NEW!!! iPhone 5 Gets Cloned Before Official Launch!

You must have heard about iPhone 5. But it’s not been launched yet. Chinese managed to do so, as one Chinese company have launched an iPhone clone, this clone is dubbed as iPhone 5. Chinese clone makers are always up to it, this time they did it again, and by making some amendments they have produced one. By looking at the screenshots, the iPhone 5 clone seems promising. Specs are not known yet, but by looking at the snaps, this knockoff have a 3.5-inches resistive touchscreen resolution. It has also a WiFi, Bluetooth, Java and dual SIM dual standby. 

“Creating Awareness of Our Revered Pangasinan Culture,”

CHORAL TILT TO PROMOTE PANGASINAN DIALECT LAUNCHED DAGUPAN CITY 

A choral competition dubbed as Sanengseng to be participated in by high school students from public and private schools has been successfully launched last Monday at the Sala Del Obispo Cesar Ma. Guerrero of the Archbishop’s residence here. To revolve on the theme “Creating Awareness of Our Revered Pangasinan Culture,” the competition is one of the components of the 64th Agew na Dagupan celebration on June 20, which will raise the consciousness of young Pangasinenses to rediscover the power and the beauty of Pangasinan dialect through Pangasinan songs.   Participants will all sing to the tune of the classical ballad Malinac Lay Labi.    Present during the launching ceremony were Mayor Benjamin S. Lim, Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, Councilor Jesus Canto and City Schools Division Superintendent Alma Ruby C. Torio.  Sanengseng is a Pangasinan word for “hissing sound,” a brainchild of Villegas, who together with the group of Pangasinan culture enthusiasts expressed interest in the efforts to promote Pangasinan arts and culture, particularly among young Pangasinenses who are not exposed to the finer aspects of their own arts and culture. “The Philippines is a poor country, but in spite of poverty, we have two jewels. The first jewel is our Catholic faith. The second is our song. And it is our faith in God that carries us through in the midst of problems," the prelate said. He also said that “it is also our song that helps us face life’s problems." "When we are sad, we sing. When we are happy, we sing. When we feel romantic, we sing. When we are typing, we sing,” said Villegas. “That is why we are asking our youth in Dagupan to rediscover the power and the beauty of pangasinan songs because we feel that is being lost and we do not want to lose by default," he added.  He said "we the adults wanted to teach our children that there is beauty; and dignity in Pangasinan culture and as a starter, we are asking them to learn “Malinac lay Labi,." "Because we want them to learn, it will not be a choir competition, rather it will be a school competition so that everybody in that school is obliged to study the song and hopefully it will become their pride as a Dagupeño,”

Villegas added. Lim, on the other hand, said "ito ay paggising sa ating mga taga-Pangasinan na bigyan ng importansiya ang ating sariling salita dahil unti-unti ng nawawala ito sa mga kabataan natin ngayun." He added that "if we are going to look at Pangasinan now, only about 30 percent of the whole population of the province speaks the dialect fluently.” “In addition, magkakaroon tayo ng programa sa radio na kung saan weekly ay magkakaroon tayo ng bigkas at salita sa Pangasinan na parang dictionary type na maging gabay sa ating mga kabataan,” he disclosed.  Torio, on the other hand, said that the competition will give reverence to the Pangasinan culture. “We will institutionalize this and we will implement a multi-base education na kung saan ang salitang Pangasinan ay gagamiting medium of instruction. Meantime, we will start with a singing competition na uumpisahan natin sa private at public secondary schools sa Dagupan,” she said. Accordingly, by August, all participants will sing altogether in one voice the “Malinac Lay Labi” along the stretch of A.B. Fernandez Avenue at sundown while holding a lighted candle. (CIO – Joseph C. Bacani)

By: D' Dagupan Dream

Celebrating 64 years of City hood-My Beloved City ( Dagupan Pangasinan)

“What greater honor is there but to be of service to the very city where we were born and raised.” Mayor Benjamin S. Lim February 14, 2011 “State of the City Address.”
By: Ernie Martinez

It was June 20, 1947, 64 years ago today, when Dagupan was declared a city. Authored by the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, it was signed into law by then President Manuel Roxas on June 20, 1947.

Mayor Benjamin S. Lim, former congressman 4th District of Pangasinan, and 2-term elected Mayor of the city (2001-2007) was given a new mandate as Dagupan’s local chief executive on May 2010.

Others who served as mayor of Dagupan city:

Angel B. Fernandez (1948-1963)
Teofilo P. Guadiz (1954-1959)
Gaudencio Siapno (1957-1958) served in acting capacity when Guadiz ran for congressman.
Liberato U. Reyna (1960-63, 1963-67, 1988-91)
Cipriano Manaois (1968-1986)
Felipe C. Siapno (Jan. 25-Feb.2, 1987, Jan 24, 1988)
Rosalyn A. de Venecia (Dec. 2, 1987 to Jan 24, 1988)
Alipio “Al” Fernandez (May 11, 1992-2001, 2007-2010)
Benjamin S. Lim (2001-2007, May 2010-present)

World’s shortest man: Junrey Balawing is new record-holder – it’s official!

Guinness World Records™ can officially confirm that Junrey Balawing from the Philippines has been certified as the world's shortest man.

Junrey was today verified as measuring 23.6 inches, making him almost three inches smaller than the former holder of the title, Nepal's Khagendra Thapa Magar.