Korea-Philippine University in Pangasinan.

The educators expressed their objection to de Venecia's proposal to establish the said university.

According to Dr. Mac Arthur Samson, president of the University of Luzon and of the Association of Private Schools Colleges and Universities (APSCU) in Region 1, the congressman clarified that his proposal only involves the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between existing colleges and universities with the Korean government or investors.

Samson acted sharply to the former speaker's proposal, which he made public during the ground-breaking rites of the about to be constructed P100 Million Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan City in May.

The project was funded by the Korean government. The rites was attended by the Korean Ambassador to the Philippines.

APSCU opposed De Venecia's proposal, saying the establishment of a Korea-Philippine University will adversely affect enrollment of existing colleges and universities which are already experiencing low enrollment because of the present economic crisis.

“I told the congressman that there are already many universities in Pangasinan and Region 1 which the CHED (Commission on Higher Education) has declared as de-regulated,” he said.

De-regulation, he added, is a mark excellence being given by CHED to existing colleges and universities that are good.

In the case of Samson’s UL, the latter has been granted deregulated and also autonomous status, the only school of higher learning in the Ilocos Region so far granted such.

Samson said de Venecia is now pushing for the signing of a MOA between existing colleges and universities and some Korean investors, with the help of the Korean government.

He said APSCU members are happy with this compromise because the Korean investors will become partners of existing schools.

However, he said, members of APSCU have yet to sit down to discuss the matter with de Venecia, who is in Argentina where he presided over a Conference of Political Parties of Asia and Latin America (COPPAL). (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223514

BIR to padlock more violators

August 12, 2009

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By Janice Hidalgo

DAGUPAN CITY — Revenue District 4 Officer Joseph Catapia has warned taxpayers who are cheating on the government that after the recent temporary closure of six restaurants in Pangasinan, there is more to come.

At the Engkwentro weekly forum of the Pangasinan Press and Radio Club, Catapia said there are six revenue district offices in Region 1 (including revenue district 4).

All of which are strictly monitoring the different business establishments in the region in lieu of the implementation of Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) Oplan Kandado.

He said approximately 60 business establishments all over the country has been padlocked since the launching of the Oplan Kandado. The very first to be padlocked was a taxpayer in Magalang, Pampanga.

Those padlocked establishment were given a certain period to settle their tax obligation, otherwise, it will be padlocked permanently.

Catapia explained the prelude to Oplan Kandado operation is the Oplan Silip campaign.

It is being conducted on business establishments who are using the “point of sales machine,” otherwise known as cash register machine. These include, among others, department stores, groceries.

“We require them to submit their accumulated sales for

the day, as well as, the cumulative sales from the start of a certain period up to the time Operation Silip,” he remarked.“If it can be found out later that such taxpayer under declares his sales volume by 30 percent or more, then we have to implement the Oplan

Kandado. Except if the taxpayer (before the notice of closure, will be approved by the BIR Commissioner) will settle immediately whatever tax liabilities the taxpayer has to the government, the business establishment will be padlocked,” he added.

Meanwhile, Catapia admitted that death threats and danger has become part of their lives.

“That’s part of our work. Even in my past assignment even when I was with the tax fraud division of the national office…we received plenty of death threats,” he stated.

Catapia gave this appeal to the taxpayers: “If we affected someone there in line with doing with our job, hopefully they would understand that we are only doing our jobs according to our mandate in the BIR.”

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/bir-to-padlocked-more-violators/

Urdaneta needs 200m for landfill

August 12, 2009

By Janice Hidalgo

URDANETA CITY-In an aim to beat the deadline for each government unit set by the National Waste Commission of the Department of environment and Natural resources to have its open dumpsite close the city government now awaits for the release of more than 200 million pesos in order to build its own sanitary landfill.

Mayor Amadito Perez Jr. told Pangasinan today that as of today the city is already having problems as to where would they dispose the usual 75-80 tons of garbage being collected to the five major garbage contributor of the city.

“Every day the city is collecting at least 80 tons of garbages from the barangays of Dilan-Paurido, Sison, Poblacion and San Vicente and in few more years their would be more than these and we could not wait until this problem would become worst”, Perez said.

The Sanguniang Panlunsod last Tuesday has already approved the resolution giving an authority to the mayor to explore a loan of more or less 200 million pesos to augment the funding in building the sanitary landfill.

In a separate interview barangay kagawad Ismael Zabala of sitio Callegu told Pangasinan Today that residents in the area where the dumpsite was place were never been consulted and even up to this moment where they just hear the news that their area would again be the place where tons and tons of garbage will be dump in their area where a dialogue or consultation was not even done.

Marami na ang mga batang nag kakasakit dun at hind naman totoo na kakaunti ang mga residente doon ang voting population dun ay may humigit kumulang 900 na halos mga ama o ina lang ng tahanan ang mga yun kung bibilangin mo ang mga anak ng mga yun libo rin kami dun.

He added that residents in the locality has been more of a collateral because their lives are at risk and that they also understand that if a simple dialogue was not meet how much more of a feasibility study

Siguradong pera lang ang napag aralan ng mga yan at hindi ang paktual na sitwasyon. Zabala insisted.

Meanwhile Perez speaking before the members of the Pangasinan Press and Radio Club in StarPlaza belies adverse political publications that oppose the project. He said that the people in the area of barangay Catablan sitio Callegu where a controlled dumpsite has already been there for more than eight years now was able to tolerate the condition and that resident in the area were already earning from the dumpsite.

If they were able to tolerate this controlled open dump site how much more for an engineered landfill where it will be cleaner and acceptable for them than the usual and the residents are now earning at least 200 to 300 pesos a day from that garbage site. Perez explains.

The city will purchase a ten hectare land to place the engineered landfill right next to the existing dumpsite and cover the existing open dumpsite and later dig it for the organic plantation program purposes of the city.

Perez admitted that the local government was not able to do this during his early return as the mayor after serving as the 5th district congressman because the city has a lot of loans and that they made sure that this will all be paid according to schedule.

And that they have prioritized the building of anew public market where they have secured a loan amounting to 179 million pesos .

Perez was also proud when he announced that the city has more than 53 million pesos savings and assured the people of the city that the budget of the city will not be affected by this new loan.

He said that the fee that nearby towns will be paying the cioty will also serve as the source of payment for its monthly amortization.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional Director Buenaventura Rodrigo said that the city needs to act as soon as possible in order for the local officials
To avoid being criminally liable for not implementing the law set under the RA 9003 also known as the Waste Mangaement Act of the Philippines.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/urdaneta-needs-200m-for-landfill/

Parayno clarifies objection on landfill

August 12, 2009

By Janice Hidalgo

URDANTEA CITY-Vice Mayor Julio Parayno clarifies that he is never against the putting up of a sanitary landfill in the city.

Parayno made the clarification after members of the media went to get his side when he withdrew his support to a resolution approving the building of an engineered landfill during its regular session last Monday.

Only a fool will go against what the law mandates us, what I am against for is the railroading and fast tracking of my colleagues to enable the city to enter into a new loan with out the necessary feasibility study where we can base our need to barrow a specific amount. Parayno explains.

I vehemently disagree on the grounds that they might accused me of politicking but as a representative of the people I feel that the people needs adequate time to be properly informed of what we are up to.

The timing seems to look like they are cooking something I do not like the sound and I do not like to accuse my colleagues of anything beyond explanation he said.

Parayno said that he could never go against the plan of the city government when it is always for the good of the people and that he has never go against the Mayor’s plan of improving the life and the status of the city.

The Sanguniang Panlusod session last Monday failed to get the supposed 100 percent appr to insist that an amendment be inserted that will also authorized the city mayor to explore into a loan to any financial institution where Parayno quickly withdrew his approval and questioned the procedure.

Parayno during the session said that the absence of any feasibility study as gauge on how much will the city needs and the lack of a perspective plan that will serve as assurance that they are heading top accomplishing another infrastructure project is already a violation to the rules and procedures for approving such.

The vice Mayor also challenged councilor Jenelyn Sison when the lady councilor insited that they have already been doing that.

I have never tolerated any passage of a resolution that did pass the right procedure Parayno exclaim.

Meanwhile a resolution approving the authorization to the Mayor to open a new loan amounting to more than 200 million pesos was approved during a special session that was conducted last Tuesday.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/parayno-clarifies-objection-on-landfill/

hello allan_dude, may i know if you are located in dagupan? am looking for a local contact there to do some photography of certain local places.

Masantos ya labi ed sikayo! (Good evening)

Mabuti naman at hindi na maulan. Hot and humid ngayon dito sa town namin. Mataas parin ang tubig sa Agno River, Tarlac River, Camiling River, Marusay River, Sinocalan River, at kung ano ano pang tributaries kaya baha sa ibang low lying areas. Sanay na sa annual flooding ang mga tao kaya hindi na nababalita sa TV. Kamusta dyan?

meron low pressure area kaya medyo maulan....

De Venecia, APSCU Region 1 to push MOA with Korean investors (http://positivenewsmedia.com/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/De_Venecia_APSCU_Region_1_to_push_MOA_with_Korean_investors.shtml)

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 13 (PNA) -- Educators in Region 1 and Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. (4th District, Pangasinan) have already reconciled on the proposed establishment a Korea-Philippine University in Pangasinan.

The educators expressed their objection to de Venecia's proposal to establish the said university.

According to Dr. Mac Arthur Samson, president of the University of Luzon and of the Association of Private Schools Colleges and Universities (APSCU) in Region 1, the congressman clarified that his proposal only involves the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between existing colleges and universities with the Korean government or investors.

Samson acted sharply to the former speaker's proposal, which he made public during the ground-breaking rites of the about to be constructed P100 Million Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan City in May.

The project was funded by the Korean government. The rites was attended by the Korean Ambassador to the Philippines.

APSCU opposed De Venecia's proposal, saying the establishment of a Korea-Philippine University will adversely affect enrollment of existing colleges and universities which are already experiencing low enrollment because of the present economic crisis.

“I told the congressman that there are already many universities in Pangasinan and Region 1 which the CHED (Commission on Higher Education) has declared as de-regulated,” he said.

De-regulation, he added, is a mark excellence being given by CHED to existing colleges and universities that are good.

In the case of Samson’s UL, the latter has been granted deregulated and also autonomous status, the only school of higher learning in the Ilocos Region so far granted such.

Samson said de Venecia is now pushing for the signing of a MOA between existing colleges and universities and some Korean investors, with the help of the Korean government.

He said APSCU members are happy with this compromise because the Korean investors will become partners of existing schools.

However, he said, members of APSCU have yet to sit down to discuss the matter with de Venecia, who is in Argentina where he presided over a Conference of Political Parties of Asia and Latin America (COPPAL). (PNA)

hello allan_dude, may i know if you are located in dagupan? am looking for a local contact there to do some photography of certain local places. Nope. I live far south of Daguan :wink2:

Second pedestrian overpass to be built in Urdaneta City

URDANETA CITY, Aug. 13 (PNA)--Another pedestrian overpass will be put up across the MacArthur Highway to be connected to the second floor of the city market, according to Mayor Amadeo Perez, Jr.

Perez said P5 million was earmarked by the city council for the second overpass even as the first one is yet being constructed from P6 million set aside by Fifth District Rep. Mark (Mark) Cojuangco from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

“We are yet to conduct public bidding for constructors interested to build the second overpass in the city of Urdaneta,” Perez said.

The first overpass is located along the MacArthur Highway that will be connected to the eastern side of the market’s Building No. 2.

The second one will be constructed, also along the MacArthur Highway that will be connected to the second floor in the northern side of Market Building No. 1.

Both overpasses, said Perez, will entice prospective investors to relocate at the two newly built multi-storey public market buildings which are yet to be fully occupied.

Urdaneta City owns the biggest public market throughout Pangasinan if not in the entire northern Philippines or north of Manila.

Both market replaced an old structure gutted by a big fire sometime in 2002.

Perez, said the city government has just installed elevators in both public market buildings to complement their already existing escalator systems.

Market building No. 1 was built by the city from its own funds with additional financial help from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Rep. Cojuangco.

Market Building No. 2 was financed from P140 million loan of the city from the Land Bank of the Philippines. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223878

New Teachers' Guidebook in Pangasinan now extensively used

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 13 (PNA)--It looks like it's well that ends well as far as the provincial government and the Department of Education (DepEd) is concerned.

This is according to Governor Amado Espino, Jr., who told newsmen in a breakfast forum on Wednesday that the Teacher's Guidebooks on English, Mathematics and Science produced by the two school divisions of Pangasinan and funded by the province are now widely used by teachers.

The Teachers’ Guidebooks written by master teachers under the strict supervision of the two school divisions of Pangasinan with funding support from the provincial government are now being used extensively, after all, by public school teachers throughout the province.

Espino, said it was the teachers themselves who insisted on using the guidebook in their instruction because they know these were prepared by experts who came from their own ranks and who first underwent a seminar for the purpose.

The guidebooks were at first questioned by the central office of DepEd, citing that no consultation was made whatsoever to it when this was written, published and distributed to the Pangasinan teachers for use by them in the 2009-2010 school year.

As a result of this, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus caused the reassignment of Pangasinan I Schools Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio and Pangasinan II Schools Superintendent Armando Aquino to smaller school divisions.

Torio was reassigned to the Dagupan City school division while Aquino was forced to opt for an early retirement for consenting to the writing, publication and distribution of guidebooks to public school teachers.

It was learned that DepEd softened up and stopped the use of the guidebooks till after these are reviewed by a panel of educators from the central office.

“ I ordered the recall of the guidebooks but believe you me, not even one was returned," Espino said, adding that the report that came to him showed that all the teachers are already using these from the start of the school year in June.

The teachers, he said, begged to him that they no longer return the items, at the risk of possibly being reprimanded by DepEd.

"Ngayon, ginagamit na", (These are now being used)," Espino said.

Espino, said he allowed the province to bankroll the mass production of the guidebooks per request of the two school superintendents to ensure uniformity of instruction among all public schools across the province, so no pupil would be left behind by their counterparts in other provinces.

He denied that DepEd was not informed about the production of the same as the two school division superintendents had always been in contact with the DepEd regional director Ligaya Miguel. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=223720

Pump priming projects employ 2,000 in western Pangasinan

By Danny O. Sagun

Dagupan City (13 August) -- Almost 2,000 persons got employed on projects being implemented under the pump priming program of the government in western Pangasinan, according to the first Pangasinan engineering district.

District Engineer Edgardo Paragas Tuesday told the Philippine Information Agency that a total of P20 million was allocated for the construction of seven farm-to-market roads. Two road projects worth P5 million each were implemented in Bolinao town while five projects worth P2 million each were similarly implemented in Alaminos City, he disclosed.

He said that local laborers were hired for said projects in line with the government's emergency employment program and the economic resiliency plan of the Arroyo administration which are measures to soften the impact of the global financial crisis.

The engineering district also implemented school building construction projects worth P7,254,000 as of last month, Paragas said.

He also disclosed that the national government has allocated P21 million for the construction of an access road for the planned airport in Alaminos.

Its implementation was however put on hold in view of the absence of a definite location of the proposed airport.

It will be recalled that President Macapagal-Arroyo mentioned the airport project in her 2007 State of the Nation Address.

Other localities in the province like Sta. Barbara town bid as host for the planned facility.

The provincial government, for its part, batted for the upgrading of the existing Lingayen airfield into a regional airport. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090813.htm&no=14&r=r01&y=&mo=

No hospital holiday in Pangasinan on August 15

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City (13 August) -- No private hospital here in Pangasinan is going to go on holiday on August 15 as earlier warned by the hospital association because of the mandated slash in prices of medicines, the head of a known private hospital told a media forum Wednesday.

Dr. Viviencio Villaflor of the Villaflor Memorial Hospital said that there was no intention by his hospital and any other medical facilities in Pangasinan to join the so-called hospital holiday. "Wala kaming balak na sumama dyan," he said.

He noted that those private hospitals which have large stocks of medicines were the ones complaining because of possible losses with the implementation of the Cheaper Medicines law.

He said the affected hospitals may have to talk to their suppliers as to measures they would adopt so they would not suffer huge losses.

Meanwhile, Villaflor urged Pangasinenses to continue their support to the Pangasinan Red Cross of which he is the chapter president. The doctor and his fellow Red Cross volunteers guested at the weekly Engkwentro sa Lenox forum.

Being a Class "B" chapter, the Pangasinan Red Cross needs to source out donations of some P7 million a year to support its lean staff and its various services.

Maybelyn Fernandez, an active Red Cross volunteer from this city, said that the amount is easily depleted especially when disaster strikes.

She also called on able-bodied individuals to donate blood to the Red Cross even as she debunked some myths on blood donation. She said that a person who has tattoo can donate blood one year after having such body mark. A woman who has given birth can also donate blood after one year, she added.

Red Cross, she pointed out, is not just about blood. "We render a lot of services," she said citing as example the chapter's feeding program for young school kids in the public schools. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090813.htm&no=49

Siguradon Espino tan Agbayani lamet so labanan. Espino ak la! :lol:

Ibabaga ra si Manay Gina so unlaban for 4th dist rep. nakalaban to retired police general?

Balitan Amianan la.. GMAch.10 mambantay kilay TV!

haha, si Manay Gina sirin??
anengneng ko latan nen saman... insan ninang ed kasal nen uncle ko...:lol:
dyad dagupan, syupatan kasi untakbo...??

Mangaldan Catholic Church

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haha, si Manay Gina sirin??
anengneng ko latan nen saman... insan ninang ed kasal nen uncle ko...:lol:
dyad dagupan, syupatan kasi untakbo...??

Un! Plano manaya nen JDV man Gobernador. Diad dagupan, Fernandez tan Lim ni.

12 M, ingetar para ed Expanded Feeding Program ed Alaminos City

DAGUPAN CITY – Angigetar na 12 million pesos ya pundo so Sanggunian Panlungsod na Alaminos ya usaren parad 2nd phase na Expanded Feeding Program.

Impalapag nen City Nutritionist Virginia Francisco, kabiangan ed saray benepesaryo ed expanded feeding program et aray pre schoolers tan amin na saray ogugaw ed 39 ya public schools manlalapud 34 ya barangay.

Amin ya ogaw ya 3 years old ya anggad 5 years old ed saray pre schools tan amin na saray ugogaw ec saray public elementary school et minabang ed feeding program antokaman so kipapasen na abig laman da.

Taluran beses diad loob na sakey simba diad loob na anemeran bulan so ibayag na abetlan programa.

Ugto si iter ed saray ugogaw odino walay niluto tan sira da.

Ontulong met iray atateng ed pangitarya na kanin na aray ogugaw.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=102707

Landfill in every town unrealistic, Kimi says

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DAGUPAN CITY – Sison Mayor Kimi Cojuangco called as “unrealistic” the law calling for all towns to establish a sanitary land fill, saying there was no way that small towns with limited income can afford to set up their own.

If the local government units will be compelled to follow the law, “we’re going to have a lot of mayors in jail,” Cojuango said in a press forum here.

Republic Act 9003 or Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 calls for the establishment of sanitary land fills in every town five years after promulgation of the law. But nine years later, not one town in Pangasinan has put up such facility.

The law provided for a P500,000 and from five to ten percent of the town’s income the previous year, as penalties for first time violators. Subsequent violations will mean imprisonment of one to three years for the local government heads.

But Cojuango said while every town wants a landfill to have a clean environment, not all LGUs, like Sison in eastern Pangasinan which is a third class town, can afford it.

“Even a city like Urdaneta needs to secure a loan so it can establish a landfill,” she said.

During the same forum, Mayor Amadeo Perez of Urdaneta City said the city government applied for a loan of P220,000 from the Land Bank of the Philippines for the construction of a land fill.

Perez said the city was willing to accommodate the solid wastes of other towns, provided these are segregated into biodegradable and non-biogegradable, and these are contained securely in plastic bags or sacks.

Cojuango disclosed that her town has a controlled dumpsite where biodegrable wastes from the different villages are composed into organic fertilizers. The wastes are covered with soil so there are no flies around, she said.

She added that each village has a center where villagers dump recyclable materials.

Instead of forcing the LGUS to comply with RA 9003, Cojuangco said it should be the Department of Environment and Natural Resources which should come up with solutions to the solid waste management problem.
“The DENR should help us,” she said, as she suggested that some small towns are clustered and have a common landfill.

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Wendy Co said the dilemna of Sison town was “understandable” because landfill is expensive, requiring big lot and big budget to operationalize.

She said the town if unable to construct a landfill, it should conform with the provisions of the law such as segregation of wastes at source and has a materials recovery facility and has a composting facility.

“Clustering of towns for a landfill is okay and some towns have identified sites for a common landfill, but the ‘not-in-my-backyard mentality prevails,” Co said.

For those unable to construct a landfill yet, the DENR is proposing an eco-park instead, she said. An eco-park has an area for recycling, for composting, and a park.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/13/landfill-in-every-town-unrealistic-kimi-says/

Un! Plano manaya nen JDV man Gobernador. Diad dagupan, Fernandez tan Lim ni.

Kaso hindi ata sila pwede tumakbo (ung mga nabanggit) bilang gobernador ng Pangasinan; Dagupan kasi is independent from the province. Unless any of them would relocate lalo sa 4th district.

haha, si Manay Gina sirin??
anengneng ko latan nen saman... insan ninang ed kasal nen uncle ko...:lol:
dyad dagupan, syupatan kasi untakbo...??Un! Plano manaya nen JDV man Gobernador. Diad dagupan, Fernandez tan Lim ni.

Kaso hindi ata sila pwede tumakbo (ung mga nabanggit) bilang gobernador ng Pangasinan; Dagupan kasi is independent from the province. Unless any of them would relocate lalo sa 4th district.


We apologize for the confusion, Panagsinan Language is really diffucult to understand.

We were talking about the political plans of the De Venecia's in Pangasinan. Manay Gina might run for congress and JDV for governor. We still need confirmation regarding this because it's all hearsay.

Manay Gina is eligible for the post if she's a resident of Dagupan, because it's part of District 4. We don't have any information if JDV transferred his residency and voter's registration to any of the 4th district's municipalities (Mangaldan, Manaoag, San Fabian, San Jacinto). I checked the lower house's website, and the provincial address of JDV is in Dagupan, which is an independent component city, making him unqualified for the gobernatorial post.

Fernandez and Lim might face off for mayoral office in Dagupan.

Puno announces vice presidential bid

Friday, August 14, 2009

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

LINGAYEN – “I want to be the vice president of the Philippines in 2010. If the party does not believe that I am good enough candidate for vice president, I will just go back to my chickens at magsasabong na lang ako.”

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno (Lakas-Kampi-CMD vice chairman) made this announcement Friday morning at a press conference held at the Provincial Capitol-Veterans Park here.

Puno had a luncheon meeting with the Pangasinan Mayors League at the Provincial Government-owned Capitol Resort Hotel.

He also officiated the oath-taking of the more than 13,000 members of the newly created Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) held at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center.

The program was led by Governor Amado Espino Jr., Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, and Police Provincial Director Percival Barba.

On the insinuation of some people for him to resign just like National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) director Ralph Recto and level the playing field, Puno said all of them who will run for vice president in 2010 should quit posts.

Meanwhile, the Senate hearing called for by Senator Miriam Santiago on political advertisements or infomercials was also held Friday.

When asked about it, Puno said: “I would like to stay here because no one shouts at me.”

He further said some are getting upset over infomercials because they do not want to hear the accomplishments of government departments.

He defended the Arroyo administration, saying it in fact has done more infrastructure projects than that of the Marcos administration.

Puno also lamented why it is only the Cabinet officials that are being singled-out and criticized while the senators who also have infomercials are excluded from the hearing.

The DILG chief believed that indeed this matter on infomercials of government officials should be studied and investigated.

Puno clarified that not a single centavo from government funds was used in paying his infomercials.

“Our books are open for verification from the Commission on Audit and to anybody that cares to look into our books,” he said.

“My brothers organized a group which they call Friends of Ronnie which is now behind whatever information that is being disseminated,” Puno explained.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/puno-announces-vice-presidential-bid

Avon launches first Beauty Tour

AVON’S life-changing journey has begun!

The global beauty direct selling company has launched the Beauty Tour which will make its way throughout the Philippines to bring the good news on beauty and beautiful tomorrows with the Avon earning opportunities.

The tour will reach over 400,000 women nationwide and offers free product samples, beauty tips and makeovers.

“As the company for women, Avon is committed to providing women with the best in beauty products and the best earning opportunities,” Avon Philippines general manager Bob Briddon shared.

“This Beauty Tour is an additional opportunity for more women across the country to discover our great beauty products and take advantage of the Avon earning opportunities to make their dreams come true.”

The first stop on Avon’s Beauty Tour was Hotel Lenox in Dagupan City.

General ambience of the event was about professionalism and branding imagery. It was a visual feast of lights, energy and excitement with ambient music playing in the background.

As guests entered the room, they were led by a “tour expert” who gave participants an overview of what they were about to experience within the next 30 to 45 minutes. With five booths in the tour, each offered a different encounter -- from indulgence at the lipstick station, knowledge on Avon’s innovative products, beauty make-over, and personalized consultation with a dermatologist.

The experience gave attendees the opportunity to be the first to walk away with valuable tips, techniques, products, a whole new vision of their own beauty and ways to achieve their dreams with Avon.

Interested parties who missed the experience may visit Avon Dagupan Branch to find out more on exciting products and earning opportunity.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/avon-launches-first-beauty-tour

Dagupan, Roxas to host Milo run

Dagupan and Roxas cities will host the 33rd National Milo Marathon elimination this Sunday as the eight-month regional elimination races near the homestretch.

Dagupan has attracted 4,000 runners and Roxas will have 5,000 participants taking part in various categories.

The races will be flagged off simultaneously at 5:30 a.m. by local officials of the two cities assisted by organizers of the country’s longest running footrace.

Male runners must break the qualifying time of 1:15:00 while female participants must hurdle the 1:35:00 barrier to advance to the National Finals slated on October 11.

The three other categories on tap in the event held in partnership with the Department of Tourism and Bay View Park Hotel Manila are 3k, 5k and 10k.

Eighteen regional races have already completed, leaving eight more races before winding up the 26-leg nationwide elimination that started last February in Subic Freeport Zone and Dipolog City.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/215755/dagupan-roxas-host-milo-run

Buy more corn, NFA asked

By FA SISON ALMAZAN

Rosales, Pangasinan — The National Food Authority (NFA) is being asked to purchase more corn from farmers this harvest season.

Thousands of farmers all over the country started harvesting corn this month.

Abono party-list Chairman Rosendo O. So said that farmer-corn growers, particularly those in Regions 1 and 2, are expected to have a bountiful harvest.

“Kailangan matulungan ang mga magsasaka na maibenta ito sa tamang halaga lalo na ngayong panahon ng tag-hirap,” So said.

The leader of the party-list group and Congressmen Robert “Eskimo” Estrella and Francisco “Pacoy” Ortega asked the NFA to buy all corn produced by the peasants, saying this would be a big help for them during this lean period.

Chairman So said that the NFA procures corn at P13 per kilo, while the present farmgate price of corn is P8 per kilo.

The P5 price difference goes a long way in improving the lot of the farmers, So said.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/215864/buy-more-corn-nfa-asked

NFA starts palay buy in western Pangasinan

By Danny O. Sagun

Dagupan City (14 August) -- The National Food Authority has announced the start of palay buying operations this harvest season in key production areas in western Pangasinan to assure farmers of a ready market for their produce and beef up government stocks.

The NFA buys palay at P17 per kilogram with an additional incentives of P0.20 per kilo for transporting the produce to NFA warehouses, and P0.30 per kilo as Cooperative Development Incentive Fee. Effective buying price of NFA is P17.40 per kilo for individual farmers and P17.70 per kilo for Farmers' Organization.

NFA western Pangasinan branch manager Ramon B. Cuaresma said the branch began buying corn this harvest season. The NFA buys clean and dry corn at P13 per kilo and P11.50 per kilo for white corn grains (WGN) and yellow corn grains (YGN), respectively, with additional incentives. For individual farmers, NFA buys white corn grains (WGN) at P13.40 per kilo and yellow corn grains (YGN) at P11.90.

As of August 12 the NFA branch procured 213 bags of white corn and 15,615 bags of yellow corn, or a total of 15,828 bags.

For farmer organizations, WGN is priced P13.70 per kilo, while YGN is P12.20 per kilo.

The agency has started revalidating farmers' passbook this cropping season and set up six buying stations. Locations of buying stations are as follows: Mangatarem GID warehouse in Umangan, Mangatarem; Alaminos GID warehouse in Pandayan, Alaminos City; Kazenbar warehouse in Tebeng, Dagupan City; Ferrer warehouse in Maniboc, Lingayen; Berex Abalos warehouse in Salay, Mangaldan and Fernandez warehouse in Lucao District, Dagupan City.

Cuaresma also said the branch is ready to extend its services for mechanical drying of palay this wet cropping season to farmers and farmers' organization as part of the agency's effort to help farmers in their post harvest facility needs.

