By: Marie Paz Claveria 10 participants from Dagupan City, Pangasinan is joining the 8th karatedo championship at Tokyo, Japan this coming August.
According to the president of karatedo, Federation Dr. Alejandro Enrico Vasquez, the participants are still having a lot of practice and currently under training to further enhance their skills. Dr. Vasquez also said that they are in need of support for the training program for the upcoming talents as well as their training materials. Dr. Vasquez together with the participants asks to support the Pinoy athletes who will give pride and honor to the country. Last May, Joco Vasquez won a gold medal in the open karatedo championship that was held at Vietnam.
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by Paz Claveria and Luz Solis45 drug users and pushers voluntarily surrendered to the police of San Carlos City in line with the government’s campaign against illegal drugs.
Five individuals who admitted to using illegal drugs voluntarily surrendered last July 11 to Vice Mayor Julier Resuello. These people signed the agreement and promised to support and cooperate with the police to locate other suspected drug pushers and users. According to the Police Superintendent Arnold Solomon, Officer in Charge in San Carlos Police Station, these people voluntarily surrendered themselves after the police did the “Oplan Katok” to all the houses of the people who are suspected to be using illegal drugs. PNP also clears that these individuals will be monitored whether they are following the signed agreement or not. For now there are already 57 individuals who are arrested at the said city, but still expected to increase in the following days. By: Marie Paz Claveria According to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Region 1, Pangasinan has the highest number of killings of drug personalities after the buy bust operations of the policemen in the entire region.
Atty. Harold Kub-aron, the Regional Director of CHR Region 1, said that based on the given reports and information, they noticed that Pangasinan is higher compared to Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and La Union. Police officials conducted buy bust operations to arrest all the drug suspects and also to remind other people who are using illegal drugs to voluntarily surrender for their own sake. The PNP forces assure that their office is open to all these cases. If a person committed a crime, whatever the situation is, the police officers will follow the Standard Operation Process (SOP) and will give the individual a fair and transparent process. By: Christelle MarambaArt can be expressed through different mediums. On July 16, Biskeg - Pangasinan Artist Collective showcased Pak Ganern! Art Exhibit at the Liongoren Gallery located at the Tapuac District, Dagupan City. Pak Ganern! contained various forms of art like Paintings and Drawings, Slam Poetry, Open Mic and Live bands.
According to the head of Biskeg - Pangasinan Artist Collective and the organizer of the event, Mr. Patrick Fernandez, Pak Ganern! was an exhibit themed to the effects of Social media and Social media addiction, hence the name of the event. The Exhibit was a collective effort of 30 artists from different places in Pangasinan and also from other groups of artists. Also according to Mr. Fernandez, this is not the first time they’ve done this kind of event in Dagupan City, in fact, last year they have a different exhibit every month at Liongoren Gallery. Pak Ganern! is their comeback exhibit at the gallery since this is their first for this year. Lastly, Mr. Fernandez also claimed that these exhibits will always be free as they want to reach out to the masses, and although the artists spend a lot with these events, just seeing the appreciation of other people for their work is payment enough. Biskeg is not doing this kind of event just for fun, they have an advocacy, which is to raise awareness to people on how they view “arts” here in Pangasinan, they want to change the perspective and way of thinking that people have nowadays when it comes to arts. By: Denise Go Balon Dagupan Children’s Choir (BDCC) conquered the stage as they won the 2016 Malaysian International Children's Choral Festival last Saturday, July 16 at the Royal Theater in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. BDCC won the highest award in the completion which is the Shah Alam Mayor’s Award. The group also received two other awards, the Gold Grade A Award and the Most Promising Overseas Choir with their rendition of the pieces “Orde-E” and “O Sanctissima” which were led by their conductors Adolfo Mendoza and Virginia Mendoza. The team defeated other groups coming from different Asian countries such as India, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. BDCC was organized by the City Mayor Belen Fernandez in the year 2015 and the group is composed of 22 members aged 9 to 13 years old, who are all students coming from both private and public schools in Dagupan City. by Denise GoDagupan City is known to be as the Bangus Capital of the Philippines and the City on these days is about to be proclaimed as an eco-friendly City.
Dagupan City will soon start producing diesel for public utilities just like motorboats and jeepneys, and also a biogas for household uses with a P385.4-million waste-to-fuel facility. The said project will be built this year. The open dumpsite in Bonuan will be replaced by the facility wherein it will be built on a 1.93-hectare land. According to the National Solid Waste Management Commission, Dagupan is one of the nine Pangasinan cities and towns that still operate open dumpsites. The City Mayor, Belen Fernandez said that this project will ensure that our garbage and our plastic debris will not pollute our seas. This project would need at least 30 metric tons of solid waste to produce biogas and to operate at 95-percent capacity. The facility will be put up with the help of the American firm Procter and Gamble, US Government, Asian Development Bank, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). by Paz Claveria and Luz SolisWith the theme “Promoting culture through art”, 507 participants gathered at the CSI the City Mall Dagupan Atrium to showcase their creativity and talents using Titus pens.
According to the brand Manager, Mr. Louie Gee Empeno, there are two categories during the contest which are for the senior and junior. The junior category involves 10-16 years old while the senior category is participated by ages 17-25 years old. Champions received PHP 10,000, PHP 5,000 for the second place and PHP 3,000 for the third placer. Titus iDoodle is a nationwide contest held at different parts of the country every year. by Paz Claveria and Luz SolisIn accordance with the implementation of the nationwide curfew hours of the President Rodrigo Duterte, the city of Dagupan is applying an ordinance for minor that is 18 below.
Parents and guardians must guide and require minors to stay at home from 10 PM to 4 AM according to the to the city ordinance 1771-2003. The City Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo proposed the ordinance that aims to protect and ensure the safety of all people most especially to the minors. With the help of barangay officials and with the leadership of the City Mayor Belen Fernandez, this ordinance is being peacefully implemented among the constituents of Dagupan City. The process of the ordinance will be strict, minors that will be caught after the said curfew hour will be accompanied by their respective barangay workers to their home. If the minors will be caught doing illegal acts, the minor will be brought to the police station for further investigation. Through this, the city will help to avoid crime that involves minors. |
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