FOR CUTTING TREES TAYUG – No trees can be cut without explicit permission from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, not even when the requesting party is a police officer and the trees are inside a police unit’s headquarters. The community environment and natural resources officer of the DENR…
THE Dagupan City council blinked and appears conciliatory to the proposal seeking to regulate, monitor and control activities of fraternities in the city. From what appeared earlier to be a firm and non-negotiable position, Vice Mayor and Sangguniang Panlungsod Presiding Officer Alvin Fernandez has called on the public to give…
STA. BARBARA – Be warned. The crime syndicates have become more brazen in the commission of their crimes. About 10 unidentified fully-armed men who posed as lawmen wearing “SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics)” uniforms swooped down on the CSI warehouse in barangay Matic-matic here at 8:00 p.m. of May 30…
EXPECT tricycle fares in Dagupan City to go up soon. Based on ordinance approved by the Sangguniang Panlunsod, the new fare structure will be P7 minimum and P2 for every kilometer in excess of four kilometers. The revised tricycle fare proposed by Councilor Vladimir Mata, chair of the committee on…
WHILE Malacañang Palace was quick to deny the lack of classrooms, the local officials of the Department of Education here have already expressed fears of a critical shortage if there is increased enrolment in public schools this year. This was stressed by an official of the DepEd’s City Division Office…
LINGAYEN – The Pangasinan Anti-Drug Abuse Council is set to conduct series of lectures in school campuses. This was disclosed by Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino, executive director of PADAC, stressing the necessity of anti-drug lectures and symposia targeting student population. Lambino cited a calendar of activities and venues for the…
WITH the opening of classes on June 5, expect snatching, pickpocket, unprovoked assault, robbery hold-up, theft inside boarding houses and offices, among other crimes, to rise. Public Order and Safety Office chief Robert Mejia issued the word of caution during the joint meeting of City’s Peace and Order Council and …
MANGALDAN – Not too fast! The Sangguniang Bayan deferred the approval of a proposed resolution commending the town’s police for the alleged success in their campaign against illegal drugs here, calling it premature. Councilor Jessie de Guzman was supported by his colleagues in the SB when he sought the deferment…
Have dolphins found a playground in Dagupan City’s coastal waters? This raised some speculations after two dolphins with bullet wounds were found beached, last May 27, even as three more were sighted swimming from a distance. One later died while the other managed to return to the sea after being…
LAOAC – “Nothing personal, it is simply all about work.” This was stressed by Councilor Patricio Rebugio, in response to the sarcastic statement of Mayor Gregorio Tabayayong that he (Rebugio) is raising many unfounded issues against him just to earn ‘pogi’ points. Tabayoyong charged that Rebugio is throwing mud at…
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