NFA mechanical dryers are located at the Mangatarem and Alaminos warehouses. A minimal fee of P12 per bag of 50 kilos with a maximum moisture content of 26 percent is charged for farmers or farmer organizations that sell their palay to NFA. Farmers and farmer organizations that do not sell their palay to NFA are charged with the latest approved drying rate in the province. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090814.htm&no=42&r=r01&y=&mo=

Dagupan health office cautions public vs common illnesses

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Dagupan City (14 August) -- The city health office here has cautioned the public to be wary of the illnesses that arise during the rainy season when the temperature is optimal in the multiplication of viruses.

City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell said Tuesday that respiratory tract infections (RTI) like the common colds and cough usually reach their peak of occurrence in the months of June to September. RTI is one of the leading causes of morbidity, according to Carbonell during a live interview at the 'Pantongtongan Tayo' radio program of the Philippine Information Agency at DZMQ-Radyo ng Bayan.

"Our office has a year round program for the control of RTI. Usual patients are children five years old and below because they have lesser immunity," Carbonell noted.

Carbonell said they usually classify the infection into four categories: First, is the ordinary cough and colds; second, is pneumonia which are both treatable at home. Severe pneumonia and very severe pneumonia are the third and fourth classifications where patients are referred to hospitals to be given initial dose of hospital medication.

Diarrhea, Carbonell said, is another illness for people to be wary about. "Once a child defecates 7-8 times in a day, it's a cause for alarm. A child patient with diarrhea must be given special attention because it is a fatal illness," Carbonell said.

Although RTI illnesses reach their peak during the rainy season, the health office however encounters dengue patients all year round making it an endemic disease.

"Although we have dengue patients all year round, the number of cases dropped by 21 cases from 77 in January to July last year to 56 cases of the same period this year," Carbonell said.

Since no vaccine is available for dengue, Carbonell reiterated the "4S" being implemented by his office: search and destroy of breeding places, seek early medical advice, self protection and say yes to fogging only during outbreaks.

Another leading cause of morbidity is tuberculosis. Although TB is a communicable disease and not inherited, the good news is that it is curable, he bared.

Carbonell said it is important for the public to have the right knowledge of the diseases and the right treatment for them. He said the public health is concentrating now more on the preventive and promotive aspects in dealing with health problems. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090814.htm&no=07

Sta Barbara- American investors have expressed strong intention in putting up an International Airport in this town.

The US contingent who only took the “birds eye view” of the town were accompanied by Mayor Reynaldo “Rey” Velasco.

Velasco has outline his specific ninth agenda which is Community Partnership that entice active involvement of the private sector needed in building network to finance various local projects in the Municipality.

The American investors first visited Governor Amado Espino as a matter of courtesy call before exploring potential tourism and commercial areas in the Province.

In as much as Sta Barbara has been enjoying a peaceful ambiance, Velasco deemed a minimal security is only needed to allow the foreign project financiers in making a tour of areas here that could serve as potential tourism haven.

“We have not much time to go around town. I just have to accompany our visitors in taking a bird’s eye view of what Sta Barbara is, so they could relate to what projects they want to establish here and for them to finance it,” Velasco said.

Speculations on the construction of a proposed international airport here surfaced as early as the second half of last year.

He added that there are about 500 hectares of land in his town which could be available as project site.

Velasco expressed elation on the visit here of the American financiers, saying: “I am happy to know that they are interested in considering possible construction of an airport here.”

He said he has to facilitate immediacy in drafting the related proposal to support realization of the coveted airport project.

He added he is waiting for some materials which the provincial government has promised to provide the municipal government here in drafting the proposal.

“As soon as data could be made available to us, then we shall start doing the project proposal,” Velasco said in a happy face.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/774/

Potential investors of the proposed regional airport visits Sta. Barbara

by Deborah Beltran-Castillo

Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan - Retired PNP General, now Sta. Barbara mayor Reynaldo Velasco is very optimistic that the town will finally host the regional airport following the approval of prospective investors of the site.

Representatives from prospective investor, PLC Holdings International (PVT) Ltd were accompanied by Velasco in their visit to Sta. Barbara, the proposed site for the airport after a breakfast meeting with Gov. Amado Espino. The PLC Holdings International members who visited the province are Ralph Doughty, managing director for Asia based in Sri Lanka, Anthony "Tony" Reyes, managing director for Manila based in Makati City and Hercules Lee Castillo, managing director for Cebu based in Dallas, Texas.

"Sta. Barbara is a perfect site for the regional airport," remarks Tony Reyes. His main concern on how the airport will be supported in all aspects had been addressed with his discussion with Mayor Velasco.

"There is much to do with business and tourism in Pangasinan to support the airport," Reyes added.

Previously, there had been a series of discussions particularly on the location of airport, and Velasco has persisted in supporting the meetings. He insists that Sta. Barbara's location in central Pangasinan is more accessible to the pilgrim town of Manaoag Dagupan City's famous Bonuan bangus, among others.

http://www.stabarbara-pangasinan.ph/potential-investors-of-the-proposed-regional-airport-visits-sta-barbara/

I've been to Manaoag for many times and I observed the place is very calm and you will feel the serenity of the area surrounded. I know it is a pilgrim site but you will really feel how faith really works! :)

In line with that, here are my fave destination including its town or city:

1. Our Lady of Manaoag - Manaoag, Pangasinan
2. Hundred Islands - Dagupan City
3. Pangasinan Provincial Capitol - Lingayen, Pangasinan
4. Patar Beach - Bolinao, Pangasinan
5. Urdaneta CBD - Urdaneta City
6. Anda Island - Anda, Pangasinan
7. SM City Rosales - Rosales, Pangasinan
8. Umbrella Rocks - Agno, Pangasinan
9. Fine beaches - San Fabian, Pangasinan
10. Napocor Poweplant - Sual, Pangasinan

Cheers to Pangasinan for having a wonderful place to visit! :cheers:

I've been to Manaoag for many times and I observed the place is very calm and you will feel the serenity of the area surrounded. I know it is a pilgrim site but you will really feel how faith really works! :)

In line with that, here are my fave destination including its town or city:

1. Our Lady of Manaoag - Manaoag, Pangasinan
2. Hundred Islands - Dagupan City
3. Pangasinan Provincial Capitol - Lingayen, Pangasinan
4. Patar Beach - Bolinao, Pangasinan
5. Urdaneta CBD - Urdaneta City
6. Anda Island - Anda, Pangasinan
7. SM City Rosales - Rosales, Pangasinan
8. Umbrella Rocks - Agno, Pangasinan
9. Fine beaches - San Fabian, Pangasinan
10. Napocor Poweplant - Sual, Pangasinan

Cheers to Pangasinan for having a wonderful place to visit! :cheers:

Hindi yata sa Dagupan ang Hundred Island.

Hindi yata sa Dagupan ang Hundred Island.
Oops sorry po. :nuts:

But anyway, here is my updated list:

1. Our Lady of Manaoag - Manaoag, Pangasinan
2. Hundred Islands - Alaminos City
3. Pangasinan Provincial Capitol - Lingayen, Pangasinan
4. Patar Beach - Bolinao, Pangasinan
5. Urdaneta CBD - Urdaneta City
6. Anda Island - Anda, Pangasinan
7. SM City Rosales - Rosales, Pangasinan
8. Umbrella Rocks - Agno, Pangasinan
9. Fine beaches - San Fabian, Pangasinan
10. Napocor Poweplant - Sual, Pangasinan

Thanks for the feedback po!:okay:

Manay Gina is eligible for the post if she's a resident of Dagupan, because it's part of District 4. We don't have any information if JDV transferred his residency and voter's registration to any of the 4th district's municipalities (Mangaldan, Manaoag, San Fabian, San Jacinto). I checked the lower house's website, and the provincial address of JDV is in Dagupan, which is an independent component city, making him unqualified for the gobernatorial post.


yes, Manay Gina is apparently planning to run for congress... anggapo ni confirmation balet itan la so balak to kuno... imbaga to tan nen lolo ko na unlaban met na kadawad ed San Jacinto...:lol:

Sta Barbara- American investors have expressed strong intention in putting up an International Airport in this town.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/774/

what??!?! how about the planned airport in Alaminos..???:nuts:

Cheers to Pangasinan for having a wonderful place to visit! :cheers: There's more to explore! Just keep on coming back! :cheers1:
yes, Manay Gina is apparently planning to run for congress... anggapo ni confirmation balet itan la so balak to kuno... imbaga to tan nen lolo ko na unlaban met na kadawad ed San Jacinto...:lol: Bagam kien nen lakim umabaik lad man-mayor. Kelag ya baley so San Jacinto, napanalo to tan.


what??!?! how about the planned airport in Alaminos..???:nuts: That's also my reaction when i first read the article. I'm not so sure regarding the viability of the said project. As long as there's no government guarantee, let the private investor take the risk.

Alaminos airport is still on the drawing board.

Bagam kien nen lakim umabaik lad man-mayor. Kelag ya baley so San Jacinto, napanalo to tan.

haha...:lol: anggapo la'y umboto ed sikato... akulaw la...:D insan wadtan met ni de guzman tan columbres na manlaban ed pagka-mayor...:D

That's also my reaction when i first read the article. I'm not so sure regarding the viability of the said project. As long as there's no government guarantee, let the private investor take the risk.

Alaminos airport is still on the drawing board.

pulyan ta rad tan, tutal private investor met...:lol:

http://images.inquirer.net/media/business/money/topstories/images/pic-08160939550675.jpg

http://images.inquirer.net/media/business/money/topstories/images/pic-08160940110734.jpg

United colors of Calasiao puto

By Yolanda Sotelo
Inquirer Northern Luzon
08/16/2009

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Bite-sized sweet puto (steamed rice cake), popularly known as the white gold of Calasiao, has turned into precious gems with diverse, vibrant colors, attracting locals and visitors alike.

The color change comes with a variation in taste – from the sweetness of the traditional white puto to flavors like pandan (green), ube (violet), banana (yellow), strawberry (pink) and cheese (gold).

It was Florbella Pascua, 42, owner of Bella’s Puto here, who came up with the flavored puto.

The idea, she said, came from a customer who wanted to serve colorful rice cakes during parties.

“We actually started producing colored puto four years ago, depending on orders placed by customers. [The cakes were] not flavored [then] as we only used food coloring,” Pascua said.

It was only a year ago when she started making flavored puto using extracts of banana, mango, strawberry, pandan and ube.

She said she tried creating other flavors, like melon, but these did not sell well.

Her best sellers are the cheese, pandan and ube flavors. But the original white, unflavored puto is the all-time favorite, both in stalls in Calasiao and other Pangasinan towns.

“Many customers think that the color is just because of food coloring. It is only after they have tasted our product that they buy them,” Pascua said.

The original white puto and kutsinta (another rice cake variety) is sold at P60 a kilogram (70 to 75 pieces), while the flavored ones are sold at P80 a kg. The price is higher by P15 to P20 in other areas to cover transportation costs.

Bella’s Puto, one of the biggest puto producers in Calasiao, also produces puto with fruit bits, depending on orders placed.

This is because the shelf life is shorter, unlike the original and extract-flavored puto that can be stored for three days, Pascua said.

Bella’s Puto consumes three to six sacks of rice a day to make puto, depending on the season. Peak production period is from October to January. A sack of rice can produce 8,000 pieces or 107 kg of puto.

Bella’s Puto is sold at four SM shopping mall branches – in Sta. Mesa (Manila), Baliwag (Bulacan), Clark (Pampanga) and Rosales (Pangasinan). It is also sold in a store in Caloocan City and at the Pasalubong Center in Rosales town.

Long way

Bella’s Puto has gone a long way from the difficult days when Pascua and her five siblings started the business when they were students.

Pascua said when she was in Grade 1, she tagged along with her grandmother, Gertrudes Zamora, while she sold puto that she cooked.

“She would give me 100 pieces to sell. Customers might have been amused or they pitied me that they bought [my rice cakes],” she said.

Pascua said she learned all aspects of puto-making from her grandmother – from grinding the rice to cooking – in the same spot where her kitchen is now located.

“Puto-making has helped a lot, especially us, children, whose parents were almost always away on trips selling bicho-bicho [another type of rice cake],” said Pascua, the eldest of six siblings.

They were then left in the house and sometimes there was not even rice to cook. “Even our neighbors refused to lend us some rice,” said Lisa, Pascua’s sister.

Lessons from grandma

It was their grandmother who kept the children together, teaching the older ones to cook puto and sell them in the town proper.

“It was a very little business then, sometimes not even enough for our food,” Pascua said.

“When there were unsold puto, I bartered them for a cup of bagoong [fish paste] and some vegetables so we can have something to eat,” Lisa said.

Production then was limited to several gantas (a ganta is about 2 kg) of rice because of lack of capital and the limited market.

Pascua said puto used to be sold only in the morning, from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., because people thought that after 8 a.m., these rice cakes were already spoiled.

When Pascua was in high school, a friend suggested that she sell puto the whole day every Friday in front of the Señor Tesoro Shrine. Devotees congregate at the shrine every Friday.

Soon, other puto makers followed her lead and started to sell the entire day.

Hard work

It was hard work that made Pascua and her siblings succeed.

While in college, Pascua registered the name Bella’s Puto under the name of her parents, Rufo and Leonora de la Cruz.

“It was puto-making that saw us through college,” said Pascua, who finished engineering. Only one of her siblings did not complete college education.

In 1995, when the business stabilized, Pascua decided to take up units in education.

She is now a Grade 5 teacher in her village of Dinalaoan, dividing her time between her teaching chores and the puto business. Her husband, Jaime, is also a schoolteacher.

Drawing from her experience, Pascua said she would always remind her pupils that poverty was not a hindrance to success.

http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20090816-220505/United-colors-of-Calasiao-puto

pulyan ta rad tan, tutal private investor met...:lol: Gawen da siguro more on cargo tan general aviation. Singa melag labat may terminal tan angapo lay areo bridge. No walay commercial flights, limited labat paunlad Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea tan China, twice or thirce a week? Singa met diad Pampanga, dakel so OFW diad Pangasinan. Wala met siguroy ungamit na airport ditan ed Sta Barbara.

Lawmaker leads road opening

Sunday, August 16, 2009

STA. BARBARA -- Third district Representative Rachel Arenas led the simple ribbon cutting of the 600-meter long newly constructed road in Barangay Maningding, this town, last Saturday.

“It was an impromptu decision, we opted for a simple ribbon cutting so that the motorists could already use the road,” she said.

Arenas was assisted by Second Engineering District Sub-Office Chief Engineer Marietta Mendoza and members of the barangay council.

The portion of the national road was a flood-prone area, affecting the motorists greatly when there is continuous rain.

Arenas said the project costs about P12 million to include the drainage that will be constructed next.

Meanwhile, she asked for patience from the puto stall-owners in Calasiao town for the inconvenience brought about by the improvement which is now being done in from of the puto stalls.

The puto stalls were relocated in front of the church.

“I understand their concern because the customers know their place. They will only endure it for two months but the results will be long-lasting,” she said.

The road is low-lying and is not passable when the water at the nearby river flows down to the road.

According to Engr. Mendoza, they took the highest flood level at the area and raised the road to .90 meters. The 200-meter long project (to include the drainage) costs P10 million.

“The road has been under construction for decades. With the road raised and drainage to complement it, flooding can be prevented, the place will be clean. Because the area is low-lying, the tendency is that water will go down whenever it rains, including garbage,” Arenas explained.

“An improved and better road would me better business to our puto businessmen who operate 24 hours at the puto center in Calasiao,” she added.

Arenas said the projects she brought home to the third district of Pangasinan have so far reached the P1-billion mark. (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/lawmaker-leads-road-opening

NFA to undertake massive palay buying

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Aug. 16 (PNA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) is set to embark on a massive palay buying operation in Pangasinan when the harvest season starts next month.

NFA Branch Manager Ramon Cuaresma expects a bumper palay harvest in the coming harvest season owing to lesser typhoons that hit the province during the first cropping season.

Cuaresma said NFA buys palay at P17 per kilo and will give an incentive of P0.20 per kilo if farmers transport their produce to NFA warehouses, and an additional P0.30 per kilo as Cooperative Development Incentive Fee.

The agency has started re-validating farmers' passbook this cropping season in preparation for the massive buying operation.

Six buying stations were also set up in Umangan, Mangatarem; Pandayan, Alaminos City; Kazenbar warehouse in Tebeng, Dagupan City; Ferrer warehouse in Maniboc, Lingayen; Berex Abalos warehouse in Salay, Mangaldan and Fernandez warehouse in Lucao District, Dagupan City.

Cuaresma also said his ofice is also ready to extend its mechanical drying services this cropping season as part of the the NFA's effort to help farmers in their post-harvest facility needs.

NFA mechanical dryers are located at the Mangatarem and Alaminos warehouses. A minimal fee of P12 per bag of 50 kilos with a maximum moisture content of 26 percent is charged from farmers or farmer organizations if they sell their produce to NFA.

At the same time, Cuaresma said the NFA branch already began buying corn this harvest season.

The NFA buys clean and dry corn at P13 per kilo and P11.50 per kilo for white corn grains (WGN) and yellow corn grains (YGN), respectively, with additional incentives.

NFA buys white corn grains (WGN) at P13.40 per kilo and yellow corn grains (YGN) at P11.90 from individual farmers.

As of August 12, the NFA branch procured 213 bags of white corn and 15,615 bags of yellow corn, or a total of 15,828 bags.

For farmer organizations, WGN is priced P13.70 per kilo, while YGN is P12.20. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=11&rid=224345

Mabini town benefits from 4Ps

August 16, 2009

MABINI–A total of 1,524 families in this town received cash cards under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), a poverty reduction scheme implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Social welfare officer III and 4Ps point-person Venus Reboldela said the beneficiaries from 16 barangays in this town received total cash assistance amounting to P2.9 million.

Barangay Tagudin had the biggest number of beneficiaries followed by barangays De Guzman and Barlo.

Reboldela said the cash assistance is given to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education, particularly for children aged 0-14, with accompanying conditions that the beneficiaries must comply with.

Among the conditions are: pregnant women must get pre- and post- natal care and be attended during childbirth by a skilled/ trained health professional; parents or guardians must attend responsible parenthood sessions; children 0-5 years old must receive regular or preventive health check-ups and vaccines; children aged 3-5 years old must attend day care or pre-school classes at least 85% of the time, and; children 6-14 years old must enroll in elementary or high school.

Non-compliance to the conditions by the beneficiaries will result in the suspension of their cash grants or dropping them from the program.—PIA

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/16/mabini-town-benefits-from-4ps/

City oks 2nd pedestrian overpass to market

August 16, 2009

URDANETA CITY–Another pedestrian overpass will soon be built across the MacArthur Highway here leading towards the second floor of the city market to further spur business activity.

Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the city council has already earmarked P5 million for the second overpass even as construction for the first one, financed by Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), has already started.

The first overpass also cuts across Mac Arthur Highway and is connected to the eastern side of the market’s Building No. 2 while the second one will be connected to the northern side of Building No. 1.

Both overpasses, said Perez, will entice prospective investors to relocate at the second floor of the two newly built market, currently the biggest public market not just in Pangasinan but the entire northern Luzon area.

Perez also said the city government has just installed elevators in both public market buildings to complement existing escalator systems.

Market building No. 1 was built by the city from its own funds with additional financial help from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Cojuangco.

Market Building No. 2 was financed from a P140 million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines.—LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/16/city-oks-2nd-pedestrian-overpass-to-market/

Puno lauds new peacekeeping team members

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

LINGAYEN -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said Friday that he was overwhelmed with the volunteerism spirit of the Pangasinenses as manifested by their becoming members of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT).

Puno administered the oath taking of the more than 13,000 BPAT members from the 1,300 barangays in Pangasinan.

A sea of yellow flooded the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) grandstand where a program was held, as the BPAT members wore yellow shirts as their official uniform color, bearing the locality where they are from.

“This is the fourth of such BPAT launching all over the country. This is second one in Region 1 and the biggest that I have attended so far,” he remarked.

Puno thanked Governor Amado Espino Jr. and the entire Provincial Government for the warm welcome given to him.

Espino toured Puno around the provincial Capitol building, and then they sat down with members of the Provincial Board led by Vice Governor Marlyn Primcias-Agabas.

The Cabinet official later had a luncheon meeting with the members of the Pangasinan Mayors League.

Puno congratulated and commended Espino for the physical appearance of the provincial Capitol compound.

“I cannot help but congratulate the governor and the provincial administration. I’ve been going around the country for the last six weeks talking about out anti-red tape program, the peace and order program. This is the cleanest, the best looking, the best designed, the best everything provincial Capitol that I have been to. Congratulations to everyone in Pangasinan,” he remarked.

Meanwhile, Puno clarified that the role and functions of the BPATs are not redundant to that of the barangay watchers.

“The Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team is similar to the Neighborhood Watch in other countries. The neighborhood is more geared towards looking out for things that needs attention whether of a peacekeeping variety or a civil order variety. Their job is just to observe and prevent any crime from happening. If they see a potential problem, they will endorse it to the barangay. If the barangay watchmen cannot handle the situation, then police assistance will be asked,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Espino reiterated that peace and order is one of his administration’s major thrusts as this is vital in the economic development of the province. Thus, he has been advocating and encouraging the barangay folks to keep watch of their respective barangays from criminals.

The governor has programmed the distribution of handheld radios to every barangay to beef up the province’s peace and order campaign.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/puno-lauds-new-peacekeeping-team-members

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Urdaneta SP oks P220 M loan for sanitary landfill

URDANETA CITY–The city council passed a resolution on Tuesday authorizing Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. to negotiate with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for a P220 million loan for the construction of a sanitary landfill in Sitio Caligo, Barangay Catablan.

The resolution was enacted a week after the council supported the mayor’s plan to establish a sanitary landfill facility, as required by national law, to replace the existing controlled dumpsite in the same area.

The mayor said the amount will be spent for the acquisition of the 10-hectare land from private owners, estimated to cost P20 million, the construction of the road to the dumpsite and landfill facility.

"We will borrow only P220 million although the LBP certified that the city's borrowing capacity is P450 million, Perez said." The city has an outstanding loan of P140 million.

The mayor assured that city residents that the facility will adopt all the necessary safety measures to protect the environment as prescribed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

The feasibility study for the project is now being prepared by a local team created specifically for the project. The team is inclined to adopt the designs of the existing sanitary landfills in San Fernando City, La Union; Capas, Tarlac and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.

According to the city mayor, the residents of Barangay Catablan posed no objection to the project they consider it a better alternative to the existing controlled dump site in their area which had been existing for the last eight years.

Once the sanitary landfill is in operation, the controlled dumpsite will be closed, to be covered with soil and converted into tree and vegetable plantations.

Perez said adjacent municipalities will be allowed to dump their wastes at the landfill for a fee for every cubic meter of waste.

The fees that will be collected will be used to pay part of the amortization of the loan.

Perez added that the city also plans to generate additional income by converting wastes from the sanitary landfill into organic fertilizers and make tiles and hollow blocks out of solid wastes for sale to the public at nominal cost.—LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/16/urdaneta-sp-oks-p220-m-loan-for-sanitary-landfill/

Kimi asks DPWH to repair Bued River dike

Sison Mayor Kimi Cojuangco called on the Department of Public Works and Highways to permanently repair a portion of a dike along Bued River which has been eroded by strong water current.

Cojuangco said the dike was reinforced three weeks ago by DPWH but heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kiko swelled the river and scouring the dike.

Boulders from the mountains ram into the earth dike, collapsing more than 50 meter long portion, she said through her mobile phone.

“If the rain stops tomorrow, we’re okay, but if not, we’re in trouble as longer portion could collapse and will flood not only our town but many towns in the fourth district,” she said in an interview on August 7.

Cojuango said big boulders are like “bowling bowls and you could just imagine what will happen if the dike is eroded and the boulders are carried by water into the town.”

The one-kilometer earth dike was constructed five years ago through the support of then Speaker Jose de Venecia to protect the fourth district of Pangasinan (which he represents), from floods.

Three weeks ago, Cojuangco “stood” at the dike for two days to call attention of th DPWH to the eroded portion.

Immediately, the DPWH and the Office of the Civil Defence responded and reinforced the dike.

“What we want is a permanent repair, not temporary reinforcement,” she said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/15/kimi-asks-dpwh-to-repair-bued-river-dike/#respond

More than P1-B infra projects completed in third district of Pangasinan under Arenas' term

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan, Aug. 17 (PNA)--More than P1 billion worth of infrastructure projects have been built in the third district of Pangasinan in just over two years since Rep. Rachel "Baby" Arenas took office.

This was bared over the weekend by Engr. Marietta Mendoza, chief of the sub-engineering district based in Calasiao, who said district projects implemented by the Department of Public Works Highways now amount to less than P900 million.

If projects implemented by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) are included, these will total more than P1 billion in cost, Mendoza said.

The latest project inaugurated by Arenas on Saturday was the upgrading of a 600-meter portion of the Dagupan-Urdaneta Road in Barangay Maningding, Sta. barbara, funded at the cost of P12.3 million.

"If you remember, this stretch was usually flooded every rainy season. This was raised beyond the flood level," Arenas said.

The drainage component of the project costing P10 million is set to be completed in October.

Also being raised by almost one meter is an about 100-meter portion of the Calasiao-San Carlos Road just in front of the Calasiao town hall which looks like a swimming pool every rainy season.

Rep. Arenas said she allotted P10 million from her own Priority Development Assistance Fund to be used for the project, to finally end the flooding in that stretch.

She said owners of the "puto" stands located in that stretch were asked to sacrifice for two months, which they did.

"I asked them to make a little sacrifice because if we will not upgrade this now, they will continue to experience flood in the stretch which is affecting their business," Arenas said.

Municipal officials led by Mayor Roy Macanlalay thanked Rep. Arenas for these projects.

Arenas, however, said the officials should rather thank President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo because these are all her projects. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=224556

Tokyo Tokyo franchise expanding to Dagupan, La Union

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 17 (PNA) -- Tokyo Tokyo, a food franchise specializing on choice Japanese cuisine, is expanding to the North with two stores set to be opened in Dagupan City and another in San Fernando City, La Union at the start of the fourth quarter this year.

Joy de Asis, licensing officer of Tokyo Tokyo, said three stores will be initially opened by franchise holders in separate malls of the CSI Group of Companies this year.

These will be located at the CSI the City Mall in Lucao, Dagupan City; CSI Market Square in downtown Dagupan City, beside the city hall; and CSI the City Mall, San Fernando in La Union.

Anne Fernandez Co of CSI Group of Companies, said her company is set to open Tokyo Tokyo stores in all malls of the CSI in Pangasinan and Northern Luzon.

De Asis, Buddy Policar, director for construction; and Architect Layda Chavez, project manager, all of Tokyo Tokyo, joined Fernandez-Co, in the groundbreaking rites on Monday for first of the three Tokyo Tokyo stores to be built.

De Asis cited the groundbreaking rites for the 64th Tokyo Tokyo stores in Luzon and the number of these stores is still continuously growing.

Established in 1985, Tokyo Tokyo main stores are at Greenbelt in San Juan and SM North Edsa before it branched out all over Metro Manila and adjacent provinces.

De Asis said Tokyo Tokyo stores are now in opened SM Baguio, SM Rosales and Tarlac.

Also set to open, she said, is Tokyo, Tokyo at Marque Mall in Angeles City.

Fernandez-Co said the first of three Tokyo Tokyo Stores set to be built in CSI Malls will initially employ 30 people as food crew.

Tokyo Tokyo specializes on Japanese food, Red Ice Tea, Shrimp on Tempura, Breaded Pork and others. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=3&rid=224542

PNP service store nilukasan la

8/17/2009

DAGUPAN CITY- Nilukasan ed baley na Sta. Barbara so PNP Service Store unpian makatulong ed kapulisan ya makaalay pondo parad operasyon da.

Dinauluan nen Sta. Barbara Chief of police Eric Noble so panlukas ed PNP Service store ya no iner sakey ya na klasen Cooperatiba parad lokal na PNP unpian walay napananapan na aray kapulisan ed baley da.

Simmabi met si P/Director General Silverio Alarcio tan P/Director Antonio Salvacion bilan representante na PNP Campo Crame.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=103549


Ordinansa parad pan ampon na luyag impasa

8/17/2009

DAGUPAN CITY- Impasa nen 6th district boardmember Alfonso Binse ed regular session na Sangguniang Panlalawigan so sakey ordinansa

na mangiter na pulaeng ed pan-ampon ed saray ataragey na opisyal tan personalidad ya umpapasyal dyad luyag.

Unong ed kinen Binse, dapat labat na tumbuken na Sangguniang Panlalawigan no kada walay resolution na planon pan ampon ed saray personalidad na angiter na kakabatan dyad luyag.

