The Christmas lights that adorned the city’s bridges in the country were meant to cheer up residents and visitors. But unknown to the delighted public, a number of households were held hostage by the city hall and the fiesta’s executive committee.   The Christmas lights were illegally connected to private homes…

CALASIAO—An ordinance is being readied by the Sangguniang Bayan seeking to check the possible spread of sexually transmitted diseases and acute immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Vice Mayor Ferdinand Galang, SB presiding officer, said the move is being undertaken in view of the fact that video bars and beer houses that…

DESPITE assurance by city hall that no government funds will be used for the forthcoming  ‘Bangus Festival’, some sectors are not buying.  Lawyer Gonzalo T. Duque, president of Lyceum-Northwestern University, instead called on the city government to scrap planned activities aimed at clinching the longest grill event world record as…

THE approved P350 million budget for 2005 for the City of Dagupan is attainable without increasing its tax rates. The claim was made jointly in a press statement   by   both Councilor Michael Fernandez and City Administrator Raffy Baraan to belie claims in the media that the city is planning to…

SUAL—The Mirant Sual Corporation reiterated its concern for clean environment when it sent a formal communication Friday to the National Power Corporation strongly urging that every delivery of coal to the Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant be covered. This was also the request of members of the Sectoral Monitoring Team (SMT),…

URDANETA CITY — It’s official. Pangasinan is now the Information and Communication Technology hub of North Luzon. Vice-governor Oscar Lambino and Urdaneta Mayor Amadito Perez officially announced that the province was going to be the ICT center of the north during the First Forum on Business Process Outsourcing last Wednesday,…

If your children are studying in public schools in Dagupan City, chances are they are either not learning enough or not being taught enough. And unless priorities of the city schools division change drastically, indicators point to a rapid deterioration of public education in Dagupan City. Lawyer Gonzalo Duque, president…

Wanted: active and dedicated councilors for Dagupan City! Apparently most of the city’s  councilors who were elected on their promises to serve the city heartily do not feel obligated to fulfill them. They continue to be absent and late in regular and special sessions.   Fed    up   with  the  increasing delinquency…

Manaoag —Councilor  Kim Michael Amador remains in his post despite the decision of the Regional Trial Court ousting him as member of the Sangguniang Bayan of Manaoag. This was disclosed by lawyer Amor Tolete, counsel of Amador who filed the notice of appeal in behalf of his client, which was…