SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – In the hinterlands of La Union where some public schools lack teachers, policemen put away their firearms in order to teach pupils how to read and write.
Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoiil said he had mobilized policemen to pick up chalks and erasers and teach while at the same time providing security in far-flung municipalities of La Union.
He noticed that some schools in these areas do not have enough teachers to teach the growing number of pupils.
“We noticed that while we have policemen who are graduates of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, many schools in the Ilocos region do not have enough teachers to teach pupils,” he confessed.
“Many of these policemen, BSEED graduates are already in the hinterlands, providing security to the people, so we thought of putting them in schools too where there are no teachers,” he said.
Thus, the program called “Pulis ko, teacher ko” where policemen would fit in as teachers in schools, where there are only few teachers while they are doing their duty of maintaining peace and order was born. Read more
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – The Police Regional Office I (PRO1) was recently adjudged as the top performer so far among 17 police regional offices throughout the country in the implementation of guidelines for project HOPE (Honest Orderly and Peaceful Election).
Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, speaking during the program “Talakayan sa Isyung Police (TSIP) here, said PRO 1 topped in the scoreboard of the Election Monitoring Action Center (EMAC) at the PNP national headquarters as gleaned from its performance from January 14 (start of the election period) to March 1.
Bataoil said this was based on the number of checkpoint established number of raids and searches conducted on suspected criminal lairs or hideouts of criminal elements and in terms of number of loose firearms confiscated.
As of March 1, PRO 1 confiscated a total of 59 firearms in various police operations, the highest as compared to the accomplishments registered for the same period by each of the 16 other police regional offices throughout the country.
The owners of these firearms were charted in various courts with violation of the Commission on Elections gun ban, among others.
Of the number, four are high-caliber firearms, all M16 armalite rifles, recovered as a result of follow up operations in the expansion area of the communist Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB) in the hinterlands of La Union.
In that operation, the top RHB leader for Pangasinan and Zambales area, Domingo Tarectecan, and his close aide, also a ranking rebel leader, were arrested. Read more
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – The first peace covenant to be mediated by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Pangasinan will hopefully be among prospective local candidates here.
Mayor Julian Resuello, in a talk during the ‘Talakayan sa Isyung Pulis’ (TSIP) at the city hall here recently, said he is amenable to sign a peace pact with other candidates here, only to ease a possible election tension.
Resuello was challenged to sign a peace pact with the other prospective candidates by Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil as San Carlos was listed by both the PNP and the Commission on Elections as among three areas of immediate concern (AIC) in the province.
“Let’s take it from the statement of the mayor that they will support the peace and are willing to sign a covenant with other prospective candidates just to ensure that there would be peace during the election,” Bataoil said.
Now on his third and last term of office, Resuello will run for vice mayor in the coming election with his son, incumbent Vice Mayor Julier Resuello, gunning for the mayorship. Read more
DAGUPAN CITY – A grander and more exciting Bangus Festival awaits Bangus Festival visitors all over the world as traditional events blend with stirring new activities.
This was said by Bangus Festival executive chairman Brian Lim during the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association (Patrima), Inc. Kapihan on March 15 at Masarap Grill, Magic Club.
Since Bangus Festival is the trademark festivity of Dagupan and is awaited by many people worldwide, Lim said that Dagupeños and visitors alike deserve no less than a grand celebration even as he shelved speculations that the celebration will be tainted with political color.
Lim said that a Pigar-Pigar Festival and Street Party will be introduced as an additional attraction to the celebration and at the same time further promote the Pigar-Pigar industry in the city.
“We saw that Pigar-Pigar along Galvan is a robust business and we would like our visitors to also experience this Dagupeño delicacy,” Lim said. Read more
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – Lawyer Gallant D. ‘Gal’ Soriano has formally declared his plan to run for the congressional seat in the Third District of Pangasinan, stressing his experience in government and training as a lawyer makes him the most qualified among the candidates for the post.
A scion of the famous Soriano clan of Pangasinan that has produced top governemtn and elected officials, Gal Soriano is currently the Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs for Revenue Collection and Monitoring.
