Stop blaming your usual suspect for the flooding. This was the reaction of Antonio Calaycay of the National Power Corporation’s Flood Forecasting and Warning System to accusations aired that the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town was to blame for the severe flooding in Moncada and Paniqui in Tarlac,…
WORLD MUSICFEST IN CHINA When it rains, it pours for the University of Pangasinan. After Gringo San Diego topped the recent nurses’ board exams, the university chalked up two more honors – national and international. UPANG was adjudged one of two musical choirs, the other being Slovenia, Russia which bagged…
TAYUG – For not issuing warrants of arrest and eventually dismissing the cases filed against two accused in the brutal slaying of Pasay City Judge Estrellita Paas in September last year, Regional Trial Court Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 51 here is now facing an administrative case before the…
DAGUPAN CITY – Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said he has one advice to Malacañang in connection with the attempt to implicate him and five other bishops in the alleged coup plot last February 24. “Pay for a good story-writer and a credible character to star in it,” he said. Then…
LINGAYEN – Expect bumpy rides while negotiating craters on the roads to continue. The 2nd Pangasinan District Engineer has suspended all works on government projects the last two weeks due to heavy rains that hit the province. District Engineer Rodolfo Dion ordered the contractors working on these road repair and…
PUPILS’ DIAGNOSTIC TEST NO collection from pupils for payment of test papers for a diagnostic test directed by the Department of Education was authorized in Dagupan City and in Pangasinan I area. City Schools Superintendent Dr. Aurora Domingo said the school board fund was used to shoulder the expenses in…
Another ally of the Lim administration in the city council has questioned the staffing pattern in described in the reorganization of the city government as proposed by the office of the city mayor. Councilor Vladimir Mata has joined Councilor Teofilo Guadiz III in protesting the proposed ordinance as prepared by…
The head of the city budget has dispelled speculations that city is now bankrupt and only P50 million is left in the coffer. IIdefonso Calimlim, city budget officer clarified to The PUNCH that the city has still funds for some projects but admitted that there is, indeed, not enough funds…
MANGALDAN – The Sangguniang Bayan here decided not to recommend any administrative sanction against the official in charge of the town‘s slaughter house for allowing a stolen cattle to be butchered. But it directed Slaughterhouse Master Veronica Juanatas and her staff to adopt stricter measures and warned against another violation…
SAN FABIAN – The fertilizer fund that the town received did not come from the so-called Bolante scam. This was Mayor Mojamito Libunao’s retort to the malicious speculations by councilors about the fetilizer fund. He said the P250,000 fertilizer fund was released by the Agriculture Department one year before the…
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