ALCALA – Overseas residents of Alcala are contributing money among themselves in order to build a feed mill to be donated to their townmates back home.

Mayor Manuel Collado said many of the donors were among those who attended the Grand Homecoming in Alcala sometime in April during their town fiesta in honor of their patron, the Holy Cross.

These people also bankrolled Alcala’s quests for the longest grill and longest barbecue held last April 30 which would expectedly put the town in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Free school bags and backpacks are proudly displayed by Binmaley schoolchildren on their backs during the donation ceremony. Mayor Simplicio “Samm” Rosario distributed the backpacks at the Binmaley I Central School. (Photo by Liway C. Manantan Yparraguirre)

LINGAYEN - Complaints for murder and frustrated murder were filed by the police against a suspect in connection with the slaying of a leader of a militant group, including the wounding of his brother in San Nicolas, Pangasinan last May 16.

The complaints were filed before the Provincial Prosecutor Office against Joel Flores, 28, of barangay Domampot, Asingan town who was arrested last June 1 soon after he poked a .45 cal. pistol at police agents doing surveillance work on him.

This was after it was verified that the motorcycle used by the suspects in slaying Jose Doton, 61, chairman of the Tignay Dagiti Mannalon a Mangwaya-waya (TIMMAWA) and the wounding of his brother Cancio, 57, was registered in his (Flores’) name.
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NO pupil or student in public schools is to be denied enrolment even though he may lack credentials, education officials stressed in Dagupan City Thursday.

Dr. William Macob, education supervisor at the Dagupan City schools division, said that since education in public schools, both elementary and high school, is free, no fees are to be collected during enrolment. Authorized contributions for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Red Cross, anti-TB, PTCA, and IDs can be collected during the school year, he also said.

Macob made the clarifications at the Pantongtongan Tayo radio program of the Philippine Information Agency over Radyo ng Bayan-DZMQ in the wake of complaints that some enrollees are being made to pay some P160 to P300 upon enrollment.
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BINMALEY – Rivers, creeks and other bodies of water here will soon be given at least one year of rest to make these recover their lost vitality as a result of years of overuse and operations of illegal fish pens.

Mayor Simplicio Rosario said the one-year moratorium on fish pens starts as soon as the 10 per cent remaining fish pens in the water have all been dismantled in a few more days.
Rosario hailed the compliance of fish pen owners to the May 31, 2006 deadline he issued for all fish pens in the town to be voluntarily demolished by their respective owners.
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By Merlita Tibalao
Provincial Information Office

LINGAYEN – The provincial administration reaffirmed its strong commitment to quality education for the youth as it completed an additional 34 classrooms as of the second quarter of this year.

Gov. Victor E. Agbayani allotted an additional P48 million this year for the completion of additional 44 units of schoolbuilding or 88 classrooms all over the province.

Provincial Engineer Divinia de Leon said that of the 44 units programmed for this year, 17 units have been completed by contract, 12 units are under construction and three classrooms already repaired by the administration.
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AFTER much international hype and much local fuss, the film “The Da Vinci Code” is now a non-issue, according to outspoken Archbishop Oscar Cruz of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese.
Analyzing what he called “The Da Vinci Code: The Day After”, Cruz said one thing is certain: Dan Brown, the author of the book, made a killing and the film producer has gone to the bank laughing. Read more

BINMALEY – Some 15,000 pupils and students in public elementary and high school received their school bags or back packs Tuesday through the courtesy of the municipal government.

Mayor Simplicio Rosario distributed the school bags, which he said, is the municipal government’s own way of helping the education of pupils and students of Binmaley, especially those belonging to poor families. Read more

STA. BARBARA – Gov. Victor E. Agbayani led the distribution here of some 100,000 fruit and forest tree seedlings to various community organizations as part of the province’s expanded Watershed Development and Reforestation Program.

The seedlings distribution was held after the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the governor and the newly organized groups that underwent orientation and training under the Integrated Social Forestry (ISF) scheme. Read more

READY, AIM.. FIRE! Members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) course, Class 06-2006, practice dry-firing with their short firearms before the actual individual proficiency firing at the Pangasinan police command firing range. Provincial Director Alan L. Purisima said the 45-day training is being conducted by trainors from the PNP Special Action Force ( PStar Photo by Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre)