DAGUPAN CITY—Dagupan City and most towns in central and eastern Pangasinan were spared from disastrous floods this time, thanks to the completed construction of flood dams in Sison and Mangaldan. And no one was more elated by the report than Speaker Jose de Venecia who secured the funding for the…
Hiring to be based on qualifications The cash-strapped Dagupan City government appears bent on pushing through with its planned reorganization that will result in the lay-off of some 500 employees. This was indicated by City Administrator Rafael Baraan when he appeared before the committee on reorganization in the Sangguniang Panlungsod…
But hospitals teem with dengue patients PRIVATE and government hospitals in Dagupan are now crowded with patients suspected to be suffering from dengue but the Provincial Health Office still insists that there is no outbreak of dengue in Pangasinan. Acting Provincial Health Officer Jackson Soriano refuted the declaration made by…
THE head of the city’s budget office expressed serious doubts that the planned reorganization of the city government can be implemented this year. City Budget Officer Ildelfonso Calimlim told the PUNCH that to date, the city has only P50 million left in the city coffer allocated for other purposes and…
MANGALDAN – Will Citizen Arturo Lomibao run for governor in 2007 elections? This rumored scenario suddenly became a distinct possibility after the former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General discussed his future with members of local media. What he quickly denied was the rumor that he is being groomed…
Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim may face administrative sanctions from the Department of Interior and Local Government for failing to perform his mandated duties as city mayor as provided in the Local Government Code. Mayor Lim has failed to submit his legislative agenda at the beginning of each year, the…
URDANETA CITY – The first phase of “Oplan Green Philippine Highways” of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been launched. For region 1, the program launched last Thursday will seek to green the sides of about 411 kilometers of paved roads passing through the four provinces in…
SAN FABIAN – If you’re wondering who were in the gallery of the Batasan Pambansa who joined in the hearty applause for President Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address, among them were town and barangay officials of the fourth district, courtesy of Speaker Jose de Venecia. In the group were…
DAGUPAN CITY – It was a good PR speech, period. This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a staunch critic of the administration, described President Gloria Arroyo’s address before a joint session of Congress last Monday, State of the Nation. “She had too many exhibits,” Cruz said, referring to a…
The old adage “Justice delayed is justice denied” is one that is not lost in a trial court in Urdaneta City. While majority of trial courts in the country are saddled with hundreds of many pending cases for decision, the court of Judge Joven Costales, presiding judge of Regional Trial…
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