THE Divine Word Academy of Dagupan (DWAD) will hold its 49th Recognition Day on March 29 at 2 p.m. at the school gymnasium. A thanksgiving mass will usher in the occasion as an expression of thanks to the Almighty.

Highlight of the event will be the induction of the new set of officers of the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) who will serve for two years (2006-2008) led by top businesswoman–civic leader Lelia Chua-Sy.

Twenty-one year old blind girl Minnie Aveline Posadas Juan of San Carlos City, a consistent first honors student and magna cum laude for the Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the Trinity College of Quezon City, will give an inspirational message.
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LINGAYEN – “Thank God, I survived it!”

This was the statement - sigh of Police Director General Arturo Lomibao over his one year anniversary as PNP chief this week.

“I survived it. So it means I can still survive up to July 5 when I retire, with support from the citizenry, the PNP and the media,” Lomibao smilingly jested to mediamen who met with him last week.

He said it will al depend on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo whether he would be extended or not. He said he prefers that he retires in July 2006 so that the younger officer can also have their chance to become PNP chief.
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MALASIQUI – Two persons were arrested by the police Tuesday while transporting a big box containing assorted counterfeit medicines on their way to distribute these to dealers in Pangasinan.

Supt. Leopoldo Rivera, chief of police of Malasiqui, said those arrested wee suspected couriers of counterfeit medicines. They were aboard a tricycle along the Villasis-Malasiqui road enroute to Malasiqui town proper when intercepted by the police.

They were identified as Jessie Quiroz, the tricycle driver, of barangay del Pilar, Paniqui, Tarlac; and Eduardo Apelado of San Fabian town, believed to be members of a big syndicate engaged in the manufacture, transport and distribution of counterfeit or fake medicines.

Rivera said his men intercepted the tricycle suspecting something unusual because the duo rode only on a tricycle while carrying medicine shipment estimated to cost several thousand pesos. Read the rest of this entry »

CALASIAO – Mayor Roy Macanlalay proved to be a worthy representative of Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. during the launching Thursday of the web-based services of the Bureau of Internal Revenue here insofar as the campaign for a change in the Constitution is concerned.

Macanlalay took the opportunity to talk on the advantages of the proposed parliamentary government over the present presidential system, as though De Venecia himself was around pitching for the Charter change.

The mayor fired off statistics to prove his point: Of 50 developed countries, 48 have parliamentary governments, while only two, the United States, and Norway are under the presidential system. Of 50 most corrupt countries, 45 have presidential system, while only five are parliamentary. Read the rest of this entry »