Operation Tule Medical Mission held at Executive Building

by jv
Theta Lambda Phi Sorority and Phi Sigma Gamma Fraternity of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Medicine and Surgery held a one-day medical mission “OPERATION TULE” on May 21, 2009, a Thursday at the 3rd Floor of the Executive Building in cooperation with the local government unit under Mayor Emma Chan. The [...]

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KALIPI women turn out in full force

by jv
Mayor Emma Chan speaks before the Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI). She praised the women’s impressive volume of attendance in the parade, their active participation in community and provincial activities such as the Clean-up Drive conducted last May 2 and the Pangasinan Women’s Month Celebration, their resourcefulness in raising the funds to finance their [...]

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Photos of the town’s past mayors now hang on the walls of the municipal building

by jv
Framed pictures of the town’s past chief executives are now mounted on the walls of 3rd floor of the Municipal Building. Photos of the following past mayors hang on the walls near the ceiling:
Don Jacinto Peralta (1900-1903), Don Vicente Olarte (1903), Don Antonio Aldana ( 1905-1908), Don Jose Perez (1908-1910), Don Santiago Quinto (1910-1911), [...]

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The Merry Month of May

by jvillamil
IT IS NEVER EASY to break ties with tradition. Especially when the tradition had always sparked a burst of fond memories. Like fireworks. In the skies. In the hearts.
Today and tonight, it is May 11 relived. Years ago, today and tonight was the eve, if not the day itself, of the town fiesta of [...]

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Asian Dragon feature also includes Mayor Emma in its May-June magazine issue!

by Jing Villamil
Asian Dragon, the first bilingual business and lifestyle magazine in the Philippines, features Mayor Emma Zosima T. Chan and Pozorrubio in a full 3-page spread entitled Sweet and Strong for its May-June 2009 issue. The feature also include talks with her husband, former Mayor Artemio Q. Chan. Writer Marge C. Enriquez reports, with [...]

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For Mother Earth, for Pozorrubio; and of course, for ourselves

by Jing Villamil
LAST Saturday, the 2nd day of the simmering summer month of May, was the day after Labor Day. It was also the 2nd day of a long 3-day no-work weekend. Everyone, with no exemption, would have preferred not to be up and about stretching muscles and inviting heatstroke. It was a day of [...]

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