HOUSE Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. has assured that the construction of the new Pantal bridge is expected to start by early next year as the project is now set for bidding to interested contractors in December. De Venecia told newsmen at his residence that the bidding will be…

The congressional hearings, the subsequent action by the Ombudsman and the court martial proceedings on the allegations of corruption against former Army chief finance officer Maj. Carlos Garcia, who allegedly amassed millions of pesos in assets both here and in the United States, will lead to a wealth of series…

URDANETA CITY– Finally, the widening of the national highway here that has caused serious traffic bottleneck in the city is now ongoing. According to Mayor Amadeo Perez, Jr. work has finally started after much delay when the Department of Public Works and Highways finished compensating the property owners whose houses…

ALAMINOS CITY–The city government of Alaminos wants the Hundred Islands back under its control but at the same time it wants to keep a partnership with the two lead agencies that had original control. This was stressed by Mayor Hernani Braganza even as he announced that the signing of a…

MANAOAG– Residents of this town were elated to know that Mayor Napoleon Sales is supporting them in their call for the closure of Alko Distillers, an alcohol manufacturing plant located in Barangay Baritao here. Sales said he knows the problem because he also smells the foul odor of decaying waste…

HERE’S the traffic re-routing plan to be implemented in Dagupan City on November 1: a) A.B. Fernandez West – two-way traffic from junction Burgos Street to NBI Office (Babaliwan area) b) Careenan Street – one-way traffic from North to South direction. Strictly no parking on both sides of the road/street…

MALASIQUI–The multi-million peso game fowl raising and breeding in Pangasinan is bound to die in a few years if the police can not stop the spate of “cock-napping” in the province. This was disclosed by Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino, one of the biggest game fowl raisers and breeders in Pangasinan,…

The owner of the burned Bugnay Commercial Complex wants an extension of its lease but the city is not inclined to grant it when the lease expires in 2007. City Administrator Rafael Baraan said Don Manolo Uy, chairman of the board of Bugnay Construction and Development Corporation, owner of the…

TWO persons were killed and another wounded when suspected members of a vigilante group struck again in two separate places in Dagupan City Tuesday night. The first fatality identified by the police as Voltaire Villamor 25, of sitio Puelay in barangay Caranglaan who was shot at the intersection of Perez…