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Some 30 language experts are joining a one-day seminar-workshop on Pangasinan dialect to be held at the audio-visual center of the University of Pangasinan (UPang) on March 28. Mel Jovellanos, a historian and Pangasinan language expert, said in an interview with The PUNCH that the activity, dubbed Pangasinan Language Orthography Seminar-Workshop, aims to standardize spellings among the different dialects used in the province. Jovellanos, author of an upcoming Pangasinan-English Dictionary and president of the Dr. Jose de Guzman Tamayo Foundation,Inc. which is initiating the event with support from UPang, said the three dialects spoken in the province are Pangasinan, Ilocano and Bolinao. Among those expected to join the day-long activity include Dr. Ricardo Nolasco, chairman of the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino; Dr. Antonio Tamayo, commissioner for Pangasinan Languages; and historian Restituto Basa. The activity is part of the foundation’s goal to develop, preserve, and revitalize Pangas...

February 26, 2008 - THE Philippine Council of Women, Inc.-Pangasinan Chapter has launched the “Search for Outstanding Women Achievers of Pangasinan” for 2008, a project that aims to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of women in various fields of endeavor. The announcement was made by Provincial Board Member Alice J. Pulido, PCWL-Pangasinan president, during a recent press briefing in Dagupan City. The first of its kind to be launched in the province, the search is focused on achievers in community leadership and service, the performing arts (movie, stage, theater), entertainment, social welfare, entrepreneurship, diplomacy, journalism, culture/arts, travel and tourism, agriculture, education. sports and cottage industry. A nominee, according to Pulido, must be a true-blue Pangasinense who excelled in her own fields of specialization and won honors for the province, either in the national stage or international arena. Aside from Pulido the officers of the organization are: Ire...

By Danny O. Sagun Lingayen (7 November, PIA) -- THAT first order by Gov. Amado T. Espino to have the Pangasinan language the primary tongue in transactions within the provincial Capitol appeared not seriously taken. Tagalog or a mix of English and Filipino are mainly used by the people there, even by officials themselves, who should lead their staff in using widely their native tongue. We could not help but sort of remind the governor when we had the chance to shoot a question in a press conference some two weeks back. We asked him what happened to his directive as we noted that the question and answer in that conference itself was done in languages other than Pangasinan. In fact, before this writer tossed the last question (of course in Pangasinan), all questions but one were all done in other tongues. "Anta manpapasagiligak lad sikara diad pansasalitak na Pangasinan ag ira met makalikas," he replied. Indeed, he spoke liberally in our native language mixing it with English a...