Gitma na sayan ordinasa ta pian napilin maong so aray aampunen na luyag.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=103546

Gawen da siguro more on cargo tan general aviation. Singa melag labat may terminal tan angapo lay areo bridge. No walay commercial flights, limited labat paunlad Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea tan China, twice or thirce a week? Singa met diad Pampanga, dakel so OFW diad Pangasinan. Wala met siguroy ungamit na airport ditan ed Sta Barbara.

baka chartered lang...??:dunno:

sa bagay, magandang alternative ang isang airport sa Pangansinan, anggapo ni kasi marakep ya dalan paunlad DMIA.. nu asumpal la'y TLUEx, mas madali nang makapuntang Clark...

:cheers:

to allan dude,

saan b tlga ung site ng international airport?

baka chartered lang...??:dunno:

sa bagay, magandang alternative ang isang airport sa Pangansinan, anggapo ni kasi marakep ya dalan paunlad DMIA.. nu asumpal la'y TLUEx, mas madali nang makapuntang Clark...

:cheers: Nayari met angano chartered labat. Majority of the people i know still prefer going to NAIA, rather than flying at DMIA.

Singa aga marakep may gawen dan tollway ta gawen na filipino contractor. Nengneng mo'y agawad STAR. Tan tatalora (3) labat so toll exits na TLUEx, compare that to the 4 cities and 44 municipalities na luyag tayo. Diad eastern Pangasinan labat undalan. Manisya ak more than half ya byahen Pangasinan-Manila undalan ni via Camiling angano asumpal la tay expressway.

to allan dude,

saan b tlga ung site ng international airport?If you are asking about the proposed airport in Sta Barbara, its in Brgy. Leet. No info about Alaminos airport. :)

Alcala hosts nutrition month celebration

By Virgilio Sar. Maganes

ALCALA — A total of 18 clustered secondary schools from Alcala, Bautista, Sto. Tomas and Villasis participated in the celebration of the nutrition month at Cipriano P. Primicias National High School here last July 31.

With the theme “Wastong Nutrisyon Kailangan, Lifestyle Diseases Iwasan,” contests on oration, poster making, slogan making, nutri-jingle, cooking and nutri-quiz were conducted. Students and their teacher-coaches from the participating schools showed their talents and skills in the said contests.

Dr. Domingo P. Laud, principal of the host school, welcomed the delegates, guests and board of judges saying that it was an honor for their school to host the nutrition month celebration and congratulated the managing committee for coming up with the various activities.

Head Teacher Ariel M. Tugare of Don Ramon E. Costales Memorial National High School (Villasis) presented the delegates while Head Teacher Jesus Nazareno of San Pedro Apartado National High School (Alcala) oriented the participants on the criteria of the various contests.

Head Teacher Mercy M. Herrera of the host school introduced the members of the board of judges composed of: Virgilio Sar. Maganes, columnist of Northern Watch, Ernesto M. Dorado, instructor of Pangasinan State University and project coordinator of Solid Waste Management of Bautista and retired teacher Victoria A. Malicsi for oration and nutri-jingle; Danilo Tacason, head teacher of Mangaldan National High School, Remedios Nepal, head teacher of Sta. Maria National High School (Binalonan) and Joey Abiang, nurse of the Rural Health Unit of Alcala for the poster making, slogan making, nutria-quiz and cookfest.

After three hours of displaying their skills and talents, the board of judges came up with the results. Contestants from Bautista National High School won the oratorical contest, Piaz National High School (Villasis) in the nutri-jingle, Barangobong National High School (Villasis) in the poster/slogan making, Capulaan National High School (Villasis) in the nutria-quiz and Unzad National High School (Villasis) for the cookfest.

The winners received medals and certificates of participation.

This year’s celebration was managed by Jesus Nazareno, Ariel Tugare, Regina Cruz, Elmer Fuselero and Mercy Herrera.

Participating schools were:Amamperez National High School, Antonio P. Villar National High School , San Pedro Apartado National High School, Bersamin National High School , Baluyot National High School , Bersamin National High School , Canarvacanan National High School , Capulaan National High School , Cipriano P. Primicias National High School, Coloscaoayan National High School, Don Ramon E. Costales Memorial National High School, Macayo Integrated School, Piaz National High School, Pindangan National High School, San Antonio National High School and Unzad National High School.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/16/alcala-hosts-nutrition-month-celebration/

IBA ITO! launched in Pangasinan

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By Brando Cortez

STA. BARABARA — The IBA ITO! KASALI KA Movement was launched here by student leaders from different universities and colleges in Pangasinan.

The IBA ITO! is a movement of ordinary people who are asserting the people’s historical role of molding the future of the country.

“Ang IBA ITO! ay naniniwalang ang mamamayang Pilipino ay dapat nakikibahagi, nakikiisa, naniniwala at nagtitiwala sa kakayahan, galing at talino ng kapwa Pilipino na maiangat ang antas ng buhay sa ating bansang Pilipinas,” IBA ITO! Convenor Girlie Amarillo described the movement.

He also said that it is the people who have gained the proper consciousness who must now unite and act to wage the struggle against poverty, corruption and work for social change.
“Tayo ang tugon sa kahirapan. Tayo ang tugon sa korupsyon at di-maayos na pamamalakad sa ating gobyerno. Tayo ang tugon sa matagal nang panawagan para sa pagbabago,” Amarillo said.

“Dahil ang pagbabagong matagal na nating hinihintay ay hindi dapat iniaasa sa iisang tao lamang, bagkus tayong lahat ay dapat maging kabahagi sa pagkamit ng mga pagbabagong ito. Dahil tiyak lamang ang tagumpay sa sama-sama nating pagkilos,” Amarillo continued.

Mapandan Mayor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim said that the youth of Pangasinan has the heart and the capacity to help bring about positive change in the social, cultural, political and economic development of the province.

“Nakikiisa ako sa kabataan ng Pangasinan sa pagtatayo ng IBA ITO!,” Calimlim said. “Naniniwala ako na nasa puso niyo at nasa inyo ang kakayahan upang itaguyod ang makakabuti sa Pangasinan at sa buong bansa.

The youth leadership training was also facilitated by Tess Orbita, Lilibet Amatong and Rose Arigo of the IBA ITO! Secretariat.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/16/iba-ito-launched-in-pangasinan/

PNP, Bantay Dagat seize illegal fishing boat anew

Joint elements of Alaminos City Police Office (ACPO) and Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) Bantay Dagat apprehended two illegal fishing vessels yesterday morning in the territorial seawaters of Patalan Bato at the Hundred Islands National Park.

The operatives actually spotted five fishing vessels while conducting seaborne patrol operation, said POSO chief Genaro Bacala.

But the three managed to flee away as the team approaches the other two boats while in the act of fishing using modified Danish Seine with fine mesh nets, he said.

Arrested for violation of Sec. 55 of the Municipal Ordinance No 17-1997 were Mario Isla, Honrado Gabay, Steven Damien, Romeo Villanueva Aaron Calonge, Bernard Dacanay, Feomino Dacanay, Salvador Norberte, Eric Carrera, Orly Dacanay and Rudimur Acquin.

The offenders were all residents of Brgy. San Isidro, Agoo in La Union including the two minors who were turned-over to the city social welfare and development office.

Owners of M/B “Twin Bross and the “taksayan” were identified as Marlyn Dacanay and Tarcela Dacanay, respectively, also of Brgy. San Isidro, Agoo, La Union.

Bacala said appropriate charges have already been filed against the suspects at the City Prosecutor’s Office.

The authorities also confiscated the fishing vessel M/B “Twin Bross” and a non-motorized large fishing vessel locally known as “taksayan”.

A 16 HP Briggs and Stratton engine, one unit modified Danish Seine fishing gear with fine mesh net and a styrofoam containing around 10 kilos of small size galunggong were also seized from the suspects.

ACPO and POSO-Bantay Dagat had stepped-up its seaborne patrol operation this year to fully safeguard the city’s waters from illegal fishers particularly those coming from other provinces, said Coastal Resource Management consultant Manuel Credo.

“Our composite team will continue to enforce the law and apprehend those who engage in illegal fishing to serve as stern warning to illegal fishers that they will not get away from their unlawful acts at sea,” added the retired police colonel.

“Alaminos remains resolute and committed in protecting its marine sanctuary and territorial waters any time of the year.”

The crack down on illegal fishing by local fishers in Hundred Islands started in 2004 when newly elected Mayor Hernani A. Braganza declared an all-out war against illegal fishing activities.

Since then, the city government had been tightly guarding its sea waters against illegal fishermen and has apprehended more than a hundred illegal fishers for the past 5 years.

Braganza once said the Hundred Islands National Park is one of the biggest marine sanctuaries.

He then made it incumbent on the part of the city government, the maritime police, officials of coastal barangays and concerned fishermen to protect it from illegal fishers.

So that Alaminians will enjoy fully the bounty of the city’s protein bowl. (CIO)

http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=538

Abono, Chiz feed Villasis schoolkids

August 18, 2009

By Virgilio Sar. Maganes

VILLASIS — Pupils, parents and teachers queued to have their cups of mais caldo, mais soup, mais ginataan and mais kutsinta in a supplemental feeding conducted at Villasis Central School here last August 12.

A total of 216 grades 1-3 pupils from Barraca Community School, San Nicolas Elementary School, West Poblacion Elementary School, Puelay Elementary School, San Blas Elementary School and Villasis Central School.

The feeding was sponsored by the Abono Party-list, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero and the municipal officials of the town.

Dr. Josefina G. Robina, principal of the host school and OIC-Supervisor of District I, was elated by the project extended by the sponsors.

She said that this was very timely endeavor to supplement the nutrient requirements of the schoolchildren.

“I thank the Abono Party-list and Senator Escudero for sponsoring this project. There are many malnourished schoolchildren in the town and this situation retards their learning capacity,” Robina said.

The town, according to Jennilee M. Tan, acting municipal nutrition action officer, ranked second among the 47 towns/cities in the province with high rates of malnourishment and undernourishment, either below the normal or very below the normal.

Mayor Nonato Abrenica and Vice Mayor Centenielo Costales both lauded the sponsors for including the town in their feeding program. They said this was the kind of project that needs support from the local government project.

“This is a worthwhile project that I commit to support in the town. For the next feeding in different schools, the municipal government will shoulder all ingredients including eggs to make your mais caldo nutritious,” he said.

Engr. Rosendo O. So, chair of Abono Party List, likewise committed his support for the three-month feeding program.

“This is the party’s commitment to curb malnourishment in the entire province so that we will have healthy schoolchildren. They are our future leaders and by supplementing their nutrient needs, we will be having bright and talented human resources,” he said.

Nora Ventura, the official cook and punong barangay of Asan Sur (Sison) ,briefed the teachers on how to prepare the mais caldo, mais soup and kutsenta. She said that corn or mais is rich in fiber, vitamin C, folic acid, thiamine and protein compared to rice. Corn as an alternative to rice offers more nutrition to the children.

After the program, bags of milled white corn were distributed to the principals of the various schools of the town for the continuity of the feeding program.

Also present were: Dr. Maria M. Sibolboro, supervisor of Villasis District II and Dr. Hian Kiat Dy, municipal health officer.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=41456150

Teachers insist on guidebooks

FOR UNOFFICIAL REFERENCE

THE Department of Education (DepEd) may have ordered the recall and suspension of the teacher's guidebook produced by the provincial government but the teachers in the province insist on using it as a reference albeit unofficially.

Governor Amado Espino Jr., speaking during the weekly breakfast forum "Kapihan" of the Pangasinan Press and Radio Club at the Star Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, said it was the teachers themselves who insisted on using the books because they know these were prepared by experts who came from their own ranks.

DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus earlier questioned the legitimacy of the books, ordered a review of its contents, and the two schools superintendents were reprimanded by being re-assigned to lower postings.

"I ordered the recall of the guidebooks but not even one returned these,” Espino said, adding that the report that came to him showed that all the teachers are already using these beginning the start of the school year in June.

The guidebooks, produced by master teachers under the supervision of the two school divisions of Pangasinan with funding support from the provincial government, are now being used extensively by public school teachers throughout the province.

The teachers, he said, begged him that they beallowed to keep and use the guidebooks even at the risk of being reprimanded as well by the DepEd.

The teachers' guidebooks are intended as a teaching aid for English, Mathematics and Science.

The top advocates- Armando Aquino and Alma Ruby Torio, who were then serving as schools superintendents of Pangasinan, were re-assigned to smaller school divisions for authorizing preparation of the guidebook for the use of public school teachers in the province initially.

Aquino, who is also a lawyer, opted for early retirement while Torio is now serving as head of the Dagupan City Schools division.

Espino said he allowed the province to sponsor the writing and publication of the guidebooks to ensure uniformity of instruction among all public elementary schools across the province.

He maintained that DepEd was duly informed about the project through the DepEd regional director when the recall order was ostensibly caused by the absence of clearance from the both the regional and the national office. —LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/16/teachers-insist-on-guidebooks/

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Dagupan Civil Registrar Office, national awardee

by Lanie Tomas last Aug 18

Indayew nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. so Dagupan Civil Registrar Office lapud impaka-ala da na national award.

Personal ya inawat nen City Civil Registrar Lina Beltran so sertipikasyon parad impamagalang ed Dagupan ed agawan 6th National Convention of Solemnizing Officers sanen Agosto 4 anggad 6, 2009 ed SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City.

Tinangguyor nen Mayor Fernandez iray empleyado na abitlan opisina ya ipatuloy da so marakep ya pantratrabaho, maples tan suston ipapagamor ya serbisyo ed karaklan.

Onong ed kinen Beltran, kuma-liman taon lan napapagalangan so opisina da ed tinaon ya pakakagaway abitlan convention. Diad saya et mampursige iran lalon naparakep so serbisyo da tapian diad manomtombok niran taon et makagamor lamet ira na national award.

Diad interon bansa et 44 so local civil registrar office ya nominado parad extra large category balet sansian ag nanpatilak so Dagupan ed pangiproproseso na de kalidad ya dokumento, suston oras ya pansusubmite na report, karakel o volume na dokumento, pangu-onor ed in-isyun circular tan say ebalwasyon ed sikara na National Statistic Office (NSO) Calasiao tan NSO Regional Office ed luyag na La Union.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=602

RP's first-ever town-based 'Mamang Pulis' store opens in Pangasinan

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan, Aug. 18 (PNA)--The Philippine National Police Service Store System (PNP-SSS) has expanded with the opening here of its first ever town store in the country.

The first municipal branch of the PNP-SSS nationwide was inaugurated here on Monday morning in a ceremony attended by town mayor, Reynaldo Velasco, a retired PNP general.

Also present during the inauguration was Director Silverio Alarcio of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operation in Northern Luzon, Chief Superintendent Manuel Cachero, deputy Regional Director of Ilocos Region PNP and retired PNP general Jose Antonio Salvacion, administrator of the PNP-SSS.

"I thank the PNP for choosing our police station to host the first 'Mamang Pulis' store branch nationwide in the municipal level," Velasco remarked.

PNP-SSS is a government functional entity created under Presidential Decree No. 875 on January 15, 1976 operating under the administrative management of the Philippine National Police.

Its purpose is to provide common household and other merchandise to PNP personnel and their dependents at affordable and competitive prices.

The PNP-SSS used to be concentrated only at the PNP National Headquarters at Camp Crame and some separate units and regional headquarters.

Salvacion said several more PNP-SSS provincial branches will be set up this year although the objective is to bring this down to the municipal and city police station level.

PO3 Richard Palaganas, the store supervisor, said they are buying goods from suppliers and manufacturers, which sell at prices 12 percent lower to policemen and their families, dependents and authorized buyers.

"Percentage of the net income will go to Police Station's cooperative to support its various activities," said SPO4 Jaime Jimenez, the elected president of the local police cooperative.

Superintendent Eric Noble, the town's chief of police, said this is part of the PNP Integrated Transformation Program, purposely to benefit policemen and their families. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=224699

Pangasinan-made "puto" boosted by road upgrading

CALASIAO, Pangasinan, Aug. 18 (PNA) -- “Puto”, a rice cake made from ground rice mixed with white sugar, which is the chief product of this town, was given a big boost with the raising by almost one-meter of a 200-meter road on a portion of the Calasiao-San Carlos Road.

Being raised by at least one meter at a cost of almost P10 million is about 200 meter road in front of a row of about 30 “puto” stands along the road side whose business is usually affected every time there is a flood that usually lingers for a few days in that stretch.

Although the “puto’ stands were elevated beyond flood level, only few people would bother to buy from them if they wade on knee-deep water during the flood season.

Rep. Rachel Arenas (third district, Pangasinan), took cognizance of the pitiful situation of “puto” vendors during the flood season and allocated a portion from her Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for the project.

Allocated for the road upgrading is almost P10 million and another P10 million for the drainage system on both sides, said Arenas, who compared the road stretch to a small swimming pool every rainy season.

“For more than three decades, that was already the situation. I asked the 'puto' vendors only three months of sacrifice because for sure, they will be the ones who will get the benefit in the longer term,” Arenas told newsmen.

Owners of “puto” stands were at first reluctant to give way to the project but Rep. Arenas appealed to them because the project is the ultimate answer to their more than 30 years of suffering from the flood.

The “puto stands were built by the municipal government under Mayor Roy Macanlalay from funds allocated by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 1997.

“Puto”, called ‘white gold’ of Calasiao, is a product of the town that withstood the test of time since started about two centuries ago. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=224716

Dagupan implementing sidewalk recovery sans let-up

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 18 (PNA) — There is no let up in the campaign of the city government in recovering the sidewalks that were illegally expropriated over the years by private commercial establishments and residential houses.

This was stressed by the Task Force on Sidewalk Recovery headed by City Engineer Virginia Rosario which was created by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. for the purpose.

Members of the task force met on Tuesday to assess what had so far been undertaken, especially the ongoing sidewalk recovery operation on Arellano Street.

Crisanto de los Reyes, chief of the anti-littering section of the city, said they issued leaflets in English and Pangasinan dialect appealing to property owners to give back to the city part or whole of the sidewalks that they have occupied throughout the years.

The leaflets appealed to the residents to give way to the continuing efforts of the city government to rehabilitate all existing pedestrian walkways to promote ease of access throughout the city.

Side by side with the sidewalk recovery program was the installation of five loading and unloading zones on Arellano Street and A.B. Fernandez Avenue.

The sidewalk recovery is presently concentrated on Arellano Street after it was conducted on Gomez, Burgos, Rizal and Rivera Streets.

Mayor Fernandez called on residents to support and cooperate in the overall effort of the city government “to enhance the city’s urban space growth and renewal as we continue to make Dagupan a more orderly city, more liveable for all our children.” (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=224781

Panelco elections push through

August 18, 2009

By Virgilio Sar. Maganes

URDANETA CITY — The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) has approved the elections of board of directors of the Pangasinan Electric Cooperative III (Panelco).

This was after the incumbent board members passed a resolution which requested the CDA for them to hold the elections.

Board Resolution No. 42-s-06-2009, dated June 30, 2009 said the cooperative has already completed requirements for permanent registration with the said agency and that it was now appropriate to hold district elections.

It will be recalled that the elections of the board of directors scheduled last June this year was held in abeyance pending the approval and issuance of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9520, otherwise known as The Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008.

The term of office of the present board was already extended, depriving members to elect whom they wanted to represent them.

In approving the resolution, lawyer Fulgencio A. Vigare, Jr., CDA Oversight Administrator for Electric Cooperatives wrote, “if you think that a district election is very necessary, and in order that there will be no deprivation of representation for the member-consumers-owners in the distict/s concerned, this office interposes no objection to said resolution.”

Earlier this year, there was a strong clamor from the member-consumers to hold elections of district board representatives but majority of the members of the board held it in abeyance until their resolution was passed.

The elections will be held in October to November this year. Each district will have its own schedule as elections are not necessarily simultaneous.

Board Member Norberto del Prado (Urdaneta City , Inamotan of Manaoag district) said that it was high time for the member-consumers to vote their representatives to the electric cooperative.

“The members of the Board are already overstaying for more than one year, and one district (Laoac, Mapandan) is not represented in the Board, “ he said.

The districts for the elections of members of the board of directors are: District I- Sto. Tomas, Villasis, Carmen; District II- Urdaneta City, Inamotan (Manaoag); District III- Laoac, Mapandan; District IV- Binalonan, Pozorrubio; District V-Asingan, San Manuel; District VI- Tayug, San Nicolas, Natividad; and District VII- Rosales, Sta. Maria and Balungao.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/18/panelco-elections-push-through/

Malasiqui mayor faces graft case, lifestyle check; says he is law-abiding

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

MALASIQUI -– The Citizens Movement Against Corruption, Crime, Illegal Drugs and Gambling (CMCCIG) of this town has asked the Ombudsman to file anti-graft and corrupt practices case against Mayor Armando Domantay for entering into a contract “grossly disadvantageous to the government.”

The contract was with the Magic Group of Companies, which planned to construct a mall in the area.

The CMCCIG, in the complaint filed on August 7, said Domantay leased a 1,100-square meter lot adjacent to the municipal hall, at only P25,000 a month or P300,000 yearly for 40 years.

This means the lease for each square meter is only P 22.73 which was very low compared to the prevailing lease of P333 per square meter in the area.

“This is grossly and manifestly disadvantageous to the government if we compare the present price of leases in the area where a space of 15 square meters is rented at P5,000 a month or P333.33 per square meter per month,” the complaint said.

The CMCCIG also asked the Ombudsman to conduct a lifestyle check on Domantay and his wife Maria Asunta whom they alleged to have bought several real properties in the town during his incumbency.

The photocopies of the deeds of absolute sales submitted by CMCCIG and received by the Ombudsman for Luzon last August 7 showed that the mayor and or his wife bought several properties including a two-hectare land in Brgy. Cabatling at P400, 000 and a half-hectare of land in Brgy. Alacan at P150,000.

The mayor’s daughter Kathleen A. Joy Domantay, a college student, also allegedly bought a 692 square-meter lot in Brgy. Palong at P10,000.

His jobless son John Philip Domantay bought a 5,458 square meter lot in Brgy. Palong at P50,000.

Domantay and his wife also purchased a 244 square-meter lot in a subdivision at P250,000; while Mario Rosario and his wife Elisa Domantay Rosario, the mayor’s sister, bought a 1,674 square-meter prime lot at P3 million.

Mario is allegedly a mere janitor at the Registry of Deeds of Pangasinan.

It was learned that CMCCIG has submitted on May 25, 2009 to the Ombudsman the first list of purchases of real properties by Domantay.

They were the 2-hectare residential property in Brgy Palong at P200, 000 by Eric Brian Domantay, a barangay captain and the son of the mayor; a 6,150 square-meter real property in Brgy. Palong bought by the mayor’s son Armando Domantay Jr. and wife Joy Domantay, who are both jobless.

According to a resident here who asked for anonymity, most of the real properties mentioned are incredibly low-valued.

He cited a property bought at P50,000 in Brgy. Palong used to be owned by Father Rogelio B. Alarcon through a special power of attorney given to Father Jaime N. Boquiren.

“Accordingly, all the improvements there would not be less than P5 million. The one in Montemayor Street is about P3 million, the one in Guilig is about P1 million. I don’t know about the others,” the source said.

In an earlier interview with Northern Watch in Brgy. San Julian, Domantay said he welcomed any charges against him as long as they are not fabricated.

“I always follow the law. I am transparent. There is no such thing as an irregularity that happen in my administration.”

He added that he has a clear conscience.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/17/malasiqui-mayor-faces-graft-case-lifestyle-check-says-he-is-law-abiding/

Aerial View of the Hundred Islands
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Nayari met angano chartered labat. Majority of the people i know still prefer going to NAIA, rather than flying at DMIA.

Singa aga marakep may gawen dan tollway ta gawen na filipino contractor. Nengneng mo'y agawad STAR. Tan tatalora (3) labat so toll exits na TLUEx, compare that to the 4 cities and 44 municipalities na luyag tayo. Diad eastern Pangasinan labat undalan. Manisya ak more than half ya byahen Pangasinan-Manila undalan ni via Camiling angano asumpal la tay expressway.

talanti...:yes: i think the priority here is the travel from manila-baguio... ag da ni siguro priority so inter-provincial, sabagay 2 lanes pa lang naman... ag da ni siguro labay ya amin ya motorista undalan lad man... hopefully, once they've expanded the expressway to 2 lanes each, madagdagan na rin ang exits...

:cheers:

^ Wala met may plano dan Sta Barbara Spur road lapud TLUEx, connecting the planned airport. Kumon no magawa, extend do la may tollway up to Calasiao, Metro Dagupan la.

Dagupan mayor to name deputies in clustered barangays

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 19 (PNA) -- Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. announced plans to cluster the city’s 31 barangays into five or six districts, vowing to name the head of each cluster as “deputy mayor.”

Fernandez, however, clarified that there is nothing wrong if he will name the head of the cluster as “deputy mayor” as the latter cannot be compared with the city vice mayor, who is elected by the people and whose position is provided for by law,

“I don’t understand why they are comparing this (deputy mayor) with the vice mayor, which is an institution and which is created by law and also as chief executive officer in the formulation of guidelines and city policies,” Fernandez said.

Under the local government code, the vice mayor is the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod or Sangguniang Bayan as the case may be.

Fernandez noted that some councilors sounded their objection to the term “deputy mayor” as head of clustered barangays when he first announced this during a city development council meeting last week.

Under the plan, the barangay chairmen of clusters of barangays will elect among themselves who to be named as “deputy mayor” among them, a position which will be rotated among themselves.

Fernandez said a “deputy mayor” can be recognized “not in the title but in the function” as the one deputized to the position can act as deputy in the office of the city mayor.

Fernandez said bigger cities, like Manila and Davao, among few, have “deputy mayors” designated by their city mayors, which means the term “deputy mayor” is not a new one.

The clustering of barangays, Fernandez said, is not new either, because the city was doing this long before.

“I told them (barangay chairmen) to first talk among themselves on what are the ideal components to make a cluster,” he said, adding that those barangays with common concerns should be in one cluster.

He added that clustering can work well in the maintenance of peace and order, citing the case of the eastern barangays which should form into one cluster.

One example is that the barangay tanods of Salisay can perhaps do the roving patrol in the cluster for at least a week while at that time, the tanods of the other barangays will be on their respective posts.

In this way, the barangay tanods in those areas will have strong coordination and communication, thus boosting crime prevention.

“Many of our barangays still have their boundary disputes. So I told them to settle it first within your clusters,” he said.

City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo, in a talk before the breakfast forum “Engkwentro sa Lenox”, clarified that the “deputy mayor” set to be named by Mayor Fernandez is tantamount to a ceremonial officer.

“No office is being created, no rights and privileges are being conferred as this is just a name for the representative of Mayor Fernandez in the barangays,” he said.

But, he added that it does not mean that the office of the mayor will no longer be accessible to the barangay captains, as his line of communication is always open to them. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=224983

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Thanks for this! :)

It's time to promote Western Pangasinan for eco-tourism. Ang daming magagandang puntahan diyan such as Umbrella Rocks of Agno, Patar Beach at Bolinao, Anda Island in Anda, Pangasinan at marami pang iba. these comprise Western Pangasinan

Agno
Alaminos City
Anda
Bani
Bolinao
Burgos
Dasol
Infanta
Mabini
Sual

Airport investors approve proposed site

August 20, 2009

STA. BARBARA – Mayor Reynaldo Velasco is optimistic that the town will host the regional airport following the approval of prospective investors of the site.

Reresentatives from PLC Holdings International (PVT) Ltd were accompanied by Velasco, vsitedo the proposed site for the airport after a breakfast meeting with Gov. Amado Espino.

The PLC Holdings International members who visited the province were Ralph Doughty, managing director for Asia based in Sri Lanka , Anthony “Tony” Reyes, managing director for Manila based in Makati City and Hercules Lee Castillo, managing director for Cebu based in Dallas, Texas .

“Sta. Barbara is a perfect site for the regional airport,” remarked Reyes. His main concern on how the airport will be supported in all aspects had been addressed with his discussion with Mayor Velasco.

“There is much to do with business and tourism in Pangasinan to support the airport,” Reyes added.

Previously, there were series of discussions particularly on the location of airport, and Velasco has persisted in supporting the meetings. He insisted that Sta. Barbara’s location in central Pangasinan is more accessible to the pilgrim town of Manaoag Dagupan City’s famous Bonuan bangus, among others.

Meantime, upon directive of Espino, the Tourism Operations Division of the Office of the Governor headed by Chief Tourism Operations Officer Maria Luisa Amor-Elduayan convened representatives from different cities and municipalities covering the six districts of Pangasinan to take a close look into this industry. The meeting took place on August 11 at the Malong Building in this town.

During the meeting, Elduayan discussed the present situation of tourism in Pangasinan, development issues and challenges, provincial policy directions on tourism development, strategies and on-going programs and projects.