Gal’s entry in the congressional race adds his name to a list that already includes Rachel Arenas, daughter of socialite Rosemarie ‘Baby’ Arenas, Juan Tulagan, the son of incumbent Congressman Generoso Tulagan and Bayambang Mayor Leo de Vera.
“I offer myself as a candidate for congressman in the Third District fully confident I meet the qualifications that our voters have set for themselves as far as their Representative in Congress is concerned,” Soriano declared at the media forum at Masarap Grill sponsored by the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association (Patrima). Read more
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Municipal Councilor Joe Ferrer confirmed here recently a growing clamor for Gov. Victor Agbayani to run for the congressional seat in the province’s second district.
Ferrer said he has been in touch with several district leaders in recent days “and the consensus is that the governor enjoys tremendous popularity which should make the other would be aspirants to reconsider their plan to run for the same post.”
In an interview on Wednesday with ABS-CBN reporters, Agbayani said his wife, Jamie, is definitely running for governor either as official candidate of Lakas-CMD or as an independent candidate.
At the same time, he said, he is seriously considering the clamor of leaders for him to run for the second district congressional seat in the event the incumbent solon guns for another elective position. Read more
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Gov. Victor Agbayani congratulated the residents and community leaders of Barangay Lucero in Bolinao headed by barangay captain Domingo del Fierro for being the national finalist in the 2nd Nationwide Search for Model Barangays for Eco-Waste Management System.
Regional Director Victor Ancheta of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources told the governor that Barangay Lucero made it to the national competition.
Ancheta said Barangay Lucero shall be competing against 14 regional finalists form other parts of the country.
The other regional entries competing in the national level are barangays Poblacion, Caba, La Union; and Lingsat, San Fernando City, La Union. Read more
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Provincial health officials led by Dr. Jackson Soriano, OIC provincial health officer, were elated to learn that one of the top priorities of Dr. Jamie Agbayani if elected governor is further expansion and improvement of the delivery of basic health services to the grassroots.
“We are very glad to hear that because there really are things needed yet to be done in the area of health care delivery, especially with regards to upgrading our hospital facilities and infrastructure and public health programs,” Soriano said.
However, he said, the province has made big strides in the delivery of basic health services and hospital reforms under the administration of Gov. Victor Agbayani. Read more
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LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – “Our children are God’s greatest gift to humanity.”
With this declaration, Gov. Victor E. Agbayani moved to further strengthen the province’s immunization and vitamin supplementation programs to serve more pre-school and grade-school children, including school drop-outs.
Dr. Jackson Soriano, OIC provincial health officer, said his office and the Pangasinan Nutrition Center are presently conducting Vitamin A supplementation program among grade I pupils in all elementary schools in the province.
The said undertaking is in cooperation with the Department of Education Pangasinan I and II, municipal local government units, municipal nutrition committees and rural health units. Read more
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ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The 2007 Hundred Islands Global Homecoming’s “Araw ng Sining at Kultura” began at the Children’s Park with the opening of the Art Gallery featuring Pangasinense artists.
Col. Manuel A. Credo, 2007 City Fiesta Chairman welcomed artists and art patrons alike while Atty. Dolores Amor presented the masters who painted the posted art pieces in the Park.
City Mayor Hernani A. Braganza graced the occasion and delievered a brief message. And City Tourism Officer Miguel Sison gave the closing remarks signaling the start of Art Gallery Viewing.
Featured Pangasinense artists include the following: D.L.L. Amor, Laddie Sotelo-Andaya, Eddie D. Angeles, Herwin Buccat,Edmundo Calimlim Jr.,Mel Casipit,Corlito Cruz,Evalyn Doris Cruz, Ernest V. Elduayan, Lysander Ferrales, Cezca Fernandez, Patrick Fernandez, Bonifacio de Guzman Jr., Brian S. Herrero, Jimrey S. Herrero, Corlito Ignacio Jr., Abelardo Pol, Joeffrey Reyes, Julio Rioferio, Rodolfo del Rosario, Claro Sison, Robert Sison, Jojit Solano and Jeffrey Somera. Read more
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