Truth at its Most Brilliant
BASKETBOL ED PUKOK. Basketball players wade in waist-deep fishpond water in Barangay Manat as they compete in the “Basketbol ed Pukok” tournament, one of the highlights of this year’s Binmaley fiesta celebration. (Related story.) (PStar photo by Butch Uka)
LINGAYEN — Gov. Victor Agbayani has expressed alarm over the resurgence of robbery-holdup cases that had victimized a number of people withdrawing their money from banks.
Agbayani instructed Provincial Administrator Virgilio Solis to call Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Alan Purisima to a meeting so that they can devise an effective action plan against holdup men in motorcycles preying on those who just withdrew large amount of money from banks.
The governor’s move was spurred by recent reports that in a span of one and a half week, there were four robbery-hold up cases that happened in Pangasinan, the latest of which last Thursday was in Alaminos City where armed men took one million pesos cash.
The province of Pangasinan will showcase its bangus (milkfish), mangoes, bagoong (salted fish) and bucayo (coconut candy) in the Private Schools Athletic Association PRISAA) national games which reels off Feb 6 to 12.
Dr. Gonzalo Duque, president of the national PRISAA and of the Dagupan-based Lyceum-Northwestern University, said the national meet offers the Pangasinenses opportunities to promote their native products to the 4,500 athletes and their coaches from 16 regions throughout the country.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will keynote the opening of the week-long meet during a program at 10:00 a.m. at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen.
If plans do not miscarry, a butterfly garden – Dagupan’s first – will be built right in the heart of the city’s business district.
This was disclosed by Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez during a luncheon meeting with Barangay Captain Teody Macasieb of Barangay IV, where the butterfly garden will be put up as part of the barangay’s material recovery facility (MRF).
“Why not?” Fernandez said, adding that the butterfly garden will not only serve as an added city attraction but as another source of income for the barangay.
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