The sharing of Miguel Sison, tourism officer of Alaminos City , with regard to his exciting and meaningful experiences in the tourism industry, encouraged the participants to boost and develop the tourism potentials in their respective cities/municipalities and participate in tourism-related activities.

Velasco, a former police officer, said that it was time for Pangasinan to develop not just the business industry but more so the tourism potentials in the province in order to support the proposed regional airport in Leet, Sta. Barbara. “This should be a concerted effort,” added Mayor Velasco.

A task force or working group had been set up to come up with initial plans and act as coordinating body to the different cities and municipalities in Pangasinan in the meantime that the association of tourism officers in the province has not yet been organized.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/20/airport-investors-approve-proposed-site/

It's time to promote Western Pangasinan for eco-tourism. Ang daming magagandang puntahan diyan such as Umbrella Rocks of Agno, Patar Beach at Bolinao, Anda Island in Anda, Pangasinan at marami pang iba. these comprise Western Pangasinan

It's on the drawing boards now. Thanks to the new provincial administration. Compare that to the previous governor, who hails form Western Pangasinan, tourism was never a priority.

Try to review the thread archives, There's a lot of amazing places to visit in that area. :cheers:

BFAD sees substantial compliance by chain drug stores on cheap medicines law

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City (20 August) -- Chain drug stores in Region 1 have already reduced their prices on essential medicines since August 15, according to the head of the Bureau of Food and Drugs satellite office in this city.

Guesting at the weekly KBP Forum at the Philippine Information Agency office here, Renato Padilla said that Mercury Drug outlets from the region already fully complied with the voluntary price reduction scheme on essential drugs. "Hundred percent compliance na sila," he said. St. Joseph, which also maintains several drugstores in this city and other cities and major towns in Pangasinan, has yet to fully comply. "May apat pa silang outlets na di pa nagcomply ayon sa aming monitoring," he bared.

Padilla said that also being monitored were private hospitals. "Tapos na kami sa Villaflor Hospital, papunta ako ngayon pagkatapos ng forum na ito sa ilang private hospitals dito sa Dagupan at yong malaking hospital don sa Alaminos," he said.

Pharmaceutical companies agreed to slash their prices up to 50 percent on essential medicines for illnesses identified as leading causes of morbidity or mortality under the voluntary price reduction scheme or the government-mediated access price as a result of the passage of R. A. 9502, or the Cheaper Medicines law. The drugs include those for hypertension, cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening and chronic diseases.

For government hospitals, Dr. Cielo Almoite of the provincial health office, told the media forum that all hospitals being run by the provincial government already complied with the law. "Sa katunayan bago pa na-enact yong cheaper medicines law mababa nang presyo ng gamot sa aming mga ospital dahil we procure medicines ayon sa pinakababang presyo as determined by the provincial therapeutic committee," she said.

Retail drug stores (those with one to two branches)have until September 15 to fully comply with the voluntary price reduction scheme to give them time to adjust and contact their suppliers, Padilla said. "Kung gusto nyong makamura punta na lang kayo don sa mga chain stores," he said.

Senior citizens are still entitled to the 20 percent discount in medicine prices, he also said. Told that only eight percent is the actual price discount because of the value added tax, he said that the federation of senior citizens is batting for the exemption of the senior citizen discount from VAT for them to enjoy the full discount.

Vitamins, pain relievers and other drugs are not yet covered by the price reduction scheme, he clarified.

He also assured the public that generic drugs have the same potency as the branded ones. "We can assure you that every product released had been analyzed by the bureau at nabigyan ng product registration certificate.

On counterfeit or fake medicines, he said that as of now there are no such medicines being sold in the drug stores unlike four to five years ago when smuggled drugs from Pakistan entered the market. Some of the cases against the suspected perpetrators are still going on and a drugstore in Alaminos City involved in the sale of counterfeit drugs is still closed up to now, he said. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090820.htm&no=48&r=r01&y=&mo=

Gov't to buy corn from farmers for export to Malaysia, Vietnam

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Aug. 20 (PNA) — The government has assured it will buy all the corn produced by local farmers at P10 per kilo, which is much better than the P6 per kilo being offered by private traders.

This was assured by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap in the face of the over production of corn as a result of bumper harvest scored by farmers in the last corn harvesting season.

Yap flew in to Pangasinan after holding a dialogue with corn farmers in Isabela, the country’s biggest producer of corn, where the farmers are now in virtual panic situation over the low price of corn in the local market.

Isabela Governor Grace Padaca, who flew in with Yap from Isabela on their way to Manila, told newsmen in Pangasinan that the P10 per kilo price proposed by Secretary Yap is “better than the scenario of P6 per kilo”.

Stressing that the buying price before was P13 per kilo, Padaca said the farmers should bear a little sacrifice so the corn industry will not die.

She said while Pangasinan farmers have a problem of disposing 24,000 metric tons of corn they had harvested, her own province of Isabela has a bigger problem because it produced 700,000 metric tons of corn.

Isabela produces 20 percent of the corn production in the whole country.

Although Padaca initially blamed the present lower price of corn to the increased importation of wheat the past few months, she nevertheless asked farmers to bear a little sacrifice so the corn industry is here to stay.

Yap, in a dialogue with local corn farmers Thursday afternoon here, said the government will have to absorb the bumper corn harvest but at P10 per kilogram, and after buying this, it will have to export the same to Malaysia and Vietnam.

He said farmers are amenable to the reduced price of corn at P10 per kilo but which is a lot higher than the P6 per kilo offered by private traders.

Yap said at P10 per kilo, more farmers will be benefited than when the buying price is P13 per kilo.

The exportation of corn, he added, will be the first in the country for a long period of time. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=11&rid=225234

It's on the drawing boards now. Thanks to the new provincial administration. Compare that to the previous governor, who hails form Western Pangasinan, tourism was never a priority.

Try to review the thread archives, There's a lot of amazing places to visit in that area. :cheers:

My mother hails from Agno, Pangasinan. My some relatives were from Alaminos City. Kaya lagi ako dyan pumupunta yearly :)

^ That's good to know. If you have pictures of Agno or Alaminos post them here!

NGOs support Sta. Barbara’s projects

August 21, 2009

STA. BARBARA — In coordination with the town police headed by Supt. Eric E. Noble and with the support of Christ Our Life Ministries, Northern Luzon Mother and Child Care, and visiting NGO Wintersburg Presbyterian Church, Sta. Barbara’s health, livelihood and values formation programs take greater heights.

In their more than 10-day stay, representatives of the Wintersburg Presbyterian Church Mission Team 2009 from Los Angeles, California, USA, sponsored feeding programs from the last week of July towards the second week of August in Eagle’s Nest Academy, Banaoang, Alibago, Leet and East Central Elementary Schools.

“We gave the children macaroni soup with powdered malunggay leaves and malunggay noodles,” said Pastor Roland Santiago, who is co-coordinator of the activities.

In addition to the feeding program, sports equipment like basketball, volleyball and badminton with nets were given to different schools to support the physical development of the children.

Also, gospel bracelets were given to the children to enhance their spiritual growth. And, 75 flu vaccines and free blood tests were administered to selected children and other indigents.

Simultaneous to these activities is the five-day mothers’ class on values, health and craft-making at Eagle’s Nest Academy in Brgy. Sapang. The culminating activity coincided with the Nutrition Month Celebration held at Orbos Gym. A motorcade was conducted to let the public know of the activities.

Lastly, Christ our Life Ministries, the host NGO, led the Wintersburg Presbyterian Church Mission Team 2009 together with Banaoang high school students to a heritage tour in Lingayen, Pangasinan.

Mayor Reynaldo V. Velasco expressed his delight and gratitude to all those whogive their support to the 10-point agenda of his administration, which include health, livelihood and values.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/21/ngos-support-sta-barbara%E2%80%99s-projects/

Thanks for this! :)

It's time to promote Western Pangasinan for eco-tourism. Ang daming magagandang puntahan diyan such as Umbrella Rocks of Agno, Patar Beach at Bolinao, Anda Island in Anda, Pangasinan at marami pang iba. these comprise Western Pangasinan

Agno
Alaminos City
Anda
Bani
Bolinao
Burgos
Dasol
Infanta
Mabini
Sual

You're welcome! We've been planning to visit Pangasinan for some time now, kasi may mga officemates/friends kami na may roots sa Pangasinan. Kaya lang hindi natutuloy. I hope to see Pangasinan soon! :okay:

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Dagupan City Assessor’s Office, akagamor na Very Satisfactory Rating

by Lanie Tomas

Agmet nanpatilak so Dagupan City Assessor’s Office ed ginawan ebalwasyon na Department of Finance – Bureau of Local Government Finance, Region One.

Akagamor na Very Satisfactory Rating ya 94.05% so abitlan opisina basid Unit Performance Evaluation parad first semester na calendar year 2009.

Akakargad sulat ya impawit nen DoF Regional Director Peter Baluyan ed kinen Atty. George Mejia, City Legal Officer tan say OIC-City Assessor nen ginawa so ebalwasyon, idadayew to so impamasimbalon ginawa na abitlan opisina ya inkuan ton masyadon dimmakep so local assessment operation ed lokalidad.

Onong ed kinen Baluyan, say ebalwasyon et basid Department Personnel Order Number 335-03, impaway sanen Oktubre 1, 2003 na Department of Finance.

Kekerewen ton magnayon ya lalon naparakep tan suston serbisyo so ipagamor na saray empleyado na City Assesor ed saray kliyenti da.

Inkonsidera tan malet ya inaral ed ebalwasyon so nilirad LGU Revenue Generation and resource mobilization program, appraisal and assessment of real property (conduct appraisal/assessment of real property units (RPUs) for taxation purposes, conduct field ocular inspection by barangays, review and approved tax declarations), assessment accountability and discipline, assessment under protest (conduct ocular inspection and render report), assessment report (prompt submission of reports required by BLGF and other agencies, OLGN Capability Building, Manpower Development, implementation of special projects, internal administration, tan agency commitment.

Nanpasalamat si Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. ed matunong ya inpantrabaho na kabiangay abitlan opisina, kabansag na inpantangguyor tod sikaran lalon mampatuloy so pangipasabi da na maples tan de kalidad ya serbisyo ed saray kliyenti da nilirad local assessment operation.

Nanonotan, nen apalabas ya simba et sinulatan met na DoF-BLGF Region One so siudad tan impasabi da so dayew dad Dagupan City Treasurer’s Office lapud aka-ala iya na 94.82% o Very Satisfactory performance parad second semester na CY 2008 nilirad resulta na inpan-validate dad insubmiten Unit Performance Evaluation (UPE) Sheets report na Dagupan CTO.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=604

Implementasyon na Project PROMISE ed siudad, indayew

by Lanie Tomas

Matalonggaring tan nagmaliw ya mabunga so implementasyon na Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia o Project PROMISE, nanlapo nen taon 2005 anggad Hulyo 31, 2009 ed siudad na Dagupan.

Maliket so Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP), say implementor na Project PROMISE lapud diad loob na apat taon ya impangipatonton na abitlan proyekto ed siudad et pigaran kagalangan lay nakot, ed regional tan national a dapag.

Kekerewen nen program coordinator Mayfourth Luneta ya sustenaen iyan proyekto na siudad ta pian mampatuloy so paka-ala na award tan lalon ondakel iray manlakbay-aral ed Dagupan pian naasol so good practices nilirad disaster risk management a singa imbisita nen apalabas iran taon na saray reprisentatis na gobiernoy Bangladesh tan Hongkong. Wala met laray man-iimbita ed siudad ed biek taew pian ibangat iray good practices na Dagupan.

Onong ed kinen Luneta, baleg ya kontribusyon ed inpantalonggaring na Project PROMISE ed siudad so pantutulungan na lokal a gobierno, opisyalis na barangay tan komunidad. Manisia iyan dakel ni mehora ya nagawaan na siudad pian napalaknab so DRM program.

Walay agawan Project PROMISE final assessment ed city museum sanen Agosto 19, 2009 ya indauloan na saray kabiangan na technical working group o (TWG) tan saray opisyalis na waloran apilin pilot barangays ed Dagupan pian iparongtal tan aralen iray nepeg nin pasimbaloen pian nagawaan day sangkarakepan ya korang ed pan-ligtas na bilay na sakey a too, tan katkagawaan kasabi kalamidad o antokaman ya segsegang.

Siningbat ed agawan final assessment so nilirad Project PROMISE component a pikabiangan na demonstration project (risk assessment and planning, early warning system, small mitigation project, Barangay Disaster Coordinating Council o BDCC reactivation), capability development, strengthening partnerships; gaps needs and further assistance,: tan say Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation.

Aminado si Luneta ya diad primeron masulok sakey taon ya implementasyon na Project PROMISE ed Dagupan et anengneng to lan magmaliw iyan mabunga lapud impakaresibi na Gawad Kalasag – Regional award.

Inkuan to nin diad katuaan et duay taon labat la komon so implementasyon na Project PROMISE ed Dagupan, balet dimmukey tan asabi toy apat taon lapud sinsiridad, dedikasyon tan suporta na lokal a gobierno ed silong na administrasyon nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr.. Ontan met so inka-aktibo na Project PROMISE TWG, saray opisyalis na barangay tan komunidad. Binmayag met iya lapud rekomendasyon na regional partner da ya Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) tan suporta na saray lokal ya managpalapag.

Nanonotan, say siudad na Dagupan so mapalar ya apili ed interon bansa ya pangi-implementaan na abitlan proyekto, tan limara nin arom ya siudad ed parte Asya.

Kinumpirma nen Luneta ya say ontombok dan pangi-implementaan na Project PROMISE ed bansa et diad Marikina City. Iilaloan na CDP ya naalig met na Marikina so nagmaliw ya inpantrabaho na siudad nilirad impangipatonton na asalitan proyekto.

Nanpasalamat met si Mayor Fernandez ed tulong na CDP, ADPC tan TWG ed inpan-antabay dad siudad ed inpantalonggaring na implementasyon na abitlan proyekto. Inanamot metla nen mayor ya imparongtal ed sikara so nawat ya plaque of recognition na Dagupan bilang Best City Disaster Coordinating Council ed kategorya ya Independent Component City sanen Agosto 12, 2009 ed Palasyo na Malakanyang, tan bibirbiren ton baleg so naitulong na Project PROMISE ed impakagamor na abitlan kagalangan.

Impromisa met nen Luneta ya manpatuloy so partnership na siudad tan say CPD parad lalon pamabiskeg tan pangipatuloy na DRM tan DRR programs ed Dagupan.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=603

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Ano pangalan ng Bangus Processing Plant na dinalaw nyo?

Idakep na panamilay na saray maiirap bilay ya ogogaw, tutukan na siudad

by Lanie Tomas

Lalon pinabiskeg so puwersa na lokal ya gobiernoy Dagupan pian naprotektaan so interes, kanepegan tan napasimbalo so panamilay na saray ogogaw, tan pamilya na saray mamairap bilay ed siudad.

Impalabas nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. sanen Agosto 19, 2009 so Executive Order Number 59 o samay Reorganizing the Task Force Family-Based Actions for Children and their Environs in the Slums (FACES).

Say United Nations et mangawa na second phase na FACES. Koneksyon tonya et mibiang so siudad na Dagupan ed abitlan proyekto, bilang katekep na United Nations Millenium and Development Program (UNDP). Say gagala na FACES et walay koneksyon tod vision na siudad ya “Together, let us make Dagupan an orderly city more livable for our children!”

Diad biskeg na pakapanyari ya inkawes ed kinen Mayor Fernandez ed silong na Republic Act Number 7160 o mas kabkabat bilang Local Government Code et ginawa so reorganization na FACES ed Dagupan.

Saray manibokel na Task Force: diad silong na Project Management Group et Chairman si Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., Vice Chairman si Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, saray miembro et sikara di City Administrator Dr. Alipio Vittorio Ramon Fernandez, Councilor Farah Marie Decano tan Councilor Maria Librada Fe Reyna; legan ya say FACES City Core Team et pikabiangan di Executive Asst. Maria Margarita Navata, OIC-DILG Rhoderick Dawis, City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell, City Nutrition Officer Leah Aquino, City Social Welfare and Development Officer Elsa Santillan, City Agriculturist Emma Molina tan si Inner Wheel Club of Dagupan President, first lady Elmina Fernandez;

Diad Secretariat et ontalindeg ira di City Planning Development Coordinator Engr. Romeo Rosario tan City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo; legan ya saray walad Support Group et pikabiangan di OIC-Waste Management Ronalkd de Guzman, City Accountant Maria Teresita Manaois, City Engineer Virginia Rosario, City Librarian Rufina Meneses, ontan met so Youth for Christ, Saint John the Evangelist tan Parish Social Action Apostolate.

Say Task Force so mangipatonton na gendat iran programa ta pian nabawasan so naliliknan kairapan na panamilay tan pan-eras, ontan met nabawasan so bilang na saray ompapatey iran ogogaw. Tutukan na Task Force so pamaaliguas na kipapasey kaliber-liber, produksyon na naakan, panmantina na marakep ya kipapasey abig laman, ontan met so pakagamor na marakep tan de kalidad ya panamilay na saray ogogaw.

Trabaho met na Task Force ya tulungan, bangatan iray maiirap bilay iran bibii, laot laray ina tapian makapandisisyon ira na susto tan makagawa ira na matunong ya aksyon tan arom nira parad paka-abet na millennium development goals panamegley na pangosar tan pangunor na MDG covenant. Mangikorang met ira na workshop ed komunidad parad promosyon na gender equality and empower women pian nagawaan na pamilya ya nadetermina iray isyus nipaakar ed pan-iirap, makagawa na solusyon tan makatibokel na istratehiya.

Kelaganan tonya, mantuyaw iray kabiangan na Local Council for the Protection of Children sano Agosto 25, 2009, bandad alas-dos na ngarem, ed City Mayor’s Conference Room parad masakbay ya pamprepara koneksyon ed selebrasyoy Children’s Month.

Iseselebra so Children’s Month kada bolan na Oktubre ed biskeg na Presidential Proclamation Number 267 ya in-isyu nen Septyembre 30, 1993.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=605

Panmonitor na presyoy manunaan ira ya sasaliwen ed siudad, kinerew na SP ed DTI

by Lanie Tomas

Pamprotektad kanepegan na saray sumasaliw. Saya so manunaan ya rason ed inpanibokel na kabiangay Sangguniang Panlungsod na Resolution Number 6393-2009 o Earnestly Requesting the Department of Trade and Industry to Monitor the Prices of Basic Commodities in the City of Dagupan.

Tinibokel so abitlan resolusyon koneksyon ed ompapaway iran balita ya pigaran establisemento ed siudad so man-aanamot na pankanawnawan mangitatagey na presyoy lako da lapud global financial crisis, tan saya et naikonsidera ya pamapairap ed publiko. Say author na abitlan resolusyon et si Councilor Farah Marie Decano, tan suportado met iya na saray arom nin konsehalis na siudad.

Kekerewen na SP ed panangidaulo nen Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez ed DTI-Provincial Office ya mangawa iray periodic monitoring na presyoy manunaan iran sasaliwen ed siudad.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=606

Bolinao fisherfolk ask government for buoys

August 22, 2009

BOLINAO — Fishermen operating marine sanctuaries in this town asked fishery authorities to help them secure the sanctuaries by providing them with buoys, floating devices to mark the area.

Jessem Gabatin , president of the Balingasay municipal marine sanctuary, said all sanctuaries in the town lost their buoys during the onslaught of typhoon Emong last May.

“None of us were able to replace the markers because we do not have the capacity to purchase as of now,” Gabatin said.

Without markers, the sanctuaries are open to poachers who do not care about efforts to preserve the environment, he said.

He explained that there are Bantay Dagat (sea guards) who patrol the area at night, but when they are not around, “sumasalakay ang mga taga ibang barangay.”

Of the 23 coastal villages of Bolinao, only eight have marine sanctuaries.

Gabatin said the 14-hectare marine sanctuary in Balingasay has been operational for 10 years already.

“We went through difficulties convincing residents not to fish in the area because they will benefit in the long run. And true enough, corals are already regenerating, according to the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute. The fish catch of fishermen has increased, Gabatin,” a fisherman himself said.

But without the buoy markers, the sanctuaries are vulnerable to poaching, he said.

The sanctuaries here were established with support of the UPMSI which maintains a marine laboratory in the northwestmost town of Pangasinan. (YZS)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/22/bolinao-fisherfolk-ask-government-for-buoys/

Puno at the capitol


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CAPITOL TOUR. Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (left) leads other provincial officials in touring Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Ronnie V. Puno (center) and his delegate inside the Capitol Building before proceeding to the press conference at the Veteran’s Park. The Cabinet official arrived via helicopter which landed at the spruced-up and well-maintained Capitol Park. Sec. Puno said that, “this is the cleanest and the most beautiful Capitol that I have visited.” Also shown in photo are Governor are Vice-Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, DILG Usec. Eduardo R. Soliman, Jr., PNP Regional Dir. Ramon Gatan, Board Members Amadeo Espino and Von Mark Mendoza. (PIO Photo by Bob Sison)


http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/20/1711/

Milled corn

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BAGS OF CORN. Dr. Josefina G. Robina , Principal/OIC-District Supervisor (Villasis I), right, Dr. Maria M. Sibolboro, District Supervisor (Villasis II) and school principals receive bags of milled white corn from Mayor Nonato Abrenica, Vice Mayor Nilo Costales and Abono Party List Chair Rosendo O. So.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/22/1731/

City renews PhilHealth membership of indigent families

One thousand one hundred ninety seven members PhilHealth Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in the city including their immediate families will continue to enjoy another year of hospitalization and outpatient benefits as the city government sponsored anew the renewal of their membership.

The PhilHealth IDs were released yesterday at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium by the city social welfare and development office (CSWD) and the city cooperative office (CCO).

City administrator Wilmer S. Panabang supervised the distribution of cards issued by PhilHealth to the beneficiaries. He was joined by city councilors Cirilo Radoc and Constante Carasi, CSWD chief Imelda Ruiz and Annabel Hebron, OIC head of the city cooperative office.

PhilHealth Alaminos head Eduardo Dularte was also present during the said distribution to give a brief orientation on the PhilHealth Program.

Dularte said since no one wants to get sick and no one knows when he will be affected by an illness, it is important for every constituent especially those who have less in life should be covered by PhilHealth to avail of the basic health benefits.

He emphasized that PhilHealth IDs are not ordinary cards. It entitles the holder and his family to hospitalization benefits at all PhilHealth-accredited hospitals in the country.

Among these benefits are subsidies for room and board fees, professional fees, drugs and medicines, and x-ray and laboratory tests.

Card holders can also enjoy free consultation and check-up and the IDs are only valid for one year starting from the date of its issuance.

Dularte likewise reminded the card holders to have their IDs laminated.

“Make sure to leave your IDs at home and must be very accessible to any member of the family so that they could easily use it in times of emergency,” he added.

He even invited all card holders to visit their office to learn more on how to use their IDs and avail of the hospitalization benefits provided by the agency.

Earlier, Ruiz explained to card holders that the city government pays for their contribution while the PhilHealth shouldered the other half of the total premiums.

She said that the city renews the membership of the beneficiaries every year.The city’s sponsorship expires either July or December.

The city social welfare and development officer further disclosed that since 2004, there is a substantial increase on the number of PhilHealth card holders in the city.

Last year, a total of 2, 518 indigent families have been granted PhilHealth membership by the Braganza administration.

Ruiz said that aside from the renewal of membership cards, the city government is set to enroll new members to PhilHealth.

“We are still on the process of validating the lists of would-be beneficiaries which were submitted by our barangay leaders,” she said.

“Hopefully, we could distribute the IDs by the last quarter of the year,” added Ruiz.

For his part, Panabang said the city government is also focusing on the implementation of more livelihood programs with the card holders as the priority beneficiaries.

“At the end of the day, this administration is after the improvement of the quality of life of our less fortunate citymates,” he said.

“Our beloved mayor wanted our indigent families to graduate from poverty and live a better, decent life,” he said.

The city administrator also revealed that the city will soon have its own hospital known as the Hundred Islands Medical Services Complex to provide the best health care services for the more than 85,000 city residents here.

This 25-bed hospital also houses the Crisis Intervention Center, Stimulation Therapeutic Activity Center, Imaging and Diagnostic Laboratories, Pharmacy, Nursing Units, Doctors’ Clinics and Emergency.

And due to climate change that affects both the environment and human health, Panabang advised his citymates to be more health conscious.

“Let’s protect ourselves from these weather-caused diseases by eating nutritious food, drinking safe and clean water and observe cleanliness and proper hygiene practices and ensuring the proper and sanitary waste disposal,” he quipped.”

He also assured the indigent families that they could avail of a financial assistance from city through CSWD in case they will incur additional hospitalization expenses. (CIO)

http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=540

DIKE RESTORATION NEARS COMPLETION
by: Loejan S. Anudon

Mayor Kimi can now have her cherished sleep back after long weeks spent in panic over the danger of collapse to the storm beleaguered dike. The dike in Poblacion Norte which was threatened into near collapse is now approaching full restoration.

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Figure 1 GABION WIRES AND BOULDERS WERE PLACED AS FOOTINGS OF THE EMBANKMENT

The restoration project is close to its finishing point but the engineers in charge of the project still cannot commit to its completion within the week. However, the tenacity of the Mayor in calling the attention of the provincial and the national government in any possible approach such as: appealing for the direct intervention of the honorable Congressman, Mark O. Cojuangco, with the heads of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the province and the region, and the meticulous management of Engr. Fidel D. Ginez, Project Director, PMO-AFCS, through the assiduous Project Engineer, Engr. Onofre A. Domondon assisted by Engr. Jocelyn A. Liberato, collectively, it resulted in the dike’s immediate and near complete restoration despite several work inconsistencies caused by heavy rains and storms.

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Figure 3 ENGR. ONOFRE A. DOMONDON (left) WITH MR. KEONG REYES

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Figure 2 PROJECT DIRECTOR, FIDEL D. GINEZ, PMO-AFCS (right) WITH MR. KEONG REYES


Asked if the office of the DPWH has any plans of also putting-up an embankment on the other side of the river to end more loss of rice fields, particularly those in barangay Esperanza, Cabaritan and Pindangan, the Project Director, Engr. Fidel D. Ginez, assured that a plan is already underway to ease the fear of the residents of the said barangays.

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Figure 4 ENGR. JOCELYN A. LIBERATO (left) GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE WORKERS

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Figure 5 A VIEW ATOP THE DIKE AS THE WORKERS CLOSE ON TO FINISHING THE PROJECT.

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Baleg lamlamang ta dakel kamin OFW.

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No amin a tuo man iter puersay onbiskeg
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Pangasinan execs to ink pact with China

Saturday, August 22, 2009

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

LINGAYEN -- Some officials of the Chinese Consulate who have visited the province recently have returned the favor to the Provincial Government officials here by allowing them to visit China.

Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. headed the provincial delegation that arrived in Sichuan province in China last August 19. They are scheduled to be back on August 26.

Last June 3, Chinese Consul Tian Qixiang extended the invitation to Pangasinan officials to visit Sichuan province. He expressed the mutual interest between the two provinces for sisterhood-province ties.

Espino and the other officials granted the invitation as they are now in Sichuan province.

Their itinerary includes an official meeting with the provincial leaders, visits to agricultural and high-tech projects and earthquake-stricken areas; and cultural touring; and the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the two provinces.

During Qixiang visit in Pangasinan, Espino stated the transfer of technology from the Chinese government to Pangasinan in the areas of agriculture, fisheries, mining and sports.

While Espino is away, he designated Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas as Acting Governor while her husband, Senior Provincial Board Member and Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore Tyrone Agabas, is designated the Acting Vice Governor.

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Construction of Dagupan's seafood processing plant now in full blast

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 23 (PNA) — Construction of the physical facilities of Dagupan’s P100-million seafood processing plant is now in full blast.

City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo said the Korean contractor arrived in Dagupan last August 14 to finally construct the project, employing laborers from Sitio Russia in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, the village where the project is located.

“In the latest talk by our city officials with the Korean contractor, he said the project is expected to be finished in December, not early next year as he earlier promised,” Ravanzo said.

Funding for the project is a financial grant from the Korean government, through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

The grant was arranged by then Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., congressman of the Fourth District of Pangasinan, with his previous counterpart, the Speaker of the Korean parliament.

The project is located on a two-hectare land just beside the 24-hectare National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which will co-manage the facility along with the city government.

Once operational, it will process milkfish, shrimps, hito, oysters and other commodities for sale in the local and export market.

Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. hailed the project as a big boon to the fishery industry in Dagupan City and Pangasinan. (PNA)

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Dagupan seeking to dump compressed garbage in Capas

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 23 (PNA) — The city of Dagupan is now negotiating with Clark Development Authority (CDA) for the possible disposal of its solid waste in compressed form to the Capas Sanitary Landfill in Tarlac.

City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo, speaking for Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. during a breakfast forum of the Pangasinan Press Club at Lenox Hotel last Friday, said this will be resorted to in order to reduce the volume of garbage the city is disposing to its existing dumpsite.

