ROSALES – How does a governor-wannabe feel the pulse of his future constituents? He plays basketball with the young voters in different towns in Pangasinan. Sixth district Rep. Conrado Estrella III, a basketball aficionado, said he will consider taking a shot at the gubernatorial seat if he feels that the…
WITH or without a budget, the second highway district has already started de-clogging heavily silted drainage canals along various principal streets in preparation for the coming rainy season. Second highway district engineer Rodolfo Dion said work on the project has already started even if the Department of Budget and Management…
LINGAYEN -The rats are coming, and keep coming. The town of San Nicolas became the latest target of the infesting rats, invading some 89.5 hectares of lowland irrigated rice area in barangay San Roque in this town. Dalisay Moya, assistant provincial agriculturist based here, said that three sitios in the…
LINGAYEN – While most of the policemen in Manila are fighting the coup attempt, a select group of 31 policemen in Pangasinan are training on proper motorcycle handling so that they can effectively chase and neutralize motorcycle-riding criminals. The trainees, fielded by the different police stations, will compose the first…
Beware of the month of fire! The month-long Fire Prevention Month campaign has been launched last Wednesday with the theme “Mamamayan Sama-sama Laban sa Sunog.” SFO1 Virgilio Mamitag, Provincial Officer 1 of the Bureau of Fire Protection, enjoined the public to take the necessary steps to prevent fires in their…
FINALLY, the petition filed by twenty seven barangay chairmen seeking the ouster of Councilor Erik Muñoz was submitted to the national president of the Liga ng Mga Barangay for action. Barangay Captain Guillermo Vallejos of Poblacion Oeste told THE PUNCH that national league president James Marty Lim is expected to…
LAOAC – “It was done in good faith”. That’s how Mayor Gregorio Tabayoyong explained his withdrawn executive order increasing the rate of municipal fees, after it was questioned by his town’s sanggunian before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Tabayoyong, described by a town councilor as an official ignorant of the law, said…
LINGAYEN – After months of belligerence, the town of Binalonan has softened up and agreed to remit its Real Property Tax (RPT) collections last year to the provincial government. Provincial Administrator Virgilio Solis said “finally, the share of the province from the RPT collections will be remitted to the treasurer’s…
THE lifting of Proclamation No. 1017 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo due to pressures from her critics and even allies was hailed by political and educational leaders in Pangasinan. Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino led government officials in Pangasinan who hailed the presidential move, saying this was a positive sign that…
Resisting the State’s intimidation of the Press The SUNDAY PUNCH joins the Philippine Press Institute in expressing its grave concerns “over attempts to curtail press freedom following President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s declaration of a state of national emergency.” Below is PPI’s statement. “A newspaper’s editorial office and printing…
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