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Friday, April 30, 2010
Cover Study: Ghazalia (Maralus ya Ayat)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Pangasinan Ghazal 56
“Love songs don't leave you like lovers often do.”
dengdengelen ko’y daan ya dangoan
sakey a tagleey ed kabuasan
laineng to’y mapalnan tambayo
iney-ey a panangaron aman
tan tinmalintao ka’d ilalam
bonga’y malurey kon kanonotan
bangta no panon kan inmapireng
karaman sikato so intaynan
anggan alingernger na samiong mo
et insiblet na dagem amian
masuri ni’y kansion ta pinabli
wadian kalamiong ko angga’d natan
say istoria ta ya alabian
dengdengelen ko’d daan ya dangoan
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Velasco cites 2 ASNA Awardees from Sta. Barbara
STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan – “We commend Police Superintendent Eric E. Noble and Santiago B. Villafania for giving honor and prestige to our beloved hometown Sta. Barbara,” said town mayor Reynaldo V. Velasco after giving the 2 ASNA awardees Plaque of Recognition and Appreciation during the Flag Raising Ceremony on April 19, 2010 in this town.
“These achievements are in line with our Ten-Point Progress Agenda particularly in the area of Values Formation and Strengthening. With the examples shown by these two achievers, we are once again exemplifying leadership by example. We hope that others will follow so that we will be able to highlight Sta. Barbara not only in the map of Pangasinan but of the whole country,” he added.
Noble, former Sta. Barbara Police chief and a recipient of two major national awards namely, Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) sponsored by the Metrobank Foundation and Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, was also adjudged as one of the 11 Outstanding Pangasinenses in the field of Community Service.
On the other hand, Villafania, a Pangasinan poet now based in Cavite, is recognized for promoting and developing the Pangasinan language through his writings in Pangasinan.
In a motion made by Sanggunian Bayan (SB) member Miraflor Ocampo, a commendation was given by the SB headed by Vice Mayor Ruben M. Jose through SB Resoution Numbers 2010-478 and 479. The citation says that the sterling achievements of both Noble and Villafania brought pride and honor not only to their family and colleagues but to the entire municipality of Sta. Barbara.
Asna, a Pangasinan word which means salt is used to describe a person of good character. In celebration of the Agew na Pangasinan, on April 5, 2010, the 430th founding anniversary of Pangasinan, 11 Outstanding Pangasinenses were recognized. Two received the Balitok Award, namely: Former President Fidel V. Ramos and Fransico Sionil Jose; seven received ASNA Award and one received a Special Award for being a pioneer propagator of Pangasinan language in the person of former DTI Director Jaime Lucas. (DBC)
Related News: 2 Asna awardees in Pangasinan commended by town mates
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Legan a babasae’y Qur’an
Reading the Noble Qur’an.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Pangasinan Ghazal 55
say purek na kailoama’y matam
tan say maralus ya inkiwalnam
so puyan na sayan umaanlong
binmini la’d nonot tan ilalam
puyan ya angiter na gonigon
nen ag agamora’y pitamitam
dalapdap kan sulming ed no iner
naandi’d pakanengneng karamam
dinipar ko’y kasikasikaan
pian onggenap ya anlong so lupam
aya labat so pakanonotan
aminsan dinmalan so maayam
ya miskey a dagem ed liknaan
pinmurek ed kailoama’y matam
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
History unfolds with “Agew na Pangasinan”
“Today, we make history! At long last, Pangasinan has a birthday!”
This was the pronouncement of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. to a large multi-sectoral crowd who gathered at the Capitol Plaza last April 5 during the Opening and Commemorative Program of the 430th Agew na Pangasinan.
Espino said for this celebration, all Pangasinenses set aside their political differences and gathered as one people to celebrate “Agew na Pangasinan” for the very first time.
He said he took pride in initiating the move to determine the province’s founding day.
“Today, we stand as one province, proud of our rich culture and heritage, proud of our distinct character and identity as Pangasinenses,” Espino said, adding “that we must celebrate this historic moment with firm resolve to sustain the collective effort to transform Pangasinan as the best place to invest, work, live and raise a family.”
Espino also gave a rundown of the accomplishments the province achieved under his leadership for the past two years and nine months, which he said has shown that Pangasinan, with its reservoir of human and natural resources, can excel and become number one in so many areas.
These include Pangasinan’s topping of the PhilHealth insurance registration for indigent families in the entire country which has reached over 267,000 enrollees as of March this year, being cited as Garantisadong Pambata National Champion in 2009 for outstanding achievements on nutrition and child survival programs, and emerging as the Region’s top tourist destination in 2008 and 2009.