Fernandez revealed to the Dagupan City Development Council (DCDC) he is now negotiating with CDA so that the Capas sanitary landfill will accommodate compressed garbage from Dagupan.

Ravanzo said DCDC has approved the proposal of Mayor Fernandez the city buy a compactor and binders that can compress solid wastes set for dumping at Capas sanitary landfill in case the negotiation between Dagupan and CDA will push through.

Dagupan will pay for every truck of compressed solid waste that it will bring to Capas.

The CDC, however, prefers compressed garbage to be dumped by other local government units than solid wastes that are still wet.

Ravanzo said Dagupan will avail off the sanitary landfill in Capas in the meantime that a similar facility is being put up by the city government of Urdaneta.

He hailed the plan of Urdaneta City to build a sanitary landfill that will cost P220 million from a loan that city is intending to secure from the Land Bank of the Philippines.

He said Dagupan will save a lot if it instead brings its solid wastes to Urdaneta than in Capas in terms of transport cost.

Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. of Urdaneta City confirmed in the same breakfast forum its planned sanitary landfill will not only accommodate Urdaneta’s 70 to 80 tons of solid wastes daily but also those from adjacent towns and cities.

It was learned that Dagupan is no longer keen in pursuing its original plan to build its sanitary landfill ever since its first attempt to put up one flopped.

This was when the 16-hectare land it bought in 2003 in Barangay Awai, San Jacinto for P11 million turned out to be tenanted, thus was taken over by the Department of Agrarian Reform just few months after it was paid in full.

Mayor Fernandez said Dagupan does not have a space with which to accommodate a sanitary landfill. (PNA)

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14 towns have no fire trucks and stations

August 23, 2009

LINGAYEN–Fourteen towns in the province do not have a fire station nor fire trucks, according to SFO1 Luther Vallejos, officer-in-charge-provincial chief administrator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

These towns are Infanta, Dasol, Mabini, Burgos, Anda, Aguilar, Labrador, Laoac, Bautista, Alcala, Natividad, Sto. Tomas, Urbiztondo and San Jacinto.

Burgos and Natividad, however, have set up their own station and acquired their own truck through local government initiative, and these are not managed by the BFP.

Vallejo said the BFP fleet of 38 serviceable fire trucks across the province is not enough.

Meanwhile, the provincial board passed a resolution last week requesting the office of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno for six fire trucks, to be distributed to each of the six districts of Pangasinan.

Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza, author of the resolution, said this was an offshoot of Puno's visit to the Pangasinan last week after learning of a report that the DILG is set to release fire trucks to different areas in the country.

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End of flooding in Calasiao commercial area seen

August 23, 2009

CALASIAO–Puto vendors in Calasiao can soon heave a sigh of relief and expect more brisk sales as the often-flooded road fronting their row of stalls is now being raised by one meter.

The project, estimated to cost P19 million for both the road upgrade and drainage system improvement, will be financed from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of 3rd District Rep. Rachel Arenas.

Arenas, in an inter view at the inauguration of the newly-opened graded road in Maningding, Sta. Barbara, said she is happy to fund that project knowing that flooding has been a perennial problem in the town's commercial area.

Pangasinan sub-district engineer Marietta Mendoza confirmed that the 200-meter road being raised by almost one meter is part of P1 billion worth of infrastructure development projects of Arenas in the district.

The portion of the road in Barangay Maningding, measuring 600 meters, was raised too at costs P12 million.

“If you will include the congresswoman’s project with the NIA (National Irrigation Administration), it is more than P1 billion worth now,” Mendoza said.

The other projects include other roads; bridges, including the Calvo bridge between Bayambang and Bautista; flood control; school buildings and gymnasium. —LM

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Dagupan's Health and Sanitation Code in effect by second week of September

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 24 (PNA) — A city councilor here hailed the approval by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. of an ordinance he authored in the city council establishing a Health and Sanitation Code in the City of Dagupan.

Councilor Jesus Canto, a physician, said a sanitation code was finally enacted for the first time in the history of the city to govern the health ethics of all citizens and establishments in Dagupan.

Ordinance No. 1927-2009 takes effect 15 days after its publication last August 23, 2009 in The Sunday Punch, a newspaper of general circulation in Dagupan City and the province of Pangasinan.

Canto believes the ordinance would take effect by the second week of September.

This is one code that will give protection to the people of Dagupan as far as health condition is concerned, Canto said, adding if there is no law on health and sanitation, the health habits of the people will deteriorate and many will get sick.

Under the code, all those who would work in food establishments are required to undergo health examination before he can be issued a health certificate, unlike now when almost every body —even unhealthy persons— are restaurants, carenderias and others.

He said there are establishments that do not have sanitary toilet, wash basins, soap, alcohol, sanitizer, running water, etc.

Under the Code, Canto said all these would be strictly provided before the establishments would be issued a health permit, which are also the requirements before anyone can be issued a business license.

With the Health and Sanitation Code, every business in Dagupan must comply with health standards otherwise, they would be fined P1,000 to P3,000 and additional P1,000 per every inspection until it complies with the requirement.

Under the Code, the City Health Officer will rate the food establishments by means of color coded stickers, eg. green for excellent; yellow, very satisfactory; and red, satisfactory.

Establishments with below 50 percent rating shall be recommended for suspension of operation until the same shall have complied with the sanitary requirements provided by the ordinance.

The color-coded stickers will be posted in any conspicuous place in the establishments, said Canto.

He said those with high rating will of course be flocked with customers and those below the average are certainly shunned at. (PNA)

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Mayor Al wants 'Deputy Mayors'

WHAT'S in a name?

Not a big deal, if you ask Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr.

And so despite admonition from three city councilors, the mayor is proceeding with his announced plan to call barangay chairmen who will be heading new community clusters within the city as "deputy mayors".

Fernandez stressed that there is nothing wrong with naming the cluster heads as "deputy mayors" even as the title is legally assigned to the city vice mayor because there is no point of comparison as to their functions.

"I don't understand why they are comparing this (deputy mayor) with the vice mayor, which is an institution and which is created by law and also as chief executive officer in the formulation of guidelines and city policies," Fernandez said.

Fernandez said a 'deputy mayor' can be recognized "not in the title but in the function" as the one deputized to the position can act as “deputy in the office of the city mayor”.

Under the local government code, the vice mayor also serves as the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod or Sangguniang Bayan.

Fernandez said the use of the title for someone other than the vice mayor is not new as bigger cities like Manila and Davao have 'deputy mayors' designated by their city mayors.

Under the proposed clustering plan, the barangays in the city will be grouped into bigger clusters, with each one being headed by one of the current barangay chairmen through an election among themselves. The position will not be permanent and will be rotated among them.

The clustering is welcomed by the members of the city council, recognizing that it can work well in the maintenance of peace and order and a more efficient delivery of socialservices and infrastructure projects.

City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo, in a talk before the breakfast forum "Engkwentro sa Lenox" last week, also clarified that the "deputy mayor" set to be named by Fernandez is tantamount to a ceremonial officer.

"No office is being created, no rights and privileges are being conferred as this is just a name for the representative of Mayor Fernandez in the barangays," Ravanzo said. —LM

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Governor Espino in China on official visit

LINGAYEN—Governor Amado Espino Jr. headed a delegation from the province that left for China on August 19 for a one-week official visit.

Espino will sign a memorandum of understanding with his counterpart in Sichuan province in preparation for the possible establishment of sisterhood relations between Pangasinan and Sichuan.

Tian Qixiang, the Chinese Consul in Laoag, invited the Pangasinan delegation during his courtesy call on the Governor last June 3 when he affirmed the mutual interests of the two provinces to establish sisterhood ties.

After signing the MOU, Espino and his group are also set to visit earthquake-stricken areas, agricultural and high-tech projects as well as cultural sites.

With Espino out of the country, Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas assumed as acting governor while her husband, Senior Provincial Board Member and Presiding Officer Pro-Tempore Tyrone Agabas was designated acting vice governor.—LM

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Floating sanitary toilet to be launched in Pangasinan

By Leonardo V. Micua

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Aug. 24 (PNA) —- The Center for Health Development (CHD) of the Department of Health will showcase its recently-developed Floating Sanitary Toilet (FST) during a launching program in Barangay Luciente 1, Bolinao on Thursday.

The launching will be graced by Assistant Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial and Dr. Eduardo Janairo, DOH regional director; and Mayors Alfonso Celeste of Bolinao and Nestor Pulido of Anda.

Janairo said the FTS was developed by CHD to address the perennial problem of diarrhea outbreaks in the province brought about by the contamination of water supplies with E.coli, vibrio cholera and other microorganisms.

The FTS, a brainchild and a creation by CHD 1 engineers, will be put to test as far as its practicability, strength and usefulness are concerned, Janairo explained.

Tagged as primary targets of FST are fish cage/fish pen watchers and operators; households living along riverbanks or coastal areas, and floating villages/communities.

This is a sanitation facility especially designed for aqua culture activities and projects in open rivers and seas.

It is being tested for the first time in Bolinao, which is teeming with fish cages, from where local residents extensively raise milkfish.

The FTS, which can be installed in coastal waters, is a local innovative sanitation technology developed by CHD in Region 1, in collaboration with the local officials of Bolinao.

The FTS is a low cost pour-flush sanitation facility which floats on water.

Its structure and waste treatment materials are made up of locally available indigenous materials such as bamboo, nipa, sawali, used plastic drums, sea corals or river gravel/stones, charcoal and garden soil.

Janairo stressed that the FTS was conceptualized in response to the challenge of preventing the contamination of the different bodies of water with microorganism that can cause severe diarrhea diseases and outbreaks.

He earlier tagged the Lingayen Gulf as one of the most polluted bodies of water in Northern Luzon. (PNA)

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Urdaneta City landfill for Dagupan, too

DAGUPAN forever lost its claim to a land ostensibly intended for a sanitary landfill so city hall is now looking into the possible use of the sanitary landfill that will be put up by Urdaneta City instead.

This was revealed by Dagupan City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo even as talks are already ongoing with the Clark Development Authority for its landfill in Capas, Tarlac.

Ravanzo, speaking in behalf of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. Tuesday at the Engkwentro sa Lenox forum, said the announcement of Urdaneta Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. that their landfill will be open to other towns' use for a fee, is welcome news.

Fernandez earlier acknowledged that Dagupan, the commercial and business center of the province, is faced with a worsening problem on garbage disposal.

The previous administration under Mayor Benjamin Lim purchased a 16-hectare lot for P11 million in San Jacinto for a planned landfill but the city eventually lost possession of it.

Fernandez appears he is no longer interested in re-acquiring that land.

Meanwhile, Perez, who was also in the same forum, said Urdaneta’s sanitary landfill is expected to accommodate the 75 to 80 tons of garbage of his city plus several more from neighboring areas.

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Prov'l gov't, planon mangiyan na kaaruman ya signages ompian ag nabalang iray torista

DAGUPAN CITY – Pani-isipan na Provincial Government so pangiyan na kaaruman ya signages ed saray syudad tan baley paunlad saray mararakep ya tanawin diad luyag na Pangasinan.

Imbaga nen Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan, kulang iray signages diad luyag paunlad saray tourist spots, ua makatulong ed saray toristan ompapasyal dia ompian ag ira nabalang.

Inkwanto, makatulong irayan signages ompian naamtaan ya tampol na aray torista no iner so kuwalaan na aray mararakep ya tanawin diad Pangasinan.

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Nice! We will be touring Pangasinan by October:) We will go to Manaoag, Calasiao, Dagupan and Lingayen!

May idea po ba kayo kung saan ang magandang magswimming sa Lingayen? At magkano kaya?

Thanks! :)

14 towns have no fire trucks and stations


These towns are Infanta, Dasol, Mabini, Burgos, Anda, Aguilar, Labrador, Laoac, Bautista, Alcala, Natividad, Sto. Tomas, Urbiztondo and San Jacinto.


i remember DILG tried to supply one, pero may di ata pumayag... kaya nu wala'y puol, alagaren mi ni may bumbero manlapud manaoag...:lol:

:banana: :banana: :banana:

galing naman....wala ang mga yan noong Mayo....ibig sabihin kaka lagay lang ang mga ito......

Free kaya ang mga kubol na yan sa Public?...baka merong bayad.....

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Public Beach po ang mga dagat sa Lingayen...merong resort dito iyong Lingayen Gulf....na Government na yata ngayon ang nagpapatakbo nito di ko lang sure ...


Nice! We will be touring Pangasinan by October:) We will go to Manaoag, Calasiao, Dagupan and Lingayen!

May idea po ba kayo kung saan ang magandang magswimming sa Lingayen? At magkano kaya?

Thanks! :)

i remember DILG tried to supply one, pero may di ata pumayag... kaya nu wala'y puol, alagaren mi ni may bumbero manlapud manaoag...:lol: Akin ey? Libre la agda ni labay?

Free kaya ang mga kubol na yan sa Public?...baka merong bayad..... may bayad sa shed. :)

Dagupan's P100-M Seafood Processing Plant set for research

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 25 (PNA) -- The P100 million Seafood Processing Plant being built in Barangay Bonuan Binloc here shall also serve as a venue for extensive fishery research, aside from guaranteeing additional income for the Dagupan City government and private entrepreneurs.

Set for completion by December this year, despite the revision of the project's work schedule due to few weeks of delay, the project will be co-owned by the city of Dagupan and of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the Integrated Fisheries and Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), a facility owned by BFAR, confirmed that the project will be the first government-owned fish processing plant in the country and should also be maximized for research.

The Seafood Processing Plant, under construction from a financial grant coming from the Korean government through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), was the subject of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Republic of the Philippines and Republic of Korea early this year.

The Philippines was represented by Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap while the Korean government was represented by Mr. Kim In, country representative of the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Rosario said that after the construction, there will be another MOA to be signed involving the Dagupan City government and the National Fisheries Research Development Institute (NFRDI) of which he (Rosario) is the interim executive director.

He said that the second MOA will specify that the Dagupan City government will be in charge of maximizing the economic use of the facility, with the NFRDI in charge of using the plant as venue for research and training of people in aqua-culture.

"In this way, we can be assured of the full utilization of the project, one for the economic side and the other for research and development," said Rosario, adding that BFAR, in the first place, was not mandated to do business.

He said the fish processing plant will be made as a model of the government in training people on fish processing, being only the first of its kind in the country that is government-owned.

Rosario admitted that there are existing fish processing facilities in private hands but these could not be used as venue for training as they restrict people coming in.

"We would soon have a facility that could be used in training people so that they can embark on fish processing to increase their income," he added.

At the same time, Rosario announced that the seafood processing plant will be constructed in two phases by two separate Korean contractors.

One contractor, he said, is in charge of constructing the building and the other will be in charge of installing machinery, including the plant's modern refrigeration facilities. (PNA)

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Mindanao fisherfolk being trained on aquaculture in Dagupan

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 25 (PNA) -- The city of Dagupan is now the country's model in aquaculture technologies that are now being shared in other parts of the Philippines, including those in Mindanao.

This was gleaned when 30 fisherfolk from Mindanao, 20 of them females, arrived here on Sunday to undergo a 10-day live-in training on aquaculture at the Asian Fisheries Training Institute (AFTI) here.

The training is part of the program to provide the people of Mindanao some livelihood opportunities as well as to improve social conditions in their areas.

Westly Rosario, interim executive director of the National Fisheries Research Development Institute (NFRDI) and in charge of AFTI, said the training is related to the transfer of technology in aquaculture now widely used in Luzon for possible implementation in Mindanao.

The group comprised the first of seven batches to be trained in the center, all batches of which are allotted 70-day training session under a program funded by the Global Peace Festival Foundation (GPFF), in collaboration with NFRDI.

According to Rosario, GPFF is an international organization, seeking to help establish peace in areas of conflict, particularly in some places in Mindanao.

The target is to be able to train at least 240 participants by the first week of December, said Rosario who stressed that the training covers the concepts, principles, methods, practices and management of aquaculture, post-harvest, entrepreneurship, project financing and economics and value formation.

Started last August 24, the training program will update and train individuals on the latest technologies developed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and NFRDI, disseminated to participants through lectures, workshop, demonstrations and actual farm visits.

Under the 70-day training, there will be 30 trainees in each batch. The gap of training of each batch is only three to four days.

The first batch of trainees come from Dipolog, Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Iligan City, Cotabato and Surigao.

Rosario assured that the training will definitely provide livelihood opportunities and help improve the socio-economic condition of the coastal fisherfolk of Mindanao, thus increasing the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the aquaculture industry.

GPFF, which has similar projects in other places of the world where there are conflicts, envisions that people of Mindanao be taught on how to maximize the current resources of their coastlines, especially those related to aquaculture.

GPFF bankrolled all their expenses, such as plane tickets, food, lodging, others, and provided logistics for the training, with NFRDI providing the participants' their other needs.

"We looked at the aquaculture potentials of their places and found out that they can possibly raise oysters, sea cucumber, sea urchins, crabs and milkfish," Roszario said.

He said the instruction consisted of lectures and demonstrations, including field trips in aquaculture production areas. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=226011

BIR monitors restaurants in Pangasinan

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

URDANETA CITY – Before three famous restaurants in Pangasinan were simultaneously closed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, they were discreetly monitored for tax violations.

“Our personnel were inside the restaurants from the time they opened and closed their business,” Revenue District Office-6 head Marlyn Vicente said.

She explained that before Matutina’s, Silverio’s, and Nena’s were dealt by “Operation Kandado (Padlocked),” the tax bureau evaluated first if they committed any of the three standard violations.

These are non-issuance of BIR official receipt, non-filing of income tax return; or if they incurred 30% understatement of their tax filing report.

She said the restaurants violated requirements one and three.

“Before we padlocked the business establishment we had to go through a legal process. We have first to establish that they committed a violation,” Vicente added.

She said the restaurants incurred violations during the first and second quarters of 2009.

The BIR has been closing restaurants before. But it became active lately in this kind of operation to instill fear among tax delinquents, for them to pay promptly and correctly their taxes, according to Vicente.

It had already padlocked 10 business establishments nationwide found violating tax laws. BIR is doing this operation to attain its tax collection target of P850 billion for 2009.

Last year it was short by P67 billion as it collected only P778 billion against its target of P845 billion.

Vicente stressed that the closure of the restaurants in Pangasinan was the first in Region 1 for this year, and was covered by national TV and radios.

The three restaurants are now open in business after they settled their tax dues.

Silverio’s reportedly threatened to sue the BIR concerning its closure, claiming it religiously paid taxes.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/24/bir-monitors-restaurants-in-pangasinan/

San Fabian Socio-economic growth surges

San Fabian - Mayor Mojamito Libunao outlines the achievements of this town as a result of a good working relationship of his office and the councilmen.
Libunao said that despite inheriting more or less 30 million pesos from a loan that the previous administration had plus 16 to 17 percent interest rate added per annum the present administration was able to deliver basic social services and multi-million infrastructure developments for the people without incurring any loan from the time of his incumbency.

He said that during his first term, his first move was to reduce the interest rate of the amortization from 17 percent to 5 percent amounting to 1.5 million pesos from 4 million pesos per month.

Libunao added that this good working relationship was able to make this town one of the province prime class municipality in 2008 after attaining its second class in 2005 also during his term.

Last week Libunao was distributing two thousand PhilHealth cards out of the four thousand PhilHealth cards intended for each indigent families of this town anonymously approved by the Sangguniang Bayan.

Fourth district congressman Jose De Venecia gave six thousand four hundred PhilHealth cards while Governor Espino gave two thousand five hundred PhilHealth cards.

“We have also illuminated 6 kms of our national highways and was anonymously approved by the Sangguniang Bayan just like how we illuminated the market area” he said.

Nonetheless Libunao believes that mobilization of funds is a vital responsibility of the local chief executive better that mobilizing internal revenue allotment or local taxes.

“We were able to built our municipal hall from external mobilization of funds with the help of Speaker De Venecia Jr.”

“We were also able to have a new PNP building because of General Arturo Lomibao and De Venecia, our Rural Health building outsourced from the Department of Health and De Venecia, our Senior Citizens Building courtesy of Rotary Club of San Fabian under the presidency of Madam Irene Libunao”

“So this is how we work as a local chief executive in outsourcing and mobilizing funds for the development of our town”. Libunao explains.

Today the local government is constructing the old municipal hall amounting to eight million pesos where the two million came from Congressman De Venecia and the six million counterpart of the local government.

Meanwhile Libunao confirms his bid to serve the fourth district as a provincial board member in his capacity as a lawyer and a top brass executive lawyer from the University of the Philippines.

Libunao hopes that another sincere public servant who have a heart to continue his endeavor in making San Fabian a prime socio-economic tourism zone in the province.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/san-fabian-socio-economic-growth-surges/

Rehab on for erosion-affected transmission towers - NGCP

Dagupan City -- Two new transmission towers on special foundation will be erected to replace those affected by soil erosion in barangay Lipay in Villasis town, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

Tower No. 159 located on the Agno River floodplain in that town was threatened by strong river current and soil erosion which caused the riverbank to advance directly to the location of the tower, District 3 head Gerardo Torres said.

He said that guy wires have been immediately installed to strengthen Tower No. 159 and adjacent towers and prevent these from toppling. As a permanent solution, NGCP will be constructing new Tower Nos. 159 and 160 on special foundation farther west of the present location of the existing towers.

Meanwhile, temporary structures (Emergency Restoration System) were constructed to bypass Tower No. 159 and energize one circuit. San Manuel-Concepcion 230KV Line 1 was energized last Sunday at 4:16 p.m., he said.

Since NGCP took over the transmission operations business in January this year, it has been exerting extra efforts to conduct the necessary maintenance, rehabilitation, and upgrading activities on its major transmission lines and substation facilities nationwide formerly managed by the government, NGCP President Walter W. Brown said in a statement.

NGCP expects to proceed immediately with these projects considering that processes including project approvals and the procurement of equipment to operate and maintain the transmission network are much faster now.

Brown said the private management set-up allows the company to be more flexible and responsive, especially when it comes to serving and addressing the concerns of customers.

Brown explained that "NGCP is cutting off bureaucratic procedures without compromising the necessary controls. Like any private corporation, we have to earn profits but at the same time, we are very much conscious of the fact that we are providing a public service."

"It is in the best interests of everyone that electricity be always available to direct customers but at the same time, NGCP as a private corporation is also accountable to its investors and other stakeholders. We are grateful to our customers who understand this situation," he added. (PIA Pangasinan/dos)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090824.htm&no=17

Akin ey? Libre la agda ni labay?

may bayad sa shed. :)

politics maybe??:dunno::D

Rally vs curfew on motorcycles set

LINGAYEN -- The Pangasinan Bikers Federation Inc. (PBIFI) headed by Alex Sison will stage a protest rally on August 28 against proposed provincial ordinance 21-2009, which imposes curfew hours on the travel of motorcycles in the province from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Motorcycle Philippines Federation Director for Administration Arturo Sta. Cruz earlier said they would drive to Pangasinan and join the rally.

The ordinance was authored by Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. of the sixth district of Pangasinan and Board Member John Agerico Rosario of the fourth district.

Previous crime incidents in the province where the gunmen are riding in tandem in a motorcycle triggered the creation of the ordinance.

A committee hearing is scheduled on August 28.

The PBIFI has made a position paper, posted at the club's website, strongly opposing the passage of said ordinance.

"The proposed ordinance is selective and discriminatory to motorcycle users. It imposes curfew to motorcycles while ignoring the fact that other means of transportation such as car, jeep and van can also be used by criminals," it stated.

"We do not believe that imposition of curfew hours will eradicate the incidence of killings and other criminalities in the province. Criminality itself does not impose its own time; it strikes anytime of the day it wants. Based on our experience in our respective communities, the most effective way of eradicating criminalities is the heightened and intensified campaign by our law enforcers and with the active participation of our local constituents. Specifically, we propose an intensified 'Operation Bakal' to be conducted by our local police force," the PBIFI said.

The group explained: "The imposition of curfew will definitely send a wrong signal to our investment and tourism industry. An imposed curfew will send an alarming peace and order situation in the province and would therefore drive away investment and tourism opportunities." (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/rally-vs-curfew-motorcycles-set

PHO inmalma ed ibabagan ag mangiiter na discount ed saray Senior Citizen sp aray gov't hosp

DAGUPAN CITY – Inmalma si Provincial Health Officer Dr. Jackson Soriano ed saray reklamo ya ag ipapatonton so 20% discount parad saray senior citizen ed saray Pampublikon ospital diad luyag na Pangasinan.

Impalapag nen Dr. Soriano, intotoor iray pampublikon ospital ed ley lapud amta ran baleg so naitulong to ya ed saray matataken ya mankakaukulan na tambal aloor lad saramay kapos-palad.

Imbaga ton ag iseseblet na aray ospital iyan benepisyo parad saray senior citizen tan diad katwaan et baleg so diskwento ya initer da.

Likod ed saya, pabor met kuno irad kerew na aray mamatakken ya ekalen lay value added tax o vat ed saray tambal.

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Bawiin da siguro may gastos na inpagawa ra kanyan walay bayar to....

Pero wishing ak ya aruman da ni mas marakep no untan so nanengneng daray umapasyar nen sa may...kubol di man ya kuwadrado kantora...

may pagka sosyal ang dating kasi pag madaming Shed na ganyan sa tabi nang dagat....

politics maybe??:dunno::D

Bawiin da siguro may gastos na inpagawa ra kanyan walay bayar to....

Pero wishing ak ya aruman da ni mas marakep no untan so nanengneng daray umapasyar nen sa may...kubol di man ya kuwadrado kantora...

may pagka sosyal ang dating kasi pag madaming Shed na ganyan sa tabi nang dagat.... Marakerakep aramay "beach huts" tan "beach straw umbrella" awa! Kumon aruman na di, angano wala ni bayar to.

Puerto del Sol

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Dagupan Drug Rehab Center operational before year-end

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 26 (PNA) — A drug rehabilitation center to be operated by the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) is set to be opened sometime this year in Barangay Bonuan Binloc here.

The facility, to be called Dona Teodora Manaois Drug Rehabilitation Center, in honor of the late matriarch of a family that donated the land for the project, will serve drug patients from Dagupan and Pangasinan.

Dr. Roland Mejia, chief of R1MC, said Assistant Secretary Elmer Punzalan, head of special concerns of the Department of Health, is set to arrive in Dagupan this week to inspect the progress of the construction of the facility.

Mejia said the administrative building of the center is set to open in a couple of months to first admit outpatients while the two dormitories for in-patients, as well as its complementary recreational facilities, are still being constructed.

He said R1MC is now ready with the staffing pattern of the drug rehab center even while the physical facilities of the center are still being constructed.

Those who will man the drug rehab center, he said, will first undergo a refresher course on how to handle patients at the Regional Drug Rehab Center in Taguig, Metro Manila.

The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), the regulating body on drugs all over the country, will supervise the center but administrative operation of the center rests solely on the R1MC under the DOH.

Dr. Jesus Canto, a city councilor of Dagupan and former R1MC chief, said the drug rehab center in Dagupan was already planned more than two years ago while he was still the director of the hospital.

He confirmed that funding for the project was allocated by Pangasinan Fourth District Congressman Jose de Venecia Jr. from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAP) to give a chance for the province’s drug dependents to recover and given a chance to return to normal life.

Canto, who is chairman on health of the Dagupan City Council and still medical consultant of R1MC, said while he was still the hospital director, he brought to the attention of De Venecia, who was then Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the need to rehabilitate local drug dependents.

He said this is because of the fact that families seeking rehabilitation of members of their families hooked on drugs spend so much time and money bringing their kin to be rehabilitated in accredited drug rehab centers in Metro Manila.

“It was only a dream before but which will soon become a reality in just a few months,” Canto said.

He proposed to R1MC to retain the name of Dona Teodora Manaois, whose family donated the land that was the location of the old and abandoned Dagupan Children’s Hospital of the former Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=226210

PMA entrance exams set August 30 in Pangasinan

By VH Sarmiento

Dagupan City (26 August) -- The Philippine Military Academy will once again conduct the entrance examination for aspiring military students in the province.

Major Carlo Resurreccion of the PMA said the examination will be conducted at the University of Pangasinan, this city, on August 30-31. He said Major Felix Balansa, team leader of the PMA entrance exam, will oversee the examination.

Resureccion said applicants should be at least 17-21 years old, not below 5'2 in height for girls and not below 5'4 for boys, and must be at the examination area at 7:00 a.m..

He said the academy is still accepting walk-in applicants to give chance for those who have not yet filed their application for the examination.

In 2008, there were more than 200 examinees for PMA in the province but only 27 passed. Out of this number, only13 made it to the academy. The others failed the medical and other exams.

The Academy appeals to Pangasinenses to avail of the chance to be part of PMA. Aside from free education, the student-trainees will also be given allowances and are assured of placement in the different branches of the Armed Forces of the Philippines after their graduation. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090826.htm&no=42

Lingayen school to be relocated

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

LINGAYEN -- The Lingayen Central School located along the busy highway in Poblacion, this town will soon be transferred to a new site.

Mayor Ernesto Castaneda said the school will be moved to a 5,000 square meter lot, still at the Poblacion area, at the back of the Lingayen Fire Station and beside the community hospital here.

He said the Department of Education (DepEd) has already given funds amounting to P10 million.

As counterpart, the Municipal Government donated the lot plus the cost of land filling. The Provincial Government has also extended assistance in the said project.

About 35 classrooms will be constructed at the new school site. The estimated cost of the construction is P20 million.

“The parents, students, and the school officials are very happy with this development. The present central school is at a 3,000 square meter lot. The buildings are already old and dilapidated, it floods when it rains. Aside from the noise pollution, there is great danger of vehicular accident to the students. It is about time that our youngsters studying at the said school will have better classrooms and facilities,” the mayor remarked.

Castaneda said they will discuss later what to do with the lot, which is also owned by the Municipal Government, to be vacated by the central school.

“We will ask the different sectors here what they would want us to do with the said lot,” he remarked.

Meanwhile, the 33 multicabs procured by the Municipal Government through a loan they secured from the Land Bank will soon arrive.

All the 32 barangays will be issued one unit while the extra multicab will be used by the Lingayen Police Station.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/lingayen-school-be-relocated

Gov. Espino performs better -- board member

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 27 (PNA) — A provincial board member cited Governor Amado Espino Jr. for his accomplishments in just two years as against the accomplishment of his predecessor, former Governor and now Congressman Victor Agbayani, in nine years.

Clarifying that he is not placating Espino but just stressing facts, Board Member Von Mark Mendoza revealed that in just two years of hard work, the incumbent governor may have equaled, if not exceeded, what the former governor did in his three terms of office.

Espino and Mendoza are political allies, being party mates in the Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino (KAMPI), which merged by the middle part of this year with Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats.

Speaking during the breakfast forum “Engkwentro sa Lenox” on Wednesday, Mendoza clarified that he is not a defender of Governor Espino as he is just speaking based on facts.

He said he knows what he's talking about because he was already a provincial board member of the second district of Pangasinan when Agbayani was the governor.

Mendoza, a former Sangguniang Kabataan provincial chairman before he became a regular provincial board member, clarified, he has nothing against Congressman Agbayani who is his townmate in Lingayen.

Observers said Congressman Agbayani may challenge Espino in the 2010 election in order to regain the governorship.

The provincial board member said it would not be good if he defends Governor Espino by telling lies but he said it is really a fact that the latter really accomplished much in so short a time when he became governor of one of the biggest provinces in the Philippines in 2007.

“I don’t want to deal on details but you may have noticed that what the former governor did under his nine-year term was accomplished by Governor Espino in just two years in office,” he added.

Mendoza, who is on his second term as regular provincial board member of the second district of Pangasinan, said that Agbayani may have renovated the provincial government-run hospitals but the former governor did this only in his second term of office.

He said the renovation of the provincial capitol under Agbayani started during his final term as provincial governor in time for the 60th anniversary of the Lingayen Gulf landing, attended by national and foreign dignitaries.

Upon assumption of office in 2007, Espino also renovated the provincial capitol and then later, as attested by visitors and tourists, now emerged as among the most beautiful provincial capitols in the country today.

Incidentally, not only the provincial capitol underwent 'make-overs' with Espino at the helm but also all other buildings located in the provincial capitol compound and their respective premises.

All the 14 provincial hospitals run by the province, including the provincial nursery and fishery stations that were in different stages of deterioration long before, also underwent renovation under Espino's term.

According to Mendoza, the agricultural intervention being claimed by the previous provincial administration was financed by a loan of the provincial government, which it secured only during the second term of office of the former governor.

“I am not a defender of the governor. I am just one of the members of the official family of the province who is proud to work under the incumbent governor,” Mendoza clarified.

He said based on the opinion of economic analysts, there are two big infrastructures that the province badly needs for it to be self-reliant, which are airport and seaport.

Now, we can feel that these projects are now about to come to us but which never happened during the previous provincial administration, said Mendoza.

He said a rice processing plant worth 30 million U.S. dollars will soon be built in Sta. Barbara through a financial grant from the Korean government worked out by Espino, which will soon be a big boon to over 200,000 farmers in agricultural Pangasinan.

"We (also) gave P50 million as fertilizer subsidy to all the farmers of Pangasinan which did not happen ever in the past," Mendoza bared.

He clarified that if he is saying all these, it is because Espino is his partymate and went through difficult times with him.

During Agbayani's term, Mendoza told newsmen that he was in the minority bloc. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=226301

Agbayani to run for governor in 2010

northernwatchonline.com

LINGAYEN – It is confirmed: Second District Rep. Victor Agbayani will run for governor in 2010.

“If I will not run, wala nang alternatibo ang ating probinsiya, wala nang demokrasya. Kailangan naman may pagpilian ang ating mga kababayan sa Pangasinan,” Agbayani, who was governor for three terms, said.

He admitted that he lacks financial resources to match that of his rivals and can only offer his “good name” to the voters during the electoral fight.

In an interview, Agbayani answered issues thrown his way by his detractors, such as not having accomplished anything during his term, calling these “black propaganda.”

“My accomplishments are in the barangays. The projects are visible in the barangays and those projects have impact against poverty,” he said.

He challenged his detractors to go to the barangays where we “built more than 800 classrooms and repaired 900 more. We built farm-to-market roads, we built irrigation system. Go to rural areas, you will see our accomplishments there.”

He explained that because of the irrigation system his administration built, many farmers can harvest up to three times a year, they can plant hybrid rice and harvest double than when they plant inbred varieties.

Agbayani felt bad when the present provincial administration stopped the construction of irrigation systems, saying he pitied the farmers

Also stopped was the population program, which resulted in reducing the annual growth rate to 1.17 percent, way below 2.4 percent during his first term,

“Population program is very important because without it, population growth rate will go up. You keep on constructing classrooms but the number of children continue increasing. Besides, sa pamilya, alin ang maginhawa ang buhay? Yong pamilyang may isang dosenang anak? Or yong tatlo ang anak?” he explained.

He said he wanted to run again for governor so “I can continue the programs that I started.”

As to the claim of the present administration that it was able to improve the Capitol, Agbayani said has this to say:

“Maganda na talaga yon, nuon pa. Bago pa ginawa, maganda na yon. Aanhin mo yong parang Malacanang ang opisina ng gobernador pero di naman humaharap sa tao. Di naman makausap ng tao. Para saan yon? Para sa foreign visitors lang? Ang mga maestro at barangay captain di naman makaapak at makausap siya? Parang maganda lang damit pero sa loob, bulok. At balita ko electric bills nila, P1.2 million a month. You can build two classrooms with that amount.”

The Capitol was restored to its original design during the Agbayani administration over a period of 3-4 years and costing P40 million.

He said the architect, a professor at the University of the Philippines , who worked on the restoration was angry because the Capitol’s original design was not preserved when it was renovated by the present administration.

“Restoration is not renovation,” Agbayani said.

He also negated reports that it was only now that the provincial hospitals are being rehabilitated.

“Before we got loan from the bank, we have rehabilitated Alaminos (hospital), expanded (the hospital in) San Carlos, repaired and expanded those in Mapandan and Urdaneta City . Di naman pwedeng maisagawa ng minsanan. After we got a loan, we allocated portion of the amount to the hospitals,”Agbayani said.

He added that rehabilitating hospitals does not mean rehabilitating the buildings only.

“What if you have best equipment but the service is poor? Or the doctors prescribe expensive medicines because they have commissions? Or the hospital’s drugstores have no medicine and the drugstore is inside the doctors’ drawers?” he said.

As to the “fake doctor” who was working at the provincial hospital, the former governor said it was duty of the Civil Service Commission to verify the records of applicants.

“When you sign an appointment, there is a note at the back of the paper that it is subject to verification of civil service as to truth of records,” he said

Agbayani also explained that there was no anomaly about the medicine dug by the present administration at the Capitol compound.

“Their report showed that there was clearance from the Commissinon Audit, so what wrong have we done? Did they say the medicines were worth P10 million? We reviewed list and prices of the medicines and it was worth only P800,000. Medicines were cheap during my term. The question now is, are the medicines they are buying now overpriced ten times? Mag-ingat sila sa witch-hunting nila baka sila ang babaliktaran,” he explained.

Agbayani also lamented how the present administration attacked his administration for availing of P300 million loan but is getting a P900 million loan.

“I was informed by financial institutions that we can avail of loan equivalent of the entire Internal Revenue Allotment. But we refused because interest rates may suddenly go up, or there could be economic crisis. So, we just got a loan which was just one third of our capacity which we used for infrastructure projects,” he said.

He added that the present provincial administration wanted to avail of P1.4 billion.

“There is nothing wrong with availing of loan, as long as it is used for the right projects. We learned that they wanted to buy P250 million worth of equipment. But the provincial government has enough equipment. Why not just use the money to construct barangay roads?” he said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/24/agbayani-to-run-for-governor-in-2010/#more-1756

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Baley na Villasis, no. 1 ed listahan na Most Outstanding Sanggunian Bayan/Panlungsod na Phil Councilors League-Pangasinan Chapter

8/27/2009

DAGUPAN CITY - Manunaan so baley na Villasis ed listaan na Most Outstanding Sanggunian Bayan/ Panlungsod na Philippine Councilors League o PCL-Pangasinan Chapter.

Impalapag nen PCL-Pangasinan Chapter President at Boardmember Raul Sison, apili so Sanggunian Bayan na Villasis, lapud ontatagey ya kalidad na pangagaway Regular Session, karakel tan karakep na aray resolosyon tan ordinansa ya naipapasa na saray konsehal tan naipapatunton ya talagan napipinawiran na ombaley.

Akalay Villasis na 92.83% ya rating ed Sanggunian Bayan na Villasis, kasumpal na evaluation ya ginawa na limaran evaluators ya nanlapud Dept. of Education, Dept. of Interior and Local Government o DILG, Sanggunian Panlalawigan Seceretariat, Pangasinan Press and Radio Club Incp. at non Government Organization.

Imbaga nen Boardmember Sison ya himanga iray evaluators ed organisadon pangagaway session na Sanggunian Bayan na Villasis, perpekton attendance na aray konsehal, naynay ya aka-uniporme, tan makabaliksan iray ordinansa tan resolusyon ya pantutongtungan tan naipapatonton.

Say baley met na San Fabian so kumadwan ranking na Most Outstanding Sanggunian Bayan na Phil. Councilors League PCL Panghasinan Chapter ya akalay 90.50% tinmumbok so Pozorrubio ya walay 88.67 %, Infanta 88% , Asingan 86.50%, Binalonan 85.83%, Bayambang 85.33%, Bugallon tan Sto Tomas 85%, Lingayen tan Mangaldan 84.67%, Malasique tan Bani 84.16%.

Kalegenan tonya, say sampluran Most Outstanding Sanggunian Bayan Members et kabiangan di Coun. Ponciano Tobias na Bolinao, Francis Melvil Tinio na Binalonan, Edgar Mamenta na Binmaley, Dennis Uy na Pozorrubio, Condardo Paul Ramos na Binalonan, Jun Sison na Binmaley, Angelito de Vera na Bayambang, Susan Sison na Villasis, Rosalie Ellasus na San Jacinto tan Artemio Amo na Bani.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105216

Torismo ed Dagupan City, ag apektado na petty crimes tan pandedelap pagbaha

8/27/2009

DAGUPAN CITY - Aga apektado na delap tan ontatagey ya insidente na takewan so torismo diad syudad na Dagupan.

Impalapag nen City Tourism Officer Michelle Liwanag, ya amta la tan natatalusan la na aray torista ya kaiba so delap ed natural phenomenon ya nagagawa.

Mas marakep met ni kuno natan so performance na aray security enforcers kanyan agla tanton manlaknaban so petty crimes ya nagagawa ed syudad.

Kaslakan ya ondadayo iray bisita diad Dagupan no bulan na Abril tan Mayo ompian ondagop ed Bangus Festival tan bulan na Disyembre para balet ed City Fiesta.

No nengnengen, mas maswerte so Dagupan tan no Disyembre ya fietsa to et dakel ya totoo so akabakasyon ed trabaho ra kanyang walay oras dan ompasyar ed syudad.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105212

City Fiesta na Dagupan, panpe-preparaan la

8/27/2009

DAGUPAN CITY- Mantatarya la so syudad na Dagupan para ed City Fiesta diad bulan na Disyembre.

Impalapag nen City Tourism Officer Michelle Liwanag, aapegeren la natan na hermano mayor ya si Coun. Carlos Reyna IV so aray events.

Kabiangan na sarayan events et say Pawil Dagupan, no iner imbitado iray Balikbayan.

Agmet naandi so Employees Night, Barangay Night tan arum niran special events.

Likud ed saray events ya laen na aray bisita, nai--promote nin lalo so pigaran produkto singa say bangus tan pigar-pigar.

Anggapo met ni arum ya problema ed lugar ya kuwalaan na pwesto daraya ta magano iran laen tan pawil-pawilin na aray bisita.

Sakey met ya imamatalek dad sayan luto et say panusar na tariwan karne o fresh meat.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105213

294 Konsehal na Pangasinan, ondagop ed PCL Awarding diad Boracay

8/27/2009

DAGUPAN CITY -- 294 o masulok ya 50% na 488 na aray konsehal dia interon luyag na Pangasinan so nanpa-rehistro lan onlad Boracay ompian ondagop ed Awarding Ceremony na Philippine Councilors League o PCL Pangasinan Chapter.

Balet kwanen PCL Pangasinan Chapter President tan Boardmember Raul Sison, problema da natan so luganan dan eroplano ta mabli pamasahed ed labay dan luganan ya Phil. Airlines.

Inkwan to ed mas mabli ne pamasahe ed Phil. Airlines o PAL nen say aka book ya Cebu Pacific.

300 ya konsehal so nai-book ed Boracay Regency Hotel kanyang kulang nen sinsya so bilang na aray nanparehistro ya milad biyahe.

Diad Boracay gaween so Awarding na Most Outstanding Sanggunian Bayan/Panlungsod tan Most Outstanding Councilor ng PCL.

Ibansag met lay seminar nipaakar ed Global Warming.

Ombayag ira diman ya anggad apateran agew tan taluran labi.

Opisyal yan biyahe na aray konsehal tan aprubado na Dept. of Interior and Local Government o DILG.

Say biyahe da onong ed si Sison et kabiangan na PCL Anniversary ed bulan na Septyembre.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105218

Pangasinan pursues two hard infra projects

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City (27 August) -- The provincial government is putting in place two hard infrastructures to include the planned seaport in Sual town, a board member said Wednesday in a media forum.

Board Member Von Mark Mendoza said that the province is securing a P900 million loan with the Land Bank to finance its various infra projects. Out of the amount, P200 million would serve as the province’s counterpart fund for the seaport project. The national government thru the Department of Transportation and Communication and the Philippine Ports Authority has pledged P200 million while Sual town is allocating P100 million to complete the needed P500 million.

The other hard infra is the planned airport which may be funded by the national government or thru a private investor under the build-operate-transfer scheme. It will be recalled that President Macapagal-Arroyo mentioned the airport project in her State of the Nation Address in 2007.

Mendoza said that Pangasinan badly needs a seaport considering that 40 percent of transactions at the nearby Poro Point in la Union are intended for Pangasinan. "Pasok sana ang revenues na yan sa "tin," he said.

Defending the P900 million loan applied with the bank, Mendoza said that all projects to be funded by the loan are specific. "Sa tagal ko ryan sa provincial board, ngayon ko lang nakita na specific ang mga proyektong pag-gastusan," he replied when asked during an interview why the province was securing such a big loan while it has yet to fully repay the P600 million loan earlier acquired by the previous provincial administration.

He said the projects to be funded by the new loan include rehabilitation of government hospitals, farm to market roads, agricultural facilities and purchase of new road equipment. He said that the trucks and equipment purchased during the Orbos administration were now mostly under state of disrepair due to long use.

Meanwhile, Mendoza denied being a defender of Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. Guesting at the weekly Engkwentro forum at the Lenox Hotel Wednesday, he said he was only speaking for the facts being part of the official family. He also said that the governor is a party-mate at Kampi during the last elections along with three other board members.

He said that he and former Gov. Victor E. Agbayani, now second district congressman, were never party-mates. But he clarified that he had supported Agbayani in his endeavors although he (Mendoza) was with the minority during that time. "Di naman kami nag-away at ibinaon na namin ang anumang away ng pamilya namin," he said referring to the reported feud between his father, Chris, who served as congressman, and Victor’s father, Aguedo, a former governor. Both are deceased.

He said that there was one thing clear that came out of the attacks and counterattacks coming from the camps of Espino and Agbayani, who reportedly confirmed already his plan to run for governor. "Ang nagawa ni Victor sa siyam na taon ay nagawa na ni governor sa loob lamang ng dalawang taon," he pointed out. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090827.htm&no=62

Pangasinan, China's Sichuan province forge friendly relation

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Aug. 27 (PNA) — Pangasinan province and China’s Sichuan province have finally forged to establish friendly cooperation and relation between them.

This was gleaned in a memorandum of understanding signed in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province on August 21, 2009 by Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Wei Hong, executive vice governor of Sichuan and member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China.

The document was signed when Espino headed an 18-man Pangasinan delegation that went to China from August 19 to 26 upon the invitation of Tin Qixiang, the Chinese consul based in Laoag City, who visited the province of Pangasinan on June 3.

The agreement, in accordance with the principles on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China, was a step closer towards the establishment of final sister relationship between the two provinces.

Espino and the rest of Pangasinan delegation came back from China on Wednesday.

The governor told newsmen at the capitol on Thursday that both Pangasinan and Sichuan shall carry out exchanges and cooperate in various forms and activities in the fields of industry, agriculture, trade, science and technology; culture, education, sports, health, personnel, social welfare etc. for the promotion of common prosperity and development.

As a result of such visit, a delegation from Sichuan province, among them businessmen, are set to make an exchange visit to Pangasinan sometime this year to explore possible areas of investment.

Corollary to this, regular contacts shall be established and maintained between the governments of the two provinces, their relevant departments and businessmen so as to facilitate consultations on exchanges and cooperation.

At the same time, working level meetings of officials of both sides shall be conducted and made a regular event to identify areas of possible cooperation, coordination and implementation of the understanding reached between the two provinces.

The coordination departments of the friendly cooperation relations of the two provinces shall be the Office of the Governor for Pangasinan and the Foreign Affairs Department of Sichuan Provincial People’s government.

The memorandum takes effect immediately after signing and shall remain in force and effect five years after.

Those who witnessed the signing on the Sichuan side were Xue Kang, vice secretary general of Sichuan Provincial People’s Government; Cui Zhiwei, director general of Sichuan Foreign Affairs Office; Li Gang, president of China Council for Promotion of International Trade; and Tang Hong, vice director general of Sichuan Foreign Affairs Department.

Witnessing the signing on the Pangasinan side were Board Members Danilo Uy and Amadeo Espino, Executive Assistant III Ramon Morden, the governor’s wife Mrs. Priscilla Ignacio-Espino; Mrs. Renecita Chua-Espino, Mayor Emma Chan of Pozorrubio, her husband, Artemio Chan; Allan Allapaga, president of the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Nelson Tan Manez, William Lao Co, Johnson Tan Manez, Rosendo So, president of the Eastern Pangasinan Filipino—Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Julie So, Richard So and Zeng Chaoyan, alias William Chan. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=226412

Urdaneta to build own sanitary landfill

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

URDANETA CITY -- The City Government is set to put up its own sanitary landfill beside the city's controlled dumpsite at Barangay Catablan.

Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the City Council earlier gave him the authority to enter into an agreement with the Land Bank of the Philippines for the acquisition of a P220 million loan for the project.

The area of the controlled dumpsite is seven hectares.

Perez said the loan will be used in the acquisition of the 10-hectare land beside the dumpsite; equipment and machines necessary for the operation of the sanitary landfill; and for the construction of the access road to the site.

During his guesting at the Engkwentro weekly media forum of the Pangasinan Press Club Inc. (formerly Pangasinan Press and Radio Club), the mayor said they are now in the process of completing the documents being required by Land Bank.

Perez assured his constituents that the City Government has the capacity to pay the 10-year loan as certified by Land Bank itself.

“Payment of the loan will not in any way affect the operation of the City Government. Land Bank said we can borrow as much as P450 million, but we are not going to borrow that much. I am not even sure if we could use the whole amount of P220 million for the sanitary landfill,” he explained.

Perez said the Department of Agriculture will help them in the processing of organic fertilizer out of the biodegradable garbage.

The city has also entered into an agreement with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for the manufacture of household and commercial tiles out of the non-biodegradable wastes like plastics to include newspapers.

Accordingly, the city has bought the machine for the manufacture of tiles.

“It's a two-fold program. We will make use of the waste material there to manufacture tiles and manufacture organic fertilizer. A private entity will be coming to make use of our sanitary landfill and turn the methane gas into commercial gas,” Perez remarked.

On the possibility of opening their sanitary landfill to other local government units, Perez said: “We will eventually do that but first we must study the capability of our sanitary landfill. If it can accommodate the garbage from other towns, then we will do so for a fee as the operation and maintenance of the landfill will cost money.”

The old dumpsite will also be closed. Thereat, they will plant trees and vegetables.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/urdaneta-build-own-sanitary-landfill

Hearing on motorcycle curfew hours postponed

LINGAYEN --The expected roars of motorcycles Friday at the Capitol compound will not be heard.

This after the scheduled committee hearing on the proposed curfew hours ordinance authored by Board Members Alfonso Bince Jr. and John Agerico Rosario was rescheduled to September 11.

Arturo Sta. Cruz, director for Administration of the Motorcycle Philippines Federation, said around 10,000 motorcycle riders from Manila and other provinces were supposed to motor here and join their local counterpart.

Members of the Pangasinan Bikers Federation Inc. (PBFI) led by its president Alex Sison are set to stage a protest rally to show their strong opposition to the proposed curfew hours for motorcycle users.

Proposed provincial ordinance 21-2009 imposes curfew hours on the travel of motorcycles in the province of Pangasinan from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.

The objective of the ordinance is to deter the commission of crimes perpetrated by motorcycle riding suspects.

This stemmed from the several shooting incidents in the province these past months perpetrated by motorcycle riding gunmen.

The PBFI reasoned that the imposition of curfew hours to motorcycle users is selective and discriminatory.

It added that not only were the killings committed at daytime, the curfew hours will not eradicate the incidence of killings and other criminalities as criminals are also using other vehicles such as vans, cars, and jeeps.

Sta. Cruz said he was informed by Sison about the postponement of the hearing.

Whenever it will be, he remarked, they are ready to drive to Pangasinan and join the rally. (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/hearing-motorcycle-curfew-hours-postponed

Urdaneta City supports Guidote-Alvarez as nat'l artist

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Urdaneta City, Pangasinan - The local government here supports the nomination of Cecille Guidote-Alvarez as a legitimate national artist, despite claims of critics that she is not worthy of the award.

The sangguniang panlungsod here, on motion of Councilor Jinky Perez passed a resolution supporting Guidote-Alvarez.

The resolution stated that even if Alvarez is not a resident of Urdaneta, her valuable help and support to the city cannot be denied. She helped restore the city's national park and assisted in the building of the monument for Fray Andres de Urdaneta, the first such monument in the North.

City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. remarked that Alvarez is deserving of the award based on her contributions to the country.

"Talagang deserving siya (Alvarez) na maging national artist. She should be rewarded for her work," Perez said.

Perez added that with Alvarez' present work at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, she has revived Filipino culture in the country. He said the city's support is a sign of showing gratitude to her.

Guidote –Alvarez' declaration as a national artist is pending at the Supreme Court. The award seems questionable to some sectors because she is herself the director of NCCA. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090827.htm&no=35

Comelec appeals anew to public: Go out and register

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City (28 August) -- The Commission on Elections has reiterated its appeal to the public to register or validate their registration at Comelec offices.

Dagupan City election officer lawyer Remarque Ravanzo told the Engkwentro forum at the Lenox Hotel Wednesday that only few new registrants so far have been trooping to the Comelec office in the city. "Siguro dahil nasa school pa ang ating mga kabataan kaya kokonti pa sa kanila ang nagpaparehistro," he noted.

Comelec offices, he said, are open Mondays to Saturdays and even on holidays to accommodate new voters and those who want their registrations validated. Deadline is on October 31 this year.

He also asked the support of the media especially broadcast to continue reminding the people about the need to register or validate. Those who failed to vote in the last two elections need to register anew as their names, he pointed out, have already been removed from the list of voters.

He clarified that those who failed to validate their registrations can still vote in the May elections next year.

Asked if the poll body would have enough time to prepare for the automated elections next year, Ravanzo said that Comelec is following a timetable for various activities to include training for teachers who will man the precincts as well as information and education activities for the public. "May mga public demos na gagawin," he disclosed.

On teachers who will man the precincts, he said he prefers those who are still young and receptive to technology. "Kinausap ko na si superintendent tungkol dito," he said.

"Please give chance to the automated elections," he urged the mediamen present in reaction to queries and negative comments as well fears in connection with the first nationwide computerized polls in the country. He said that the first concern of local election officers is the security of the machines. "Let's leave technical matters to TIM-Smartmatic and Comelec," he said.

Told about the concern of many voters who have not received their identification cards yet, he noted that he himself has not received his, pointing out that the last delivery of voter IDs was about three years ago. "Nakatutok sa automation kasi ang Comelec ngayon," he said. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090828.htm&no=18&r=r01&y=&mo=

Escudero barnstorms Pangasinan

By Gabriel Cardinoza
Inquirer Northern Luzon

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines—Senator Francis Escudero on Friday embarked on a six-town, two-city barnstorming in Pangasinan to woo support if and when he finally decides to run for president in next year's election.

"Call it politicking. I'll accept it rather than be told that I am only seen during election campaigns," Escudero told reporters, shortly after he met with Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and other officials at the capitol here.

Escudero first visited Rosales town and motored to a school in Alcala town. He then went to the Pangasinan State University in Bayambang, where he spoke before a group of students. He also attended a feeding activity in Malasiqui town and went campus-hopping in San Carlos City before coming to this capital town.

After lunch, Escudero met with a group of farmers and irrigators and turned over computers in Calasiao town. He also visited two universities in Dagupan City and was scheduled to speak before the Rotary Club of Uptown Dagupan on Friday night.

"This is part of my job," Escudero said. "When I was congressman, I visited every barangay of my district [in Sorsogon]. Now that I'm senator, I should visit every town and city in the country," he said.

Escudero said he was not bothered by the results of the recent Pulse Asia survey showing him in fourth place among voters' preferred candidates for president. "It's just a survey and a snapshot of people's opinion. It's still the people's vote that will [matter]," he said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090828-222443/Escudero-barnstorms-Pangasinan

SMC to lead group that will build new northern Luzon toll roads

Cheryl M. Arcibal, GMANews.TV

Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is set to become the single largest shareholder of a consortium tasked to construct a road network connecting two major Philippine highways to the northernmost Luzon provinces.

San Miguel disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Thursday that its subsidiary Rapid Thoroughfares Inc. signed a subscription agreement for a 35-percent stake in Private Infra Dev Corp., a consortium of construction companies behind the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway Project.

"The Agreement is the most recent step in SMC's strategic transformation (to) diversify from its core food, beverage and packaging portfolio, and marks its entry into infrastructure and tollways," the company said.

Ramon S. Ang, SMC vice chairman and president, told GMANews.TV in a text message that the cost of the 35 percent acquisition has yet to be confirmed.

"Yes at 35 [percent, SMC will be the single largest shareholder of PIDC]," Ang said.

Among PIDC's members are Consunji-led DMCI group.

The 88-kilometer road that will connect North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway to provinces in Northern Luzon is estimated to have a construction cost of P15 billion.

Originally, PIDC, which is capitalized at P1-billion, was a consortium led by DM Consunji Inc., and Lopez-led First Philippine Infrastructure Group. Formed in 2007, the consortium plans to secure big-ticket government infrastructure projects.

However, late last year, First Infrastructure was acquired by Metro Pacific Investments Corp., the local unit of Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co. Ltd., from the Lopez family as part of its strategy to venture into heavy industries.

San Miguel has also been aggressive in its bid to diversify from its core food business. It is planning to acquire control of Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner, and is among the major shareholders of Manila Electric Co., the Philippines’ largest power distributor.

It has also partnered with a Qatari firm for its venture into the telecommunications business. San Miguel has also formed a subsidiary that submitted an unsolicited proposal for the P48-billion development of the Laiban Dam project.

PIDC has planned to start the construction of the project this year and complete the road in five years.

