TWENTY towns and 10 cities in Region 1, Cordillera and Central Luzon have already signified their intention to join the “Festivals of the North”, a featured event in the 2009 Dagupan Bangus Festival” slated here from April 15 to May 1 this year.

Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who chairs the executive committee of this year’s festival anew, said they expect a total of up to 40 towns and cities to join the “Festival of the North”, a unique avenue where they can showcase their talents, culture and products through their colorful dance numbers. Read the rest of this entry »

HORSEBACK riding is no longer a monopoly of Wright Park in Baguio or Boracay.

Without fanfare, an about 5,000 square meter semi-circular area lying idle just beside Dagupan Medical Centrum in barangay Tambac here was cleaned and upgraded and opened as the city’s haven for horseback riding.

Horseback riding can be had in that property from 4 p.m. till midnight daily, said Dennis Muyalde, president of the Dagupan City Calesa Association that put up what is hoped to be a fresh, indigenous tourist treat in the city. Read the rest of this entry »

By ROMINA A. DANGUILAN
MUCH has been written and more have been heard on the dilemmas surrounding kidney transplantation in the Philippines today.

Unfortunately, by spreading only the abuse suffered at the hands of unscrupulous men and women who prey on patients with kidney failure hanging on to dear life, and the willing living kidney donor, the progress forged by Filipino transplant physicians is being trampled on.

Science has continuously sought to improve patient’s lives. The dream of transferring someone else’s body part to another to save his life was something you only watched in the movies. Yet in the past two decades, scientists found a way to successfully perform this miracle.

By improving the techniques of this procedure, by optimizing the fluid to bathe the newly taken body part, by optimizing medications required to overcome the body’s florid response to a foreign body, transplantation swiftly became a reality and an option for the 10,000 Filipinos who develop kidney failure each year.

This path was not easy. It took transplant physicians and their partners in the medical field years to develop the expertise, the chutzpah to tread the challenges of this new frontier. Read the rest of this entry »

The Board of Trustees of the University of Pangasinan
congratulates its seven successful graduates who
recently passed the the Licensure Examinations
for Certified Public Accountants.

NEW CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS as of MAY 21, 2008

CARPISO, AILEEN GARCIA
Parents: Mr. Arturo Carpiso
Mrs. Rosalina Carpiso
Address: #33 Doyong Calasiao, Pangasinan

LAM, JOHN FELIX PARCERO
Parents: Mr. Raquilino M. Lam
Address: #17 Lanas, Mangaldan, Pangasinan

LAYSON, JHEMOR LEONGSON
Parents: Mr. Mamerto Layson
Mrs. Erlinda L. Layson
Address: #20 Camangaan St., Lingayen, Pang.

MANIAGO, THREXY ANN ALBERTO
Parents: Mr. Edgar Maniago
Address: #204 Carmen West, Rosales, Pang.

NIPAL, MANILYN GABIS
Parents: Mr. Felipe Nipal
Mrs. Concepcion G. Nipal
Address: #291 Cabilocaan, Calasiao, Pangasinan

PERALTA, LAILA BALLESTEROS
Parents: Mr. Luis Peralta
Mrs. Luz B. Peralta
Address: #46 Patayak, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan

VENTAYEN, SHAUNDEL SENDAYDIEGO
Parents: Mr. Ricardo Ventayen
Mrs. Amelita S. Ventayen
Address: Pangapisan North, Lingayen, Pangasinan

Enroll at the University of Pangasinan
One of the most trusted universities in the country.

MR. CESAR T. DUQUE
Chairman of the Board

DR. CATALINO P. RIVERA JR.
President

DR. MARIETTA SORIO
Senior Vice President
Dean, College of Accountancy

DR. OFELIA RAYOS
Dean, Academic Affairs

Pangasinan inflation rate now at 9.5 as of May

By CHRISTOPHER O. DOMINGO
Assistant Statistician, NCSO Pangasinan

LAST January 2008, the inflation rate of Pangasinan started at 4.1 after four months, and just before the start of this year, the inflation rate of the province soared more than double to 9.5 These figures made the average inflation rate of this year at 6.46.

Sign of the times? Maybe. But what really is inflation rate? Does this figure affect our daily lives?
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By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO

TOUGH as nails and turning a century old in December, this year, Dionisio Datuin Mendoza received a special citation as Dagupan City’s oldest citizen during the celebration of the city’s 61st founding anniversary.

Relatives and barangaymates proudly witnessed the ceremony last Friday where “Mama Isio” received some P3,500 in cash gift and other assorted giveaways from the city government led by
Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez.

Regular exercise thru brisk walking had been the foremost physical secret of Mang Isio’s longevity, according to his barangaymates. Read the rest of this entry »

LINGAYEN – In a matter of seconds, a freak tornado churned furiously and downed seven electric posts, smashed four newly-repaired classrooms and destroyed three houses before fading off in a swirl of dust and debris last Wednesday in barangay Quibaol, this Capital town during a heavy downpour accompanied, according to people, by hailstorm.

The freak tornado ripped through the barangay just four hours after the departure of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from nearby Bugallon town where he personally led the distribution of material and cash assistance to the victims of typhoon “Cosme.” Read the rest of this entry »

By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO

‘Twas the night when roofs of houses and buildings went flying like some magic carpets and trees were falling down like puny sticks.

Tropical storm Cosme’s ominous winds were felt starting in the afternoon of May 17, but no one perhaps not even PAGASA, expected the kind of disaster it would bring in its passage to become the worst weather disturbance ever to hit Dagupan City and the province since typhoon Gading in 1998.

The unusually strong winds were first felt at around 8 a.m. but by and large, it was business as usual for major establishments even as typhoon signal number 2 was raised by PAGASA. At 11a.m., the winds grew stronger, strong enough to blow off an umbrella of a walking individual. Read the rest of this entry »

THE town of Lingayen continues to pay homage to the Chinese pirate, Limahong, who led an unsuccessful siege of Manila in 1574 before retreating to the north and settled in what was later known as the province of Pangasinan.

Lingayen Mayor Ernesto Castaneda revealed that Limahong Channel, believed to have been dug by the Chinese pirate and his 3,000 soldiers, including women and children, to provide his newly assembled vessels access to the sea, still evokes nostalgic memories till today. Read the rest of this entry »

PANGASINAN is not only rich in natural resources, it is also teeming with talented individuals who, together, could showcase a great performance deserving a niche in the world of arts and culture all its own.

Such is the gem that glows out of the fine and classic musicale of Pangasinan orchestras that are all too often tapped to provide entertainment not only in neighboring provinces but even in the big cities.

Pangasinan Orchestra was started by a clan in the small, agricultural town of Basista, now known as the hometown of famous orchestras. In the town’s Barangay Dumpay alone, seven orchestras are always being contracted for fine musical entertainment, especially during big fiestas and other significant occasions. Read the rest of this entry »