ROUGH SAILING FOR PROJECT SEEN  TWO Philippine cardinals and 27 other archbishops and bishops from across the country lent their voice to the growing opposition to the construction of a nuclear power plant not only in Pangasinan, but anywhere else in the Philippines. Cardinal Virgilio David of Kalookan and Cardinal…

NOT IN PANGASINAN OR ANYWHERE ELSE THIRTY-three bishops across the Philippines, led by Lingayen–Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, have issued a strongly worded pastoral letter rejecting the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant in Labrador, Pangasinan—or anywhere else in the country. The letter, released on December 4 and addressed to national…

INTEGRITY OF VOTE-COUNTING MACHINES QUESTIONED ROSALES Vice Mayor John Isaac Kho promised to fight what he called an “unfair and baseless” decision of the Regional Trial Court that voided his proclamation and installed his opponent, former Vice Mayor Susan Casareno, as the duly elected official. Kho, 33, faced the media…

ON COMPLAINT FILED BEFORE OMBUDSMAN FORMER Congressman Christopher “Toff” de Venecia firmly dismissed recent allegations concerning purported “ghost flood control projects” in Pangasinan’s Fourth District, where he served three consecutive terms, labeling these claims as “completely false and unfounded.” De Venecia denied accusations of misconduct, plunder, and malversation of public…

OPERATOR IN HIDING, SUBJECT OF POLICE MANHUNT ONE person was killed and four others injured when a clandestine firecracker factory inside a compound in Barangay Tebeng, Dagupan City exploded at 3:45 p.m. on November 16, barely one month ahead of the “OPLAN Iwas Paputok” of the Department of Health (DOH),…

BATTERED BY STORM SURGE AND HIGH TIDE A total of 3,156 families or 6,241 individuals were evacuated to 33 evacuation centers across the city before the onslaught of Super Typhoon “Uwan.” Most of the evacuees were residents living near coastal areas who either left voluntarily or were forcibly and preemptively…

FROM P37 TO P45 DAILY INCREASE IN a move aimed at improving the lives of workers and their dependents in the Ilocos Region, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) has announced a wage increase for Region I, covering the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos…

FIRST 100 DAYS REPORT MAYOR Belen Fernandez has confirmed that the decades-old Bonuan dumpsite—long considered one of Dagupan’s biggest environmental problems—is now completely cleared. She credited this achievement to the cooperation of the current Sangguniang Panlungsod, which she described as “devoid of obstructionists,” unlike in previous years. The city council,…

FOR SUBSTANDARD, “GHOST”, ABANDONED PROJECTS THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution last week supporting the City Legal Office in filing appropriate cases in court against contractors of the past Lim administration who willfully abandoned or neglected the completion of city government-funded projects. Mayor Belen Fernandez went to the…

MANILA TRENCH UNDER WATCH THE Dagupan City government is continuously preparing for the possible occurrence of the so-called “The Big One” – a strong earthquake that may hit Pangasinan if the Manila Trench, some 100 kilometers west of Bolinao in the West  Philippine Sea, moves at magnitude 8.3,  and generate…