The expressway development will be constructed in two phases. The first phase covers a road from Tarlac to Carmen, Pangasinan, while the second phase covers the stretch from Pangasinan to La Union.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/170836/smc-to-lead-group-that-will-build-new-northern-luzon-toll-roads

PSALM appoints administrators for Sual and Pagbilao IPPs

Manila (28 August) -- The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) today (28 August 2009) successfully conducted the second round of bidding for the appointment of independent power producer administrators (IPPAs) to manage the contracted capacities of the National Power Corporation in the coal-fired Sual and Pagbilao power plants.

San Miguel Energy Corporation (SMEC) and Therma Luzon Inc. were declared the two highest bidders in the rebid of the selection of IPPAs, which has been described as the first of its kind in Asia and, probably, the world.

SMEC, the energy investment arm of food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corporation, made it two in a row as it offered USD1.072 billion (USD1,072,000,000.00) for the management and control of National Power's 1,000-megawatt (MW) contracted capacity of the Sual coal-fired power plant. Last Wednesday (26 August 2009), SMEC successfully concluded negotiations with PSALM for the sale of the 620-MW Limay Combined-Cycle Power Plant as the government accepted its USD13.5-million (USD13,502,000.00) offer for the Bataan-based power asset.

Therma Luzon, an affiliate of the Aboitiz group, was declared the highest bidder for the 700-MW contracted capacity of the Pagbilao coal-fired power plant with an offer of USD691 million (USD691,009,003.00).

Both bids exceeded the reserve price set by the PSALM Board.

As soon as it has verified the accuracy, authenticity, and completeness of the bid documents that the two companies have submitted, PSALM will issue a Notice of Award to SMEC and Therma, formally declaring them as the winning IPP administrators for the contracted capacities of the Sual and Pagbilao power facilities.

Both SMEC and Therma Luzon participated in the first bidding for the Sual and Pagbilao IPPAs held last 26 June 2009. While the technical bids of the two companies met the government's requirements for both capacities, their financial offers came up short of the floor price.

With the successful appointment of the Sual and Pagbilao IPPAs, PSALM will enter Phase II of its IPPA selection process, which will involve the IPP contracts of the hydropower plants. (PIA-MMIO)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090828.htm&no=53

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Pangasinan inks sisterhood pact with China province

Dagupan City (28 August) -- Pangasinan has entered into a sisterhood agreement with Sichuan province in China.

Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. and Sichuan Executive Vice Governor Wei Hong signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of friendly cooperation between the two provinces last August 21 at Chengdu, capital of Sichuan. The sisterhood agreement aims to enrich cultural ties, hasten exchange of commerce and trade, and enhance agriculture-based endeavors using new technological methods and trends.

Espino said that the undertaking will open doors for investments as Sichuan investors signified their interest to invest in the province. "In fact some technicians will be arriving in the province soon to see how they can invest specifically in agriculture," he said.

The governor expressed his appreciation to Sichuan Province for adopting Pangasinan as its sister province considering its vast population of 87 million as compared to Pangasinan's 2.7 million. "Nakakainggit sila doon. Napakaganda at napakalinis ng kanilang environment. Ang kanilang tourism ay napakalakas," he disclosed.

Agriculture in Sichuan is highly modernized and farmers there are very much willing to share their technology in farming and fishing to Pangasinan. "Titignan daw nila ang ating mga produkto lalo na ang mangga. Nagdala kami ng dried mango doon at nagustuhan nila," the governor added as he bared that they have received another invitation for a trade fair in one of the cities of Sichuan in October.

Sichuan is the financial center of West China with some 20 world renowned financial institutions that include Citigroup, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Paris and Groupama. It is also one of China's three hydropower bases.

Pangasinan and Sichuan have similar topographic characteristics suitable mainly for agricultural production. Pangasinan contributes nearly 68 percent of the Ilocos region's demand for rice, corn, root crops and other agriculture products, while Sichuan is the prime agri-product supplier in mainland China.

Espino was accompanied in his China trip by sangguniang panlalawigan members Danilo Uy and Amadeo Espino, Pozzorubio Mayor Emma Chan, officials of the Philippine-Chinese Chamber of Commerce Pangasinan Chapter headed by Allan Apaga, Rosendo So, ABONO partylist chairman, Executive Asst. Ramon Morden and the governor's wife, Priscilla I. Espino. (PIO/PIA Pangasinan/dos)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090828.htm&no=19

Floating toilet installed in village

Friday, August 28, 2009

By Larry Lopez

BOLINAO -- The country's first floating sanitary toilet (FST) has been put in place at the fishpen area at Barangay Luciente I here.

The FST is a brainchild of the engineers of the Center for Health Development (CHD) of the Department of Health (DOH)-Ilocos.

It is now being tested as to its practicability, strength and usefulness.

The project was launched Thursday. The CHD-DOH-Ilocos officials turned over the units to the municipal officials led by Mayor Alfonso Celeste.

Bolinao was chosen as pilot area in the province because of the high recorded diarrhea incidents in the past. Last year, there was a diarrhea outbreak here.

The town has a vast fishpen and fishcage area. Caretakers of some fishpens stay at the especially-made hut thereat.

CHD-DOH Regional Director Eduardo Janairo said the floating sanitary toilet is a low-cost pour-plush sanitation facility that floats in the water.

Its structure and waste treatment materials and made of bamboo, sea corals, used plastic drums, charcoal and garden soil.

Meanwhile, Assistant Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said the FST was conceptualized in response to the challenge of preventing the contamination of the different bodies of water with e-coli, vibro cholera and other micro-organism that cause severe diarrheal diseases and outbreaks.

DOH-CHD first presented the concept to Governor Amado Espino Jr. last February during the First Water and Sanitation Meeting in Calasiao.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/floating-toilet-installed-village

8 proposed districts more qualified than Dato's

By Jesus F. Llanto and Reynaldo Santos Jr., Newsbreak

(First of three parts)

In their rush to create a new congressional district in Camarines Sur, allegedly tailor-made for presidential son Dato Arroyo, senators have neglected bills that propose to give representation to really qualified groupings of localities.

Currently, 18 new legislative districts being proposed, and Newsbreak research shows that only 8 of them meet the population and geographic requirements set in the Constitution.

The proposed district in Camarines Sur is not among them.

Section 5-3, Article 6 of the Constitution requires a minimum population of 250,000 for a local government unit or clusters of LGUs to be declared a congressional district. Each district should be composed of a “contiguous, compact, and adjacent territory.”

Newsbreak used the 2007 census data from the National Statistical and Coordination Board (NSCB) and referred to the maps of the LGUs concerned to identify which of those proposed for re-apportionment or creation of new districts are qualified.

The 8 qualified new districts are:
4 in Cavite.
1 in Pangasinan.
1 in Cebu.
1 in Camarines Norte.
1 for Angeles City.

(Click here to see the table of proposed legislative districts, their population and territories, and whether they are qualified.)

Political accommodation

The proposal to create a new district in Camarines Sur is perceived to be an accommodation to Dato Arroyo, who currently represents the province’s first district, because its former congressman, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr., is returning in 2010.

Splitting the first district would therefore prevent Andaya, an administration ally, and the younger Arroyo from facing each other in the elections.

Senator Benigno Aquino, chair of the committee on local government, had opposed the Camarines Sur bill because of its failure to meet the population requirement for a new district. Aquino said that if the first district would be split into two, 1 of the new districts would only have a population of 170,000, below the minimum requirement.

His opinion is shared by Camarines Sur Governor L-Ray Villafuerte.

However, the Philippine Star reported that the House of Representatives had been informed that 7 senators, including the bill’s staunchest supporter Joker Arroyo (who hails from Camarines Sur), already endorsed the bill.

The decision to endorse the bill may have been reached by these senators at the time when Senator Aquino was busy looking after her ailing mother, former President Corazon Aquino, who was in the hospital. Word about the endorsement reached the House less than 2 weeks after the senator buried his mother.

Not absolute

The 18 proposed districts are: 4 in Cavite (HB 3394); 1 for Angeles City (HB 1776); 1 for Puerto Princesa City that has been converted into a highly urbanized city (HB 4195); 1 each in the provinces of Pangasinan (HB 4140), Cagayan (HB 3701), Camarines Norte (HB 2449), Camarines Sur (HB 4264), Aklan (HB 6510), Cebu (HB 1306), Surigao del Sur (HB 1072), North Cotabato (HB 4947), Lanao del Norte (HB 2824), and the cities of Cebu (HB 5989), Iloilo (HB 4256), and Pasig (HB 3817).

Among those that failed to meet the 250, 000 population requirements are the proposed districts for Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Aklan, Surigao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Iloilo City, Cebu City, and Puerto Princesa City.

The areas covered by the proposed districts in Pasig City and North Cotabato are not contiguous.

Constitutionalist Joaquin Bernas, however, recently wrote in a commentary that the requirement for a “contiguous, compact, and adjacent territory” is not absolute because it is required only “as far as practicable.”

Densely populated Cavite

Cavite, which has a population of 2.8 million, is represented by only three congressmen—Joseph Abaya (1st district), Elpidio Barzaga (2nd district), and Jesus Crispin Remulla (3rd district). Under HB 3394, which the 3 co-authored, the province would be divided into 7 legislative districts, all meeting the population and geographic requirements.

In the current first district, the municipality of Bacoor, which has 441,197 residents, will be carved out as a separate district. The rest of the towns have a combined population of 314,508.

In the second district, the municipalities of Imus and Dasmariñas will be carved out as separate districts. Imus has 253,158 residents, while Dasmarinas has 556,330. These 2 highly urbanized towns are among the 10 richest in the country.

The remaining towns in the district have a total population of 590,512.

The current third district will be divided into two. The towns composing them have a total population of 512,064 and 374,935.

Splitting districts

In Cebu, Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz wants to divide the present 6th district, which is composed of Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, Consolacion and Cordoba. Her proposed 6th district will be composed of Mandaue City and Consolacion, and has a population of 406,119. The 7th district will be composed of Lapu-Lapu City and Cordoba, and has a population of 253,909.

Camarines Norte Rep. Liwayway Vinsons-Chato, meanwhile, filed HB 2444 that seeks to divide her province, a lone congressional district, into two. The two proposed districts have a population of 253,909 and 259,831 residents.

Meanwhile, HB 1776 seeks the creation of a separate district for Angeles City in Pampanga. Angeles City, which has a population of 314,493, is currently part of the province’s first district, along with the towns of Mabalacat and Magalang. The two towns, meanwhile, has a combined population of 301,902.

Regrouping towns

To create a new district for Pangasinan, House Bill 4140 regrouped the towns in the first three districts. The re-apportionment of the three districts and their population are as follow: 1st district with population of 275,616 (Agno, Alaminos City, Anda, Bani, Bolinao and Burgos); 2nd district with population of 296,516 (Binmaley, Dasol, Infanta, Labrador, Lingayen, Mabini and Sual); 3rd district with population of 397,585 (Aguilar, Basista, Bugallon, Mangatarem, San Carlos City and Urbiztondo); and 4th district with a population of 417,314 (Bayambang, Malasiqui, Calasiao, Mapandan and Sta. Barbara).

The remaining districts of Pangasinan will become the 5th, 6th and 7th district. (Newsbreak (http://newsbreak.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6657&Itemid=88889279))

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/features/08/28/09/8-proposed-districts-more-qualified-datos

UP leads research on sea cucumbers

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Arlyn VCD P. Romualdo

THE PHILIPPINES is the world’s second largest producer of dried sea cucumber products after Indonesia.

To generate scientific basis and development technologies to help manage the industry, three constituent universities of the UP System are leading the three-year (2007-2010) research program on sea cucumber resource management and culture.

With funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute (UPD-MSI), the UP Visayas College of Arts and Sciences (UPV-CAS), and the UP Mindanao College of Science and Mathematics (UPMin-CSM) have embarked on interrelated and complementary research projects.

The project will study commercially-viable sea cucumber species — their populations, habitats, and reproductive behavior — to improve the culture of these species and for stock enhancement.

The export of dried sea cucumber products is a multi-million peso industry, but it is largely unknown to the Filipino market, except to the Filipino-Chinese community and coastal villages.

These products are among the most important marine products in China, Japan, and Korea.

Apart from economic reasons, the bid to save sea cucumbers also stems from the fact that they play major roles in the marine environment.
Sea cucumbers feed on decayed organic matter on the seabed and stir up sediment as they move, providing a healthy habitat for other marine organisms.

Dr. Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez, UPD-MSI professor, program leader of the DOST project, and project leader of the Luzon component, said that the studies focus mainly on sandfish Holothuria scabra as it is the only tropical sea cucumber that has been cultured.

One of the objectives of the program is to develop the culture of other commercially-viable species, 40 of which are found in the country.
Recently they produced the first batch of juvenile Stichopus horrens, which is a highly-valued coral reef associated species.

According to Ms. Juinio-Meñez, the UPD-MSI project has scaled-up production of H. scabra at its Bolinao Marine Laboratory in Pangasinan and has established the first pilot sea cucumber sea ranching sites for this species, where over 10,000 hatchery-produced juveniles have been released at each site.

The sea ranching areas are managed by groups of local fishermen in coordination with their respective municipal governments in Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan, and Masinloc, Zambales. Ocean grow-out systems are also being developed particularly in nutrient enriched areas.

Prof. Marie Frances Nievales, a professor at the Division of Biological Sciences at the UPV-CAS, meanwhile, heads the Visayas component of the sea cucumber project.

Ms. Nievales and her team are not only working on H. scabra, but also on other exploited sea cucumber species in Western Visayas.

She said that most of their activities are focused in Guimaras, Western Visayas, where there is no known documentation of sea cucumber fishery.
UPV operates a marine biological station in Taklong Island, within a marine-protected area in the municipality of Nueva Valencia. The area provides Ms. Nievales’ team with the sea cucumber spawners which they use to mass produce juveniles in the hatchery.

The hatchery is hosted by SEAFDEC, a partner of UPV in this endeavor. She said that SEAFDEC has provided funds through its Stock Enhancement Program, supported by the Government of Japan Trust Fund.
In the project’s first year, the Visayas component concentrated on establishing a sea cucumber hatchery at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

They also assessed biodiversity and commercially-viable sea cucumbers in Western Visayas, and undertook a reproductive biology study on Phyllophorus proteus, a heavily-exploited species in Northern Panay and Negros known locally as bola-bola.

Ms. Nievales said that by the end of the project’s second year, they already had a fully-operational small-scale sea cucumber hatchery in Iloilo and a nursery grow out and experimental sea ranching of H. scabra at the SEAFDEC Igang Marine Station in Guimaras.

They also successfully produced juveniles of Bohadschia marmorata, another exploited species. They are now moving for the establishment of hatchery and grow out protocols for this species.
In southern Philippines, Prof. Ruth Gamboa and her team are focusing their assessment in three provinces in Region XI namely Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, and Davao Oriental.

As with the Luzon and Visayas components, the Mindanao group aims to disseminate hatchery technology to the interested coastal provinces.
It is in the process of optimizing an inexpensive technology that uses only one type of algal feed and makes use of the seawater channel in big ponds as nursery for juveniles. In addition, it is looking at different strategies of sea ranching in protected and open areas with community and private partners.

According to Ms. Gamboa, fishers armed with the necessary knowledge and tools for producing sea cucumbers will eventually earn more from harvesting cultured sea cucumbers.

While the program ends in 2010, it is hoped that the DOST will continue to support the research endeavors of these scientists.
"There are still many areas to look into, such as impacts of enhancement in the wild population, in the household income, [and] in market and fishery policies," Ms. Gamboa said.

http://www.bworldonline.com/Weekender082809/main.php?id=environment1

Sira diad dayat na Pangasinan, ligtas ya kanen

8/28/2009

DAGUPAN CITY- Ligtas nin kanen iray shellfish diad dayat na Pangasinan.

Saya so resulta na na ginawan laboratory analysis na Bureau of Aquatic Resources o BFAR tan Local government unit diad saray dayat na coastal water na Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos, Sual at Bani.

Base diad resulta, agga anengnengan na red tide toxin iray urang,alimangao , tahong tan talaba ya manlalapud coastal water diad abitla iran baley.

Lapud saya, anawag imano so BFAR ed saray umbaley ya agga natatakot ya manganan na sarayan shellfish.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105368

Dagupan, pinagalangan ed pantatanem na mais

by Lanie Tomas Aug 28

Ag nanpatilak so siudad na Dagupan ed interon Pangasinan no pantanem na mais so pantutungtungan. Pamaneknek ed saya so impamagalang ed duaran barangays ed agawan Maisan sa Barangay awarding ceremony sanen ngarem na Agosto 28, 2009 ed Narciso Ramos Sports Complex and Civic Center, baley na Lingayen.

Diad ngaran na gobiernoy siudad na Dagupan ed panangidaulo nen Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. et inawat nen City Agriculturist Emma Molina tan saray opisyalis na barangays Tebeng tan Mangin so plaque of appreciation. Likod ed abitlan plake et wala met so duanlasos libon pesos (P200,000.00) ya balor na proyekto parad pamaaliguas na pantanem na mais.

Onong ed kinen Molina, sipaparaan lawas so gobiernoy siudad na Dagupan panamegley na opisina to ed pangiter na teknikal ya suportad pantanem na mais parad pamarakel na produksyon tan nawalaan na kaaroman ya napan-anapan iray dumaralos ed siudad, ontan met kaaroman ya inkam parad barangay tan akangaway daralusan.

Inkonsidera ed agawan impamagalang so inpantanem na mais nanlapo nen bolan na Pebrero anggad Hunyo ed tulong na ABONO party list.

Maliket met so Tebeng Barangay Captain Roberto Dion ta naani da met lad impamagalang ed sikara so sagpot, irap dad inpantanem na mais. Man-iilalo iyan saray arom lan barangays ya walay daralusan ed siudad et onalig larad sikaran mantanem na mais parad kaaroman ya produksyon na panangan tan ondakel so nawalaan na trabaho ya kabarangay da.

Inyarom met nen Kapitan Bernard Cabison na Barangay Mangin, baleg ya akatulong ed impamatuloy dan inpantanem na mais so inpantangguyor ed sikara nen City Administrator Alvin Fernandez tan say suportan ipapangaro na gobiernoy siudad. Inkuan ton kinerew met ed sikara nen saman nen administrator Fernandez ya likod ed pantanem na mais et agda met paulyanan so mantanem na pagey.

Inkuan nen Cabison ya say impamagalang ed sikara et mansilbin mabiskeg ya suporta pian manpatuloy iran tangguyoren iray kabarangay dan mibiang ya mantanem met lara na mais, ta pian napinawiran da iray akatiwangwang iran daldalin da.

Akabatan ya diad barangay Mangin et 40 porsiyentod papolasyon et say pan-aanapan da o pandedependian da na panamilay da et say pandalos.

Say Maisan sa Barangay Project so inkalukar na ABONO party list tan Pangasinan Government.

Say agawan awarding so inatindian na saray opisyalis na gobiernoy Pangasinan ed panangidaulo nen Governor Amado Espino, mayores, opisyalis na barangays ed luyag tan arom nira, tan say nansirbin manunaan ya bisita et si senador Francis “Chiz” Escudero.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=607

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Abono allots P2.2M for village projects

LINGAYEN -- Barangay San Vicente in Alcala town has just earned P2.2 million worth of projects courtesy of Abono party-list.

The barangay emerged as the over-all winner in Abono’s “Maisan sa Barangay” competition launched last January.

The awarding ceremony was held last Friday afternoon here with Senator Francis Escudero as guest of honor and speaker.

He was welcomed by Governor Amado Espino Jr., Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, Abono party-list chairman Rosendo So, and Abono party-list Representative Robert Raymund Estrella Jr.

The Maisan sa Barangay was a competition among the 1,360 barangays in Pangasinan’s six congressional districts.

Winners at the municipal or city level each received P200,000 worth of projects. The district winners were awarded P1-million worth of project each while the provincial level winner (the district winners were judged against each other) received additional P1-million worth of projects.

Fifty barangays from the 48 towns and cities of Pangasinan won at the municipal and city level.

The district winners were Barangay Catuday in Bolinao town headed by Barangay Captain Edgardo Dacumos (district 1); Barangay Bongalon in Labrador headed by Barangay Captain Joel Ugaban (district 2); Barangay Pias in Mapandan headed by Barangay Captain Joseph Rosario (district 3); Barangay Imelda in San Jacinto headed by Barangay Captain Edgardo Dacumos (district 4); Barangay San Vicente in Alcala headed by Barangay Captain Merla Cuaresma (district 5); and Edgardo Dacumos (district 1), Barangay Carmay West in Rosales headed by Barangay Captain Maximo Cabantac (district 6).

So earlier said the contest aims to provide corn as alternative staple food other than rice; increase the income of corn farmers; and improve the farming system in the province.

“The program shall promote white corn as grits and as food for health and make it accessible and readily available to the market,” he said.

Each barangay planted white corn in a one-fourth hectare land. Abono party-list gave the seeds while the Provincial Government gave 50-percent subsidy on the fertilizer.

Abono’s first sponsored project was the school-based Gulayan at Maisan sa Paaralan.

So said that after the Maisan sa Barangay, they will again launch the second Gulayan sa Paaralan.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/abono-allots-p22m-village-projects

Pichay, angidalod inagurasyon na 10M Urdaneta City Water Dist

8/30/2009

DAGUPAN CITY - Ginawa so inagurasyon na balon Urdaneta City Water Dist.

Impalapag nen UCWAD Gen. Manager Federico Esteves, 10 million so balor na abetlan balok paalagey ya gusali.

Angidaulod inagurasyon si Hon. Prospero Pichay ya makan-imben natan ed Local Water Utilities Administration.

Iilaloan natan nen Esteves ya lapud say balon paalagey ya gusali et natari lan dyad opisina da manbayar na water bill da iray residente.

Kas bansag tonya, pinulong nen Pichay iray amin ya General Manager na aray water district diad luyag na Pangasinan.

Imbaga ton amin ya loan grant ya kekerewen da et naaprubaan tan say nepeg dan gaween et mitulungan ed opisina da.

700 million so ibabaga ton alloted ya pundo ed Pangasinan parad panpagawa tan panpaapeger na nanduruman water dist.

Sinamantala met ya na Dagupan City Water Dist, ya unuutang na kaaruman ya 100 million parad panpaapeger iray tubo, tan panpagawa ni kaaruman ton ya ompuan naetdan na water supply iray walad Island barangay, balet binagaan iya nen Pichay, ya bayaran to ne akaunan utang to ya 100 million antis ton unutang lamet.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105775

1st Drug Rehabilitation Center ed Region I , ginapuan lan ipaalagey

8/30/2009

DAGUPAN CITY – Ginapuan lan ipaalagey so sangka-unaanan ya Drug Rehabilition Center diad Region I.

Impalapag nen Dagupan City Councilor Jesus ' Jess ' Canto ya binisita tan nenengneng na aray representatives na Dept of Health so lugar ya pangipapa-alageyan na Doña Teodora Manaois Hospital ed Bonuan Binloc, ya dadauluan na DOH Undersecretary Elmer Punzalan, in charge ed saray Special Concerns na Drug Rehabilitation Center.

Linma met ed lugar si DOH Secretary Francisco Doque III, Manay Gina de Venecia tan saray et embenan nen Dr Roland Mejia, director na Region I Medical Center, kaiba ne ray arum ya espesyalista tan therapist.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105803

Residente na Sitio Russia, paniilaloen ed anggapo na City Government

8/30/2009

DAGUPAN CITY - "Angiter kami na biodata balet aliwan sikami so inala dan trabahador'.

Saya so eyey na aray residente na Sitio Russia, Bonuan Binloc diad syudad na Dagupan, nen ag tinuor na City Government so pormisa da ya sikara so unaan ya itdan na trabaho no inalis erad lugar, ompian napaalageyan na Fish Processing Plant.

Onong ed saray residente, malinew met ed tungtungan da ya sikara so etdan na trabaho no gapuan lay pangi-alagey na Fish Processing Plant, balet sananey met so inaalan kunon trabahador.

Binagaan da labat iran man-alagar ta kulang ni iray osaren ya materyales na gagamitin.

Sa paliwawa balet na kontraktor na City Government ya anapen da ray amta ton manpaalagey na building tan maganon bangatan.

Pina-alis ed Sitio Russia iray residente tan inyales ed Sitio Korea.

Impormisad sikara na City Government ya inaan iran etdan na trabaho no onalis ira balet sananey so inalan ran trabahador.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105785

NGO group in Pangasinan set to produce malunggay ice cream in commercial scale

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) — A non-government organization from Barangay Nalsian in Manaoag town is set to produce malunggay ice cream in commercial quantity as part of its advocacy that seeks to promote good nutrition through eating natural food.

Victoria Padilla, a housewife who founded the NGO group AGTALON (acronym for Agro Technical Assistance Livelihood Opportunities in the North), said they will embark on the commercial production of malunggay ice cream after testing the market and conducting few trials.

Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. of the Fourth District of Pangasinan hailed the venture as it will promote the use of malunggay, which is dubbed as the most nutritious plant on earth.

“My wife Gina and I are supporting this because malunggay has three times the power of calamansi, three times the power of the potassium content in banana and four times the calcium content of milk,” De Venecia said.

After buying three gallons of malunggay ice cream from AGTALON which they served to their guests on Saturday, De Venecia agreed to the request of the group to fund the setting up of a nursery for malunggay in Manaoang to promote the massive planting of malunggay.

Padilla said malunggay leaves are sourced out yet from the neighborhood for free but once they go into commercial production of malunggay ice cream, they should have a big plantation of malunggay.

AGTALON, which is an Ilocano term that means “to farm”, has tied up with the Slow Food International of Italy, which is promoting the eating of natural food and hopefully reverse the people's penchant for junk food that is often unhealthy.

Aside from malunggay ice cream, AGTALON also produces malunggay tupig (a rice cake) and malunggay polvoron, also set to be put in commercial scale too.

Incidentally, Manaoag is the first town in Pangasinan that is promoting the planting of malunggay in all available lots, including school premises to assure the people a ready harvest of the very nutritious vegetable.

The Municipal Agriculture Office of Manaoag, on order of Mayor Napoleon Sales, has a program that encourages the planting of malunggay, to ensure that malunggay would be at each family's dining table.

Padilla said malunggay ice cream is a mixture of freshly blended malunggay, mixed with fresh carabao milk which they bought from Asingan, two towns away from Manaoang, and muscovado sugar.

She acknowledged that the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University in Batac, Ilocos Norte, was the first to pioneer on malunggay ice cream but its activity was limited only to research.

AGTALON introduced malunggay ice cream during the Panagbengga Festival in Baguio in March this year and many people who first tasted it said this can be compared with taste of branded ice cream.

After that, the NGO group started bringing ice cream weekly to schools in Baguio whose students and teachers were found to be lovers of malunggay too.

However, they lament the fact that malunggay can not be grown in Baguio because of its cool weather.

Padilla, a Cebuana, is an agriculturist like her husband who is now working as consultant in a farm in Hong Kong.

The family tills a three and a half hectare of land in Nalsian, Manaoang, which they planted with vegetables and fruit trees in commercial scale.

She said AGTALON's advocacy on the eating of natural food is in line with its campaign to promote healthy lifestyle and perhaps reduce obesity among the population.

Padilla said it is now about time to return to home cooking that depends on the natural food readily available in the environment. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=10&rid=226900

Villasis wins Best Municipal Council

Sunday, August 30, 2009

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

VILLASIS -- Members of the Municipal Council here, as well as the local chief executive are on high spirits having been adjudged as the Most Outstanding Sangguniang Bayan/Panlungsod among the 47 municipal and city councils in the province.

Vice Mayor Centenielo Rizal Costales, presiding officer, said this achievement is a product of the good relationship between the legislative and executive offices. Not to mention the dedication and commitment of the members of the Municipal Council to render the service due to their constituents.

He also lauded the contribution of the hardworking members of the Municipal Council secretariat headed by SB Secretary Leticia Corpuz.

The municipal councilors are Susan Sison, Paz Rafanan, Judith Morden, Jesus Limos, Emma Ruth Lopez, Cheryl Sembrano, Ignacio Soriano, Rolando Morden, Daniel Ogan (Liga ng mga Barangay president), and Martin James Kenneth Sison (Sangguniang Kabataan Federation president).

Board Member Raul Sison, Philippine Councilors League (PCL)-Pangasinan chapter president, said the awarding ceremony, back-to-back with seminar will be held in Boracay this September 2 to 5.

Aside from the Most Outstanding Sangguniang Bayan award, Costales will receive the Most Outstanding Presiding Officer award, Corpuz will be given the recognition as Most Outstanding Sanggunian Secretary while Mayor Nonato Abrenica will be given the distinction as Most Outstanding Local Chief Executive.

Councilor Sison will also receive the Outstanding Councilor award for landing eight spot (among the 476 municipal/city councilors) in the evaluation.

Mayor Abrenica congratulated the members of the municipal councilors for their feat, their good relationship is also manifested by the economic growth and development of Villasis.

