STA. BARBARA–Three persons believed to be members of a gang responsible for a series of robbery-holdups along the highways in Pangasinan during the past months have been arrested. Supt. Mateo Casupang, chief of police of Sta. Barbara, said the suspects were arrested after they held up three persons in the…
BAD habits are simply hard to break. The Sangguniang Panlungsod last Monday again failed to convene when only six councilors showed up for the regular session. The SP already failed to meet two weeks ago for lack of quorum. Recorded present last week were Acting Vice Mayor Michael Fernandez, Councilors…
The Office of the Mayor rebuffed one of its closest allies and presented a document for the planned retrenchment of city employees entitled the “2006 Revised Organizational Structure Staffing Pattern of the Dagupan City Government” to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Councilor Teofilo Guadiz III, chair of the committee on Good Government…
SAN FERNANDO CITY – The municipality of Rosales was recently adjudged the “Most Outstanding Local Government Unit in Eco-Tourism Promotion and Environmental Protection” in the Ilocos region. The town of Rosales, headed by Mayor Ricardo Revita, was cited for implementing nature conservation programs, eco-tourism promotion and strictly enforcing environment and…
A policeman from Mangaldan is now in hot water after he angrily tried to intimidate a police major of Dagupan City early morning last Wednesday when the latter accosted him for attempting to do a “hit-and-run” on an injured pedestrian whom he had sideswiped with his motorcycle. SPO1 Rafael Cerezo…
LAOAC – The feud between Councilor Patricio Rebugio and Mayor Gregorio Tabayoyong took another turn for the worst when the former chided the latter for unilaterally increasing the cost of lots in the municipal cemetery by 100 per cent. Rebugio said Tabayoyong increased cemetery lot to P60,000 each from P3,000…
DAGUPAN City has been selected as one among twenty-one cities that could be developed into a “dream city”. This possibility arose after the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) started a series of consultative and working sessions on public governance system (PGS) in the city. A second consultative meeting on…
SAN FERNANDO CITY–The National Transmission Corporation-Northern Luzon Operations and Maintenance (Transco-NLOM) Group earned another citation for complying with the international standards under the Integrated Management System (IMS). Its new award consists of the quality management system (ISO 9001:2000), environmental management system (ISO 14001:2004) and occupational health and safety assessment (OHSAS…
LINGAYEN – This town is now qualified to become the province’s fifth city but is not in a hurry to claim its new status. “We know we are now qualified to bid for cityhood but we are not pushing this yet to allow us more time to prepare and complete…
Gertrudes Gertrudes Cerezo-Reyes, municipal accountant of Binmaley was recently inducted PICPA Pangasinan president at the 55th Induction Ceremony held June 30 at Star Plaza, Dagupan City. She exhorted the newly-inducted officers and members to preserve the honor, integrity and the glory of PICPA Pangasinan and encouraged them to “strengthen our…
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