CITY Health Officer Leonard Carbonell expressed alarm over the rising number of dengue cases in Dagupan City at this time of the year. He said his office has already registered 13 dengue cases since January 1 to date, with still 10 months to go before the year ends. …
LINGAYEN–Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima vowed to put an end to the rash of cable theft cases victimizing telecommunication firms. Purisima has asked community residents to help by immediately reporting to the nearest police station any suspicious activities in the streets or along highways of certain people at night….
Unity in tragedy: this is both the message and mandate coming from Southern Leyte, according to Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz. Cruz said “from the loss of many lives, houses and other material possessions comes the sterling reality that in big calamities, humanity is one in responding”. There emerges the crystal…
At long last, the construction of the first bridge span across Pantal River in Dagupan City will start by the middle of March this year. According to Department of Public Works and Highways Director Fidel Ginez, the Toyo Construction of Japan will build the 780 lineal meter long bridge (including…
TRICYCLE passengers in Dagupan City will be paying a minimum P7 fare, up from P5 soon as the city council passes the ordinance providing for the adjusted fare for the three-wheeled commuter vehicle. The proposed increase was discussed during a public hearing Tuesday presided over by Councilor Vlad Mata. …
MALASIQUI—Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino has thrown his full support behind the decision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to proclaim a state of national emergency because of the current explosive situation in Metro Manila. Interviewed by phone, Lambino said the President was justified in issuing Executive Order No. 1017 because of…
EXCEPT for a few more formalities, Councilor Eric Muñoz may have already lost his seat as president of the Liga ng mga Barangay. Barangay Captain Guilermo Vallejos of Poblacion Oeste, the man rumored to replace Munoz, confirmed that 25 of the 31 barangay captains of the city already signed…
A government doctor in Dagupan City assigned to monitor incidence of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Pangasinan has expressed alarm over the 2,120 STD cases afflicting commercial sex workers (CSWs) in various night spots in Pangasinan. Dr. Jocelyn Tongson, chief of Social Hygiene Clinic based in Dagupan City who is…
Dagupan City – House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. assured newsmen that the scheduled 2007 elections will precede even if the amendments to the 1987 Constitution pushes through. De Venecia said there is no plan to postpone the elections in 2007 because there is nothing in the draft of the…
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