Villasis is now a first class municipality.

Meanwhile, the other Municipal/City Councils that were evaluated to be in the top ten are the of San Fabian town, Pozorrubio, Infanta, Asingan, Binalonan, Bayambang, Bugallon and Sto. Tomas (on the same rank), Lingayen and Mangaldan, Malasiqui and Bani; and Dagupan City (independent city).

The City Council was evaluated on the areas of relevant resolutions and ordinances passed, local legislative agenda, attendance of the members at regular and special session and committee hearings, the individual performances of the councilors.

The members of the evaluating team also observed how they tackle the agenda during session.

The Top 10 Outstanding Municipal/City members are Ponciano Tobias of Bolinao, Francis Melville Tinio of Binalonan, Edgar Mamenta of Binmaley, Dennis Uy of Pozorrubio, Condardo Paul Ramos of Binalonan, Jun Sison of Binmaley, Angelito de Vera of Bayambang, Susan Sison of Villasis, Rosalie Ellasus of San Jacinto and Artemio Amo of Bani.

Completing the list of Outstanding Councilors are Efren Fajardo of San Fabian, Joan Jude Lopez of Lingayen, Fe Peregrino of Alcala, Elpidio Fermin Jr. of San Carlos City, Jennilyn Sison of Urdaneta City, Carlos Lopez of Asingan, Napoleon Versoza of Bugallon, Ildefonso Veloria of Malasiqui, Reynaldo Oligan of Rosales, and Teresa Abalos of Mangaldan.

Special recognition will also be given to Dagupan City Councilors Farah Marie Decano, Alfredo Quinto Sr. and Jesus Canto.

Terrie Sison, chief-of-staff of the board member, said 76 councilors (four from Dagupan City) are on their last term.

As promised by the PCL-Pangasinan chapter president, all of them will receive a “graduation ring.”

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/villasis-wins-best-municipal-council

All set for 'StarStruck Season 5'

The talent search that started it all is back!

“StarStruck,” GMA’s original and innovative reality-based artista search, returns for another big season via a grand and explosive launch on “SOP” Sunday, Aug. 30.

Anticipation grows for the fifth season of “StarStruck,” which promises to be the biggest ever. And as such, the nationwide phenomenon that launched the most popular young actors of the network Sunday once again opens its doors to all aspirants across the archipelago.

As the network throws in a big launch party for the new season of “StarStruck” on “SOP,” live remote feeds will also be shown from SM Cebu, SM Davao, SM Iloilo and Stadia in Dagupan with the simultaneous release of application forms in these areas.

Aspirants aged 16-23 years old, male or female, Filipino Citizen, and with talent in singing, dancing and acting are encouraged to proceed to GMA Network Drive at 10 a.m. on Sunday to get their application forms.

Applicants need to bring the original and photocopy of their birth certificate, and whole body and close-up photos. Those below 18 years need a written consent from their parents, and original and photocopy of their parent’s valid ID in order to qualify for the auditions.

As the “StarStruck” invasion begins anew, the brightest and biggest Kapuso stars are set to join the grand launch in the said key cities.

“StarStruck” alumni Ryza Cenon, Rich Asuncion, Mike Tan, Rainier Castillo, Yasmien Kurdi and Arnel Ignacio kick off the festivity at SM Cebu Events Center.

LJ Reyes, Iwa Moto, Jackie Rice, Chariz Solomon, Jan Manual, Chuck Allie, Arci Munoz and Sunshine Dizon celebrate the launch of “StarStruck V” at SM Davao Events Center.

“StarStruck” heartthrobs Mark Herras, Mart Escudero, Prince Estefan, Dex Quindosa at Allan K fill SM Iloilo Open Parking with kilig and surprises.

Adding star-power in Stadia in Dagupan are the fastest-rising Kapuso stars Heart Evangelista, Dennis Trillo, Jennica Garcia, Kris Bernal, Aljur Abrenica, Paolo Avelino, Pauleen Luna, Glaiza de Castro, Gian Magdangal, Mae, Sexbomb, Harry, Jan Nieto, Chris Cayzer, Matteo Guidicelli and Gerald Santos.

The chance to enter the gateway to showbizlandia is here once again via GMA’s “StarStruck V.” Applications will be given away at SM Cebu, SM Iloilo, SM Davao and Stadia in Dagupan as well as at GMA Network Drive for Manila-based applicants.

Audition dates per location will be announced on “SOP” Sunday.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/218164/all-set-starstruck-season-5

Drive vs theft of transmission parts continues – NGCP

DAGUPAN CITY — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) appealed to people near the transmission lines to avoid kite flying, construction of houses or other activities that may endanger both life and property.

Gerardo Torres, newly-installed district head for Pangasinan, also asked the public, the police and barangay officials for their continued support in guarding the transmission lines and towers against saboteurs or thieves.

While pilferages on tower parts have gone down, he said his office receives reports about missing tower parts especially braces and bolts.

It will be recalled that the National Transmission Corporation (Transco), which used to operate the national power grid, asked chiefs of police and owners of junk shops for their support in the campaign against theft or pilferage of transmission materials particularly tower parts.

Torres said that even the anti-climbing device installed on transmission towers are stolen allegedly by farmers for use in farming.

Guesting at the Pantongtongan Tayo radio program of the Philippine Information Agency over Radyo ng Bayan-DZMQ last week, along with communications officer Melanie Anicoche, Torres said that kites that entangle with the high voltage wires cause trip-offs and may even electrocute the kite flyer.

“Delikado rin yong mga nakatira sa ilalim ng mga linya, di natin namamalayan meron na palang naitayong bahay sa ilalim,” he said.

NGCP linemen, he said, have been busy since last week doing emergency restoration work on transmission towers particularly tower 159 located in barangay Lipay in Villasis town affected by the scouring of the Agno riverbanks in the area. The tower was built some 200 meters away but is now endangered by soil erosion.

Intermittent brownouts resulted in several towns in central and eastern Pangasinan during the restoration work. (Danny Sagun, PIA Pangasinan)

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MILK DRINKING ADVOCATE—Miss International 2005 Precious Lara Quigaman, an advocate for milk drinking, speaks before mothers who attended the launching of the “ Bear Brand Laki sa Gatas” at the West Central Elementary School on Friday.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/30/milk-drinking-advocate/



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DIALOGUE WITH FARMERS— Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. (upper photo) holds a dialogue with farmers from the first to third districts of the province to address their irrigation problems during the "Irrigators Forum" at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) last August 28. He assured the farmers that the provincial government has launched various programs and projects, among them the construction of Modern Rice Processing Complex at the Provincial Nursery in Sta. Barbara. A number of irrigation projects are also expected to start before the end of the year. Listening to the governor is Sen. Chiz Escudero who was in town for Maisan sa Barangay(PIO Photo by Bob Sison (http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/30/dialogue-with-farmers-2/)) recognition and awarding ceremonies.

Balon 106th PMG Commander, imirong lad pwesto

DAGUPAN CITY – Pormal lan inmirong si Pol Supt. Paquito Navarete bilang group commander na 106th Provincial Mobile Group (PMG)- Alaminos.

Diad turn-over ceremony, impasiguro nen Navarete ya nengnengen ton maong so pangipaakseb na peace and order ed 1st, 2nd tan 3rd Dist na Pangasinan ya nasasakupan na Unit da.

Likud ed saya , ipatuton to met ya amin so programan pankareenan ed Western Pangasinan.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105813

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES IN LAOAC

Loejan S. Anudon

Sison Mayor, Hon. Kimi S. Cojuangco was represented by her executive assistant, Mr. Inocencio G. Carganilla, during the distribution of basic school supplies that included backpacks, raincoats, and slippers to the many school children in Inmanduyan Elementary School, Laoac, Pangasinan on August 21, 2009.

In his speech, he lauded the munificence put forth by the officers and members of the Laoac Association of Northern California (LANORCA) in the United States of America, headed by Mr. Tito Amasol, President; and Ms. Marcelina Rebugio, Vice President; and all the people behind the distribution activity.

In wrapping up his discourse, he let slip of the many accomplishments that Mayor Kimi had done in easing out the numerous difficulties and deficiencies that plagued the public schools of Sison; that in the initiation seemed unattainable and impossible to provide. “Imbag la ketdin ta adda mayor mi a saan laeng a napintas, managtulong pay!” (It’s fortunate that we have a mayor who is only not a beauty but also supportive) Mr. Carganilla said.

http://www.sisonlgu.gov.ph/read_news.php?news_id=194

Pangasinan politicos back Aquino run in 2010

By Gabriel Cardinoza
Inquirer Northern Luzon

BINMALEY, Pangasinan—A group of Pangasinan political and civic leaders has joined the clamor for Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to run for president in the 2010 elections.

On Sunday, the "Noynoy Aquino for President Movement-Pangasinan" was launched here. Former Pangasinan officials, led by former Governor Rafael Colet, attended the event.

"We are meeting for the first time and this will be the core group that will spread the movement throughout the province," said former Board Member Francisco Baraan III, the group's spokesman.

Pangasinan, home province of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's mother, boasts of about 1.4 million voters scattered in its 44 towns and four cities. The number represents about 60 percent of the total number of voters in the Ilocos region.

"We are pushing for Senator Aquino because we believe that he is the right person for the position at this time in our history," Colet said.

Calls for Aquino, a Liberal Party member, to run for a higher position have snowballed since the August 1 death of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino.

The clamor has brought the selection process for LP's standard bearer into a standstill as party leaders await Aquino's decision.

Talks have started between Aquino and Senator Manuel Roxas II, the party president and leading presidential aspirant, to discuss the party's direction in 2010 and the possible tandem that the LP will field.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090830-222699/Pangasinan-politicos-back-Aquino-run-in-2010

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PANGASINAN-SICHUAN SISTERHOOD TIES—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (seated left) and Sichuan Exec. Vice Governor Wei Hong (seated right) sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that signifies sisterhood ties between the provinces of Pangasinan and Sichuan, China last August 21 at Chengdu, capital of Sichuan. The MOU will establish links in the fields of industry, agriculture, trade, science and technology, culture, and education, among others, sports, health, personnel, social welfare and others.

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SICHUAN VISIT—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (3rd from left), leading a provincial delegation to an official trip to Sichuan Province in China, is welcomed by China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) officials led by its president, Mr. Li Gang. A memorandum of understanding between the provinces of Pangasinan and Sichuan for friendly ties and closer economic cooperation was signed during the visit. (PGO Photo (http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/30/sichuan-visit/))

Urdaneta launches backyard gardening tilt

August 31, 2009

URDANETA CITY–Cash prizes are up for grabs for homes and barangays here with the best backyard vegetable gardens.

The Backyard Vegetable Gardening contest, launched recently to provide additional incentive to the communities to pursue self-reliance in food production, will reward household winners with P30,000, P20,000 and P10,000 for the first, second and third prizes, respectively and P5,000 each for the next10 qualifiers.

Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said this is part of their Tulungan sa Purok Program which sets 10 households per barangay that will plant at least five varieties of vegetables commonly used for the pinakbet dish in at least 100 square meters of plot for a minimum of five varieties of vegetables.

An additional P5,000 prize will be given to the winning barangays from Mayor Kimi Cojuangco of neighboring Sison town and Engr. Rosendo So, chairman of the partylist ABONO.

The local government distributed vegetable seeds, seedlings for red lady papaya and malunggay, and organic fertilizer to the barangays for the contest.

The gardens will be checked in September and November, and the awarding is scheduled on December 30.

The annual Tulungan sa Purok, started in the 1980s, aims to clean, beautify and encourage backyard food production in the city. Winning barangays are given P.5 million worth of projects by the city government.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/31/urdaneta-launches-backyard-gardening-tilt/

"Laki sa Gatas" comes to Dagupan

August 31, 2009

A CAMPAIGN on nutrition education dubbed "Bear Brand Laki sa Gatas" was launched at the West Central School in Dagupan City on Friday as part of the nationwide program to promote milk drinking as a way of life.

The launching featured talks by nutrition experts for mothers, children and teachers on the importance and values of drinking milk.

Miss International 2005 Precious Lara Quigaman, a leading milk advocate, was among the guests.

Quigaman, now a popular television and movie personality, attributes her drinking of milk as among the reasons for her success.

She also inspired mothers by telling stories on how to control unruly children by using reverse psychology.

Javi Medina, marketing promotions and events manager of Bear Brand, said the activity is a nutrition education advocacy that started in 2006 aimed at helping reduce malnutrition in the country.

The "Laki sa Gatas" campaign is in line with the company's "Go Grow and Glow" program that teaches mothers how to prepare nutritious but affordable food for their children. —LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/31/laki-sa-gatas-comes-to-dagupan/

Sta. Barbara folk receive PhilHealth cards

STA. BARBARA – Some 4,300 less privileged residents of Sta. Barbara received the PhilHealth cards during a program on August 15 at the Orbos Gym.

The Philhealth cards distribution was sponsored by the Municipality of Sta. Barbara and Third District Rep. Rachel “Baby” Arenas.

The cards were distributed through the effort of the Department of Social Welfare and Development headed by Ms. Wilma Coquia.

Mayor Reynaldo Velasco, a retired police general said, “Providing efficient health care services to the less fortunate is one of our 10-point progress agenda.”

“The municipality of Sta. Barbara has been sponsoring health cards for indigents since 2006 with initial beneficiaries of 500 but for this year Mayor Velasco had it increase to 1,250,” Coquia said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/30/sta-barbara-folk-receive-philhealth-cards/

Pagong , naisalba ed Alaminos

DAGUPAN CITY – Naisalba so sakey ya pawikan ed syudad na Alaminos, onong ed City Agricultures Office.

Imbaga nen Gilbert Rabadon , say green sea turtle et walay sukat ya 39x40, tan kumapat ya pagong ya naisalba ed syudad natan ya taon.

Naipila iyad fish trap balet ag-asugatan.

Likud ed pawikan, pigara met lan dolphin tan nansasananey ya klase na ibon ed syudad ya lalaen na aray torista.

Alisalamat met si City Mayor Hernani Braganza ed pikakasakey tan pitutulungan na aray residente ed panaasikaso ed kapaligiran tan kalikasan.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105820

City Hall appeals case vs. MetroState

August 31, 2009

ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT

THE DAGUPAN City government is not giving up its legal battle against MetroState Realty Corporation over the latter's construction of a commercial complex at the former Magsaysay Market owned by the city.

City Legal Officer George Mejia, upon instruction from Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals, confirming a decision made by a Regional Trial Court (RTC), rejected the city's appeal.

Fernandez said they are pursuing all the legal means possible but vowed to "abide by whatever the court will decide".

The construction of the complex by MetroState was stopped soon after the administration of Fernandez took over the reins of the city in mid-2007.

City Engineer Virginia Rosario ordered a stop to the construction for lack of a building permit from the city hall.

Rosario said her office could not issue the permit without the copy of the supposed city ordinance giving MetroState the lease contract for the site.

MetroState filed a case against Rosario and the Dagupan City government before the RTC in Dagupan, seeking to compel the respondents to issue a building permit.

RTC Judge Rolando Mislang decided in favor of MetroState.

The city ordinance in question, leasing the former Magsaysay Market site to MetroState at P100,000 per month, was supposedly passed by the city council between the period 2004-2007 when current City Administrator Alvin Fernandez was serving vice mayor and concurrently chairman of the council.

Rosario said she has repeatedly asked MetroState to present to her the ordinance but the company has failed to do.

Notwithstanding the court decisions, Rosario said she has yet to see a copy of the ordinance. — LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/31/city-hall-appeals-case-vs-metrostate/

Espino-Agbayani 'word' war starts

August 31, 2009

LINGAYEN–The past and the present governors are at loggerheads.

Former governor Victor Agbayani, who served the maximum three-year terms and is now sitting as a congressional representative, has tagged his predecessor, incumbent Governor Amado Espino Jr. a "nevernor", referring to his alleged refusal to accommodate barangay officials at the capitol.

"This is governance, this is not politics," was the reply given by Espino through Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan.

"Barangay officials are not beggars who come to Urduja and line up for petty request. All they have to do is to write and send their resolutions to the provincial government and the governor will answer all their requests," said Baraan during a press conference on Friday.

This system, Baraan said, is part of the governor's move towards cultural reform in public service, starting with the development of self-respect and dignity among public officials.

The provincial governor added that Espino actually goes out to the barangays to personally look into their situations and help address their needs.

The brewing war between Agbayani and Espino is seen as a prelude to the May 2010 elections wherein the two might be contending for the governor position.

BURIED MEDICINES

Meanwhile, Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council Executive Paterno Orduna gave assurance that the investigation on the expired medicines and medical supply found buried within the capitol grounds is continuing.

Orduña said the inquiry will be a long and tedious process but the Office of the Ombudsman is exerting all efforts to ferret out the truth and eventually serve justice by filing charges against those who will be found accountable.

The medicines are believed to have been buried during the administration of Agbayani.

As to the anticipated Agbayani-Espino battle for governorship, Orduña said, "Matalino ang mga botante. Alam nila kung sino ang karapatdapat na iboto. Nakikita nila kung ano ang ginagawa ng mga namumuno at alam nila kung sino ang tunay na nagsisilbi. At hindi natitinag si Governor Espino."

Baraan further said that the Espino administration is doing its best for the development of the province, and one of the top priorities now is to push for an improved agricultural sector.

"It is one of the goals of the provincial government to enhance Pangasinan agriculture which initially started with the upgrading of its various support facilities so that we can have the capability to educate our farmers with proper agricultural technology," Baraan said.—LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/31/espino-agbayani-word-war-starts/

Major road project in Dagupan now 98% complete

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has announced that the upgrading work on Arellano Street here is now 98 percent complete as of August 31 this year.

Second Highway District Engineer Rodolfo Dion said the remaining two percent still undone is on portions of the sidewalk where the right of way is still being negotiated by the Dagupan City government with property owners.

Costing P36 million, the project has a length of 800 meters and a width of 12.10 meters, excluding three-meter sidewalk on both sides, said Dion.

Considered as the biggest pump-priming project of the DPWH in Dagupan this year, the project is being undertaken by the contractor BMK Construction.

The contractor already pulled out its men and equipment from the project site but vowed to bring them back there if the remaining right of way problem on portions of sidewalks shall have already been negotiated, Dion said.

He is confident, however, that property owners who have encroached on portions of Arellano Street will tear down part of their structures in order to give way to the sidewalk on both sides of the road.

“I am confident that the remaining property owners will give way to the construction of three-meter side walks in front of their establishments or residential houses as many others already sacrificed before them,” he said.

The project includes a drainage system on both sides located between the road pavement and the sidewalk but was designed to be in the same level as the road.

The contract of the BMK Construction includes the asphalt overlay of another 800-meter portion of Arellano Street from in front of Nepo Mall to the Dawel Bridge.

Dion said though a pump-priming project of the DPWH, the project was undertaken with the concurrence of Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., congressman of the fourth district of Pangasinan.

He said the project raised Arellano Street by 18 centimeters, almost one meter, which is already beyond the flood level in that stretch.

Although two percent of the work is yet to be done, Dion revealed the project is now being used as a two-way traffic road.

Dion said he will ask the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO ) of Dagupan to clear Arellano Street of motorized tricycles parking on both sides of the road to finally remove traffic bottleneck in the area.

“Nevertheless, we already helped solve the flooding of Arellano Street, which usually comes during the rainy season and every rise of tide in adjacent rivers,” he stressed. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=227013

3 Calasiao villages to get P 30M grant

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

CALASIAO – The people of the villages here would surely welcome the entry of the Local Water Utilities Administration to build them a sewerage system after public franchisee Water for Calasiao failed to build them one.

According to Mayor Roy Macanlalay, barangays Nagsaing, Doyong, and Ambetel would be getting a P 30 million grant from the LWUA for the construction of their potable water system.

“Somebody is giving you P 30 million, why not grab it,” Macanlalay said.

He stressed that it would not be problem with Water for Calasiao because it already agreed to give a waiver for this town to accommodate another provider for the three villages located at the southern part here.

The replacement of a water provider happened after Water for Calasiao said that it could only construct one within the span of five years.

The mayor is optimistic that the gesture of LWUA will be approved by the members of the Sanggunian Bayan because it would be good for the general welfare.

“May dole-outs na P30 million, bakit tatanggihan iyan, di ba. “The mayor said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/08/31/3-calasiao-villages-to-get-p-30m-grant/

Airport dyad luyag asingger lan umpisaan

DAGUPAN CITY- Asingger lad umpisaan so pangipalagey ed alagaren ya commercial airport dyad syudad ya Alaminos ya manbibili ya masulok na 96milyon pesos.

Akatarya so pansara na public bidding ya proyekto no Setyembre 30.

Unong ed kinen city Planning Officer ya syudad ya si Engr. Eduardo Garcia, asumpal la so boundary tan topographic service ed lugar ya panalageyan na airport ya narumugan ed brgy. Sabangan tan Brgy. Pandan.

Inyarum to ya na alagaren da labat so pauna ya pondo na airport ya unaabot ed P50milyon unpian nasaliw la so dalen lapud akakarga dyad Memorandum of Agreement ya akataryang pirmaan na syudad tan Department of Transportation and Communication o DOTC ya untulong so syudad unpian napelesan so land acquisition.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=105956

^^ singano melag met tan ya airport... less than P100million???:dunno:

^ Nayarin community airport labat so gawen da diad alaminos, dadaiset ni may budget. Arawin masbaleg may gawen dad Sta Barbara.

Start of bidding process means Alaminos Airport Project finally rises soon

Various firms are now eyeing for the Alaminos Airport Development Project as the bidding process has already begun, said Mayor Hernani A. Braganza Wednesday morning at the city government-run daily radio program.

The bidding process for the construction of the runway, which has an approved budget of P 96.5 M, will be completed by September 30, added the second-termer mayor.

He said the contract will soon be awarded to the winning bidder to start the much awaited construction of this multi-million project in the city.

“We are also awaiting the final schedule of MOA signing so that we could also proceed with the land acquisition,” he added.

The Bid Notice Abstract has recently been publicly advertised in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PHILGEPS).

And it is expected that local as well as international construction companies to be lining up to bid for the first commercial airport in the province of Pangasinan.

Earlier, based on the results of study conducted by Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and Philipps Technical Consultants Corporation (PTCC), it was found out that from eight possible sites in the province, Alaminos is the best area to put up an airport.

“What made the airport project in the city economically and technically viable is the presence of the Hundred Island National Park, a world-class tourist destination,” according to Thelma Mauricio, PTCC vice president for Business Development.

Its strategic location in the North Luzon Agri-Business Quadrangle is also a big plus for Alaminos.

Other areas visited by the experts but failed to make the grade were the towns of Lingayen, Sta. Barbara, Rosales, Bani, and Binalonan.

Braganza thanked Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for fulfilling her promise to put up an airport in Pangasinan specifically here in Alaminos.

“I’m very happy for our citymates who waited so long for this dream to become a reality, stressed the former Press and Agrarian Reform Secretary. I also thanked them for their prayers, patience and for believing that Alaminos will make it in the end.”

The mayor noted that for the first time in city’s political and economic history, a commercial airport will be built in the city.

“What is important is that the airport is not just for Alaminos. It is for the whole province of Pangasinan,” he said.

“Sinasabi ko nga po dati, kahit hindi po sa Alaminos basta huwag lang po’ng masyadong malayo sa Hundred Islands,” he continued.

Having an airport in the city and in the province, according to the mayor, could as well lure more tourists to visit Pangasinan’s famous scenic spots and historical sites.

Citing Aklan as an example, Braganza said the island province draws more than 1 million local and foreign tourists a year.

In Pangasinan’s case, despite its proximity to Metro Manila, it could only attract thousands of tourists during peak season.

“But with the construction of an airport in our city will make the province accessible to tourists, he mayor noted. In less than an hour, tourists and investors are already here in our province.”

"This (airport project) will likewise make the investments of our city mates economically viable,” he pointed out.

Another advantage of having an airport is the expected attract businessmen who will to invest on modern facilities that will soon to provide services to local and foreign tourists here as well as lenders and aid donors.

Braganza said the airport project will not just generate thousands of new jobs for Alaminians and Pangasinense, it also plays a key role in boosting the local economy and would attract.

“We’ve seen the economic impact of an airport to all the cities or provinces that have it,” he said.

“We expect Alaminos, our Kabaleyans and provincemates to benefit fully from this project to improve their quality of life,” he added. (CIO)

http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=546

Another DPWH pump-priming project in Dagupan proposed

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 1 (PNA) — The second highway engineering district in Pangasinan has requested P50 million from its main office to be used for the upgrading of the 1.5-kilometer flood-prone Mayombo-Caranglaan Road in Dagupan.

Second Highway Engineering District chief Rodolfo Dion said if approved, this will be the main project of his office for Dagupan City in 2010, which is an election year.

Dion said the Mayombo-Caranglaan road, which leads to adjacent Calasiao, needs to be raised because it is continuously flooded even with slight rains and during every rise of tidal water coming from adjacent rivers.

The project, which includes a drainage system and provision of a three-meter sidewalk on both sides of the road, must entail some sacrifice on property owners who have expropriated the land in front of their establishments for their own personal use.

Dion said this will be another pump-priming project to be undertaken in Dagupan City, the first one was the Tapuac-Lucao Road in 2007, followed by the construction of Arellano Road this 2009.

The project will be a big boon to motorists and commuters passing the Mayombo-Caranglaan Road who are inconvenienced by the perennial flood in the area.

He said like on Arellano Street, the city government will take charge of writing letters to property owners who have encroached part of the sidewalk over the years. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=227170

Alaminos City finally chosen as site of commercial airport in Pangasinan

By Leonardo V. Micua

ALAMINOS CITY, Sept. 1 (PNA) -- It's final. A commercial airport will soon be constructed by the government not in any other place in Pangasinan, but in Alaminos City.

Construction of the airport in Alaminos City is now nearing reality as gleaned from the ongoing bidding being conducted in Manila by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC).

Mayor Hernani Braganza said being bidded out to local and international contractors until September 30 this year is the construction of the airport's runway with an approved budget of P96.5 million.

He said upon the completion of the bidding process, the contract to build the project will soon be awarded to the winning bidder.

“We are also awaiting the final schedule of the signing of the memorandum of agreement so that we could also proceed with the land acquisition of the proposed runway," Braganza added.

The Bid Notice Abstract for the project has recently been advertised in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PHILGEPS), said Braganza.

It was learned that local as well as international construction companies have submitted their respective bids in their desire to construct the first ever commercial airport in Pangasinan.

Based on the results of the study earlier conducted by DOTC and Philipps Technical Consultants Corporation (PTCC), Alaminos was found out to be the best location of a commercial airport, chosen from eight possible sites within the province.

“What made the airport project in the city economically and technically viable is the presence of the Hundred Island National Park, a world-class tourist destination,” according to Thelma Mauricio, PTCC vice president for Business Development.

It was learned that Alaminos City's strategic location in the North Luzon Agri-Business Quadrangle (NLAQ) was among the many factors why the city was chosen as the site of the project over the other proposed sites.

Other areas looked into by experts were the towns of Lingayen, Sta. Barbara, Rosales, Bani and Binalonan. But Alaminos City edged them in many aspects, even technically.

Braganza thanked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for fulfilling her promise to put up an airport in Pangasinan, which she did when she delivered her State of the City Address in 2007.

“I’m very happy for our citymates who waited so long for this dream to become a reality," said Braganza, thanking his constituents for their prayers, patience and for believing that their city will finally make it in the end.

Braganza noted that for the first time in city’s political and economic history, a commercial airport will soon be built in the city.

“What is important is that the airport is not just for Alaminos. It is for the whole province of Pangasinan,” he stressed.

“Sinasabi ko nga po dati, kahit hindi po sa Alaminos basta huwag lang pong masyadong malayo sa Hundred Islands, payag na kami," he continued.

Having an airport in the city and in the province, according to the mayor, could lure more tourists to visit Pangasinan’s famous scenic spots and historical sites.

He said Alaminos could draw the experience of Aklan which is visited by more than one million local and foreign tourists each year due to its famous Boracay Resort Island.

He lamented that despite its proximity to Metro Manila, Pangasinan could only attract thousands of tourists during peak tourism season due to its lack of a commercial airport.

“But with the a commercial airport to be built in our city, it will make the province more accessible to tourists," the mayor noted.

In less than an hour, he added, tourists and investors are already here in our province.

"This (airport project) will likewise make the investments of our city mates more economically viable,” he pointed out.

Braganza said another advantage of having a commercial airport is the fact that the city might be able to attract businessmen to invest on modern facilities that will soon provide services to local and foreign tourists.

Braganza said the airport project will not just generate thousands of new jobs for Alaminians and Pangasinenses but will also play a key role in boosting the local economy.

“We’ve seen the economic impact of an airport to all the cities or provinces that have it,” he said.

“We expect Alaminos, our Kabaleyans and provincemates to benefit fully from this project to improve the quality of their life,” the mayor added. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=6&rid=227223