Dagupan Chinese New Year Celebration 2012 Schedule

Dagupan Chinese New Year Celebration Schedule

Theme: “Understanding the Chinese Culture”

January 23, 2012

Whole-day – Chinese food fair showcasing local Chinese restaurants and a lucky charm merchandise bazaar at the Senior Citizens Park in the Dagupan City Plaza.

“Tikoy” will be given away to anyone in the audience via a raffle draw, aside from the 2,400 one-sixth kilogram pieces paired with a packed drink allotted by the organizers for free taste. 

3pm – Parade by different Chinese associations with the Dragon and Lion dancers from the Philippine Kian Tiak Institute of Tarlac in front. Dragon dance route is from Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Poblacion Oeste  to Burgos Street, turn left to Perez Boulevard, then turn left again to M.H. Del Pilar St., and head straight to the City Plaza via A.B. Fernandez Avenue.

7pm – Program at the Dagupan City Plaza with presentations from PUI and Oakridge International School.

10pm – Grand Fireworks Display

Jeanette Greissel is Miss What's Up Dagupan 2011

Miss Dagupan 2011 Candidate #3 - Jeanette Greissel wins the Online Poll with 1,129 votes out of 4,134 total votes. 

She will be adjudged as MISS WHAT'S UP DAGUPAN later on the Pageant Night, December 18, 2011  and will receive cash, gift items and/or gift certificates from What's Up Dagupan and its affilitates:

AJ's Cafe and Steakhouse

Binalot University of Pangasinan

Leisure Coast Resort

Padis Point Dagupan

PC Cartel Computer Sales

Pretty Tipsy Nail and Waxing Salon

Quick8 Service Center 

Stillwater Spa 

Dagupan City Fiesta 2011 Activities

December 1

Opening and Blessing of the Food Strip and Tinday Labi

Galvan St./ Zamora St./ A.B. Fernandez

December 12

Miss Dagupan Press Presentation

Metroplaza 6pm

December 14

Pangasinan Got Talent

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 15

Grand Civic Motorcade
Starting from Eternal Gardens going Lucao, Perez Boulevard, Marcelo H. Del Pilar Street, Arellano Street, A.B. Fernandez Avenue and finally at the City Plaza 3pm

Opening and Ceremonial Lighting

Dagupan City Plaza 6pm


Magic Idol Grand Finals

Dagupan City Plaza 8pm

December 16

Magic Treat Kita Kid
Dagupan City Plaza 8am


Ikaw, Ako at ang Kalikasan” Educational and Musical Stage Play
Dagupan City People's Astrodome 8am onwards

Mass Media Night
Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 17

Volunteers Day
Dagupan City People's Astrodome 8am - 5pm

Dalton Clan’s Night

Dagupan City People's Astrodome 7pm

December 18

Miss Dagupan Pageant Night

Dagupan City Plaza 8pm

December 19

SK Challenge
Dagupan City Plaza 8am - 5pm


Senior Citizens Night

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 20

Educators Night

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 21

Ex-Men Night (Ex-Barangay Officials)

Dagupan City Plaza 8pm

December 22

SK Night

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 23

Employees Night

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm


December 24
Midnight Mass
St. John Cathedral 7pm 


December 25
Christmas Day


December 26

Miss Dagupan Coronation Night & Pawil Dagupan

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 27

Thanksgiving Mass in honor of the Feast of St. John the Evangelist

Barangay Night

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 28

Dagupan City National High School Alumni Homecoming

Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 29

Rotary Night
Dagupan City Plaza 7pm

December 30

Rizal Day Celebration
Dagupan City Plaza 7am

Who will be the next Miss Dagupan?

Who do you think will be Miss Dagupan 2011? Scroll down to vote for your candidate!  Like our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/whatsupdagupan.


The winner of the online poll will be awarded as MISS WHAT'S UP DAGUPAN and will receive cash, gift items and/or gift certificates from What's Up Dagupan and its affilitates:


AJ's Cafe and Steakhouse
Binalot University of Pangasinan
Leisure Coast Resort
Padis Point Dagupan
PC Cartel Computer Sales
Pretty Tipsy Nail and Waxing Salon
Quick8 Service Center 
Stillwater Spa




Voting has ended... The final results as of 5:00pm:

#1 - Marian Vivian Clata

#2 - Diwata Petrola

 #3 - Jeanette Greissel

#4 - Charlotte Visperas

#5 - Clarrisse Isanan

#6 - Denielle Joie Magno

#7 - Grace Joy Caparros

#8 - Joanabelle Solomon

#9 - Kimberly Camille Pacino

#10 - Rosalyn Suratos

#11 - Aiza Soriano

#12 - Elpha Pilipina

Hulio 16, 1990

Hulio 16, 1990
Anlong nen Santiago Villafania, ASNA Awardee

kinmiwas so olat
ed gamet nen Atlas
ayakayak so tapew na dalin
ed inkagaglos da’ra’y bato’d dalem

linmerag so nandaragupan
singa agawa ed Lemuria nen saman

dia ed paradaan
naimatonan ko’y sakey a masiken
nakakaimis ya anukdok
na atulin a mansanas ed dalan
kusab a kusab ya amaarap
ed kawalaa’y naplag a taytay

say balikas to ed dagem
“gunggona yo lalasi
natan manunaan kayon untawag
ed ngara’y Aman Amalsa!”

sikato’y naandipat ed pegley
na kibatikbatik a karaklan
anganko amalikmata ak labat

Dagupan City

BSL Initiates Tourism Seminar

Repost from D' Dagupan Dream:

DAGUPAN CITY –  Dagupan City Mayor Benjie S. Lim believes that to sell tourism is to bring excitement. True to his belief, Lim through the City Tourism Office (CTO) with the Department of Tourism-Region 1 (DOT-R1) Office staged a Tourist Reception Guides and Techniques Seminar last July 4-5.

Aside from CTO staff, tourism personnel from neighboring towns as well as students were invited to the two-day seminar at the BSL Hall of the Department of Education (DepEd) City Division Office.

During the seminar's opening program, Lim discussed with the participants  the big potential of the city and Pangasinan to become a tourist destination. He explained that participants outside the city were included because the province as a whole should be promoted if one of its town or city wants a tourism boom in its turf..

Lim challenged the participants to provide excitement and to urge their respective local councils to enact edicts for tourism advancement.

Lectures were facilitated by Beinvenido Claravall, senior lecturer from the Asian Institute of Tourism, University of the Philippines-Diliman.

DOT-R1 Regional Director Martin S. Valera also spoke during the seminar. 

Workshops and a graded mock tour in the city plaza’s vicinity and Dawel river cruise were also done to ensure the participants’ application of the techniques.

In the event’s closing ceremony, participants were given certificates of attendance. Also present in the event was Evangeline Dadat, DOT-R1 senior tourism operations officer and City Tourism Officer Rose Teng-Mejia. (CIO-Rex Marion C. Laguerta)

BSL cites river cruise as challenging ride

Repost from D' Dagupan Dream:

DAGUPAN CITY – The best is yet to come for Dagupan City!

Thus exclaimed Dagupan City Mayor Benjie S. Lim when he addressed guests to the blessing and inauguration of the river cruise port dubbed as  Daungan Ed Dawel in Barangay Bonuan Gueset last Friday, July 1.

Acknowledged as the father of the River Cruise, Lim recounted how his belief in tourism as a job-bringing vehicle and the Bohol’s Loboc River Cruise inspired him in pursuing his vision to make the city’s rivers as a tourist attraction – an agenda he had earlier tackled on his State of the City Address (SOCA) last June.