A plan of the city government to implement pay parking scheme in all national roads of the city can lead to a number of legal issues, including being sued for accidents on these roads. The concerns were raised by Highway District Engineer Rodolfo Dion during the public hearing on…
The reorganization of the association of barangay captains was completed but its validity remains uncertain. Consequently, Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez told beleaguered Councilor Eric Muñoz to remain in his office and continue attending sessions of the city council as ex-officio member despite the reported reorganization. Fernandez said he will prevent…
Muñoz remains Liga president despite coup
AS envisioned, the international training center for aquaculture students and technicians will soon be opened this year. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim executive director National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), said the Asian Aquaculture Academy located inside the 24-hectare National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City…
International aquaculture center up soon
Joan De Venecia, a Dagupeña and a University of the Philippines College of Law valedictorian, is this year’s topnotcher in the traditionally back-breaking bar examination with only 27.22 percent of the total examinees hurdling it. She scored 87.20%and is one of only three topnotchers from UP. Joan took her legal…
Dagupan girl tops 2005 bar exam
filipinos maybe poor, but not unhappy. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz asserted this to belie a recent Roper Report that said that the Filipinos are the “unhappy people” in Asia. “This is rather far from the truth, to say the least,” he said He contended that the Filipinos may have certain…
Archbishop Cruz belies Roper Report
MANAOAG – The town’s Municipal Engineer is under fire from the municipal council for granting special permits to people who constructed their houses but failed to secure the required building permits. Councilor Ed Pascua said Municipal Engineer Rey Galano must be investigated for his questionable transactions, for allowing certain individuals…
Manaoag engineer under fire
DAGUPAN CITY – The police are ready for the month-long ‘Bangus Festival’ in Dagupan. Supt. Ed Basbas, Police Chief, said that his station’s major concerns will be the traffic flow, security of tourists and visiting VIPs during the ‘Bangus Festival’ that will run from April 1 to 31. Basbas said…
Cops ready for ‘Bangus Festival’
HAVING learned its lesson in the past, the provincial board members don’t appear eager and rushed to endorse any gambling measure like the Small Town Lottery (STL) operations in the province this time. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan the other day deferred the discussion of a resolution regarding this numbers game after …
Provincial Board not keen on STL move
ALCALA–It’s all systems go for Alcala town’s bid for the Guinness World Records. After three dry runs, the people of Alcala are confident that their rustic town by the bank of the Agno River will soon land in the world map by breaking two world records in the Guinness Book….
Alcala’s Guinness bid all set
THE province’s newly-formed national squad basketball team called “Pangasinan Hundred Islands” in the National Basketball Conference (NBC), tests its mettle in its home court by clashing with the North Cotabato Braves on April 7 at the Urdaneta City Sports and Cultural Center at 4:00 p.m. The local team which suffered…