Foreign interlopers TKO’d local tobacco! By Jun Velasco NEXT week, the province of Pangasinan will be the cynosure of eyes for the staging of sport competitions among young sporting heroes of the private schools all over the country. Tasked to oversee the games is our education leader and neighbor…
Curious Order: Confiscate (but don’t arrest?) By Ermin F. Garcia Jr. There seems to be more than meets the eye in the ongoing campaign versus gambling machines in the province. PNP provincial chief Alan Purisima has reason to question the seeming wrong priorities set for his command by the…
Punchline
SP steps in at last Despite the frequency of swimming tragedies occurring every year at the Blue Beach in Tondaligan Park in Barangay Bonuan, this city, hordes of visitors and tourists still keep flocking to the area, especially on weekends. Seeing the place’s tourism potential, City Mayor Benjamin Lim has…
Editorial
Dear Kabaleyan We are presently giving our website (the design dates back to 1997!) a major make-over to make it more reader-user-friendly for our kabaleyans. We are trying out a number of options now available to us to make the site more appealing and convenient, and make it more interactive. Some…
Punch Online make-over
Mayor Benjamin Lim leads the destruction of an illegal “hataw” machine confiscated by barangay tanods of Pantal in a store owned by a certain Gloria Ceralde prior to the expiration of his 72-hour ultimatum to completely eradicate the banned gadgets.
‘HATAW’ DRIVE
President Arroyo awards free patent to a farmer’s wife when she visited San Fabian last Wednesday as part of her provincial visits to give accent to her pro-poor programs. With her are House SpeakerJose de Venecia, Jr. and his wife Gina, Gov. Victor Agbayani, San Fabian Mayor Mojamito Libunao and…
PRO-POOR PROGRAM
A Wedding to remember By Eva C. Visperas This wedding could be easily classified as the wedding of the year, if not wedding of the decade, as the country’s “who’s who” were in attendance. Held last Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Santuario de San Antonio, Forbes Park in Makati…
Business Log
* Risks showdown with Agbayani, Finance dep’t. LINGAYEN–The provincial government may end up filing a suit against the Binalonan municipal government for its refusal to remit its P2 million real property tax (RPT) collections last year. Records showed that of the 47 towns and cities in Pangasinan, only Binalonan has…