Espino also mentioned the province’s outstanding strides in peace and order, health care, poverty reduction, coastal resources management, disaster management and programs supporting the millennium development goals (MDG), aside from maintaining its position as the Region’s food basket.
Further, Espino also bared that the long overdue strategic projects designed to attract more investments and industrial locators that would pave the way for more jobs and livelihood opportunities for Pangasinenses are now in place with the construction of the Sual Port and the groundbreaking of the Pangasinan Eco-tourism Zone.
Towards the end of his speech, Espino said, “As we savor the sweetness of this treasured moment of oneness and as we enjoy each other’s company in this jovial atmosphere, let us add meaning to this celebration and look beyond today with a solemn commitment to work even harder to bring our province to greater heights of progress and prosperity.” » Read more...
Source: Sunday Punch
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
Saksi: Outstanding Pangasinan natives honored in first-ever ASNA Awards
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Province honors 11 outstanding Pangasinenses
by Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre
LINGAYEN – Provincial Government has given honor and recognition to 11 Pangasinenses for carving a name at their respective fields.
The honor was given during the province's historical celebration called Agew na Pangasinan (Pangasinan Day) last April 5.
“I value this more than the other awards because it comes from my own province,” said National Artist for Literature Francisco Sionil Jose, a native of Rosales town.
“It is really an unexpected honor. I am very happy for my mother who hails from Alaminos that someone from her family was able to gain this recognition. I'm humbled like the other awardees,” said Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist/writer Rina Jimenez-David.
“This will serve as an inspiration to other Pangasinenses (wherever they are working or studying at) to think back home and extend a helping hand to their fellow Pangasinenses,” Police Supterintendent Eric Noble of Sta. Barbara town stated.
The three are one of the 11 awardees.
Former President Fidel Ramos of and Jose were conferred the Balitok Award. Both in the Ilocano and Pangasinan dialects, balitok means gold or treasure.
The Asna awardees are former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (government service/public health); COA Commissioner Reynaldo Villar (government service/accounting and auditing); Santiago Villafania (arts and culture); Dr. Westly Rosario, BFAR-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (NIFTDC) chief (aquaculture); lawyer Menardo Jimenez of the GMA Television Network (business and entrepreneurship); and Rodolfo Tan-Cardozo, the fist international master for Pangasinan (sports).
Jimenez-David was given recognition in the field of mass communication, and Noble for community service.
The awardees also took pride of being part of the Asna Awards and Grand Ball, the first event held at the newly restored and renovated decades-old Sison Auditorium, the Cultural Center of Pangasinan.
“This (Asna Awards and Grand Ball) is the maiden and inaugural event for this newly renovated Sison Auditorium, intricately and meticulously designed to live up to its distinct role as the embodiment of the culture and the historic past of this great province,” Governor Amado Espino Jr. remarked.
“The ASNA Awards is the highest recognition given to outstanding Pangasinenses who have excelled over a lifetime in their respective fields of endeavor, who have established a reputation that cuts them above the others, and for this reason have brought pride and honor to our province,” he stated.
ASNA is the old form of the Pangasinan word asin (salt), from which the name of the province Panag-asinan is derived.
“ASNA usually stands for a man's good character or good demeanor, as in maasnan impan-ugali (meaning affable or good character). The Asna awardees, therefore, are outstanding Pangasinenses who are truly worth their salt,” Espino said.
He added that because of the very short time to prepare for the celebration, there are many more equally deserving Pangasinenses who have been left out, “but who will be recognized in a similar occasion next year.”
Asna Awards committee was chaired by Pangasinan historian Arabella Arcinue
Espino commended former vice governor Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), for a job well-done both as chairman of the Pangasinan Foundation Day Research and Study Committee and the Agew na Pangasinan celebration.
That night, Espino appointed Duque to head the committee to write the history of Pangasinan in the province's native tongue.
Source:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/province-honors-11-outstanding-pangasinenses
Related news / articles:
» Being an ‘Asna’ by Rina Jimenez-David
» Former President Ramos heads awardees in Pangasinan's first foundation day after 430 years
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A Tao 道 Sign
Santiago B. Villafania, Pangasinan poet, is the author of poetry collections Pinabli tan arum ni'ran Anlong (Beloved & Other Poems), Balikas na Caboloan (Voices from Caboloan) published by the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) under its UBOD New Authors Series (2005) and Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (2007). Villafania is one of the 11 Outstanding Pangasinenses conferred with the 2010 ASNA Award for the Arts and Culture (literature) category during the first-ever Agew na Pangasinan and 430th Foundation Day of Pangasinan on April 2010. Read more »
