Truth at its Most Brilliant
FORMER Dagupan City first Lady Elmina D. Fernandez was chosen as among the country’s Ulirang Ina (Model Mother) awardees this year.
Fernandez, wife of thtree-time Dagupan City Mayor (now Immigration Commissioner) Alipio F. Fernandez Jr, received her award on Mother`s Day in a ceremony at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City.
TO a liberal-minded Church authority, the controversial The Da Vinci Code novel – now with a movie version – is nothing but an entertaining thriller.
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said he saw nothing wrong with either reading the novel or seeing its movie version. He said he had read the book and found no offensive material to the Church. “It was a novel, a fiction, a thriller,” he said, admitting that he was entertained too as he read the book in just a short time.
GIANT waves hitting the shores of the Bonuan Blue Beach here at Tondaligan Park during a storm surge has not kept visitors from enjoying the Bonuan waters.
Weathermen said that the big waves were caused by storm surge from the last typhoon ‘Caloy’ that exited two days ago to the south China sea.
THE ABS-CBN Regional Group has again exhibited its active concern in addressing a leading social problem – unemployment with the launching of its Lingkod Kapamilya Jobs Fair in key cities nationwide.
Thousands of jobseekers flocked to the various jobs fair sites throughout the nation last May 13, hoping to find doors of opportunity inside and outside the country.
In Luzon alone, some 10,000 went to the jobs fair venues in Dagupan, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Naga and Legazpi.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) is now validating the resurgence of jueteng in Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.
Supt. Harris Fama, information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, said an anti-gambling task force from CIDG is now in Pangasinan to validate the alleged jueteng comeback.
WORK on the biggest infrastructure project yet in Dagupan in recent years will soon start, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways.
DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez said the P900 million new Pantal bridge, funding of which was already made available by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation in Tokyo, is about to start.
AN official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has deftly steered clear of directly answering City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim’s pointed observation that BFAR had failed to inform his office on results of river coliform samplings which the agency conducted recently.
Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the BFAR’s National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center only confirmed that some portions of the rivers in Dagupan City were really found to be high in coliform level.
HOUSE Speaker Jose De Venecia, Jr. said the proposal for charter change is on track, either through the people’s initiative or through constituent assembly.
In a talk to newsmen here last Thursday, de Venecia said whichever of the two comes out first will do, because both seek to effect vital amendments to the 1987 Constitution.
MICROSOFT has launched a two-in-one product awareness and software licensing campaign thru a Business Summit held at the Grand Ballroom of the Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City last Friday, drawing in many computer buffs, internet café operators and other technology partners for its audience.
Microsoft Partner Wilson Chua of Bitstop Inc. based in the city, said the summit was about learning new tools in the computer world to help users and partners manage day-to-day business more smoothly and develop strategies for competitive advantage.
By DANNY O. SAGUN
GOOD news to commuters from central and western Pangasinan: New funds have been allotted to the flood-damaged Domalandan bridge in Lingayen.
House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. announced Thursday that P197 million was appropriated this year to resume construction of the bridge. It was observed that construction depends on the availability of funds as allocated in the annual budget.
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