SILTED DRAINAGE BUSTERS – Workers of the Department of Public Works and Highways take advantage of the forecasted sunny days to de-clog silted drainage canals at the corner of Perez Boulevard and M.H. del Pilar Street which easily get flooded after every heavy downpour. — (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SAFER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING – Pedestrians are getting better courtesy and consideration from motorists after signs like this, donated by Councilor Alex de Venecia, were installed in every pedestrian lane in the downtown area of the city. – (Punch photo by Butch Uka)
IDLE DREDGE MACHINE- The dredging machine bought by the city government is floating idly in the middle of the Dawel River near barangay Pantal after a number of its crew were reportedly terminated as a result of the purge of “emergency workers” by the Dagupan City Hall. — (Punchphoto by…
A NEW TACK TAKEN CITY Mayor Benjamin Lim has conceded that the financial report published by the Commission on Audit listing Dagupan City as a tail-ender in terms of savings among eight provinces in the Ilocos region for 2005 is true, but not in terms of performance. “Kulelat ang Dagupan…
THE construction of the P7.8 billion Agno River Integrated Irrigation Project (ARIIP) in San Manuel town will be a big boon to the province of Pangasinan This was disclosed by Reynaldo Mencias of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) who was designated project manager of the ARIIP that will be built…
LINGAYEN- The Department of Education (DepEd) officials in the province admitted that school principals received monies collected from parents ostensibly to cover costs of test papers but denied having done the collection themselves, and therefore, cannot be held liable for the collection. This situation as described by the DepEd officials…
THE massive purge of emergency workers and technical consultants in the city government spawned the circulation of a ‘poison letter’ accusing a ranking official of the budget office of being behind the move. However, Luz de Guzman, assistant budget officer, laughed off accusations that she was to blame for the…
The City Health Office (CHO) has intensified its implementation of public health measures against Dengue H-Fever amid reports of rising cases in the city. The CHO is conducting larvicidal control through application of larvicide (abate powder) in drainage/canals with stagnant water to kill larvaes (kiti-kiti) before they can be full-grown…
CONTRARY to published reports that the Manaoag National High School principal has been dismissed, Mrs. Agnes Raguinan was not dismissed and remains the school’s principal to date. Her stay was affected by her petition on Aug. 25, 2006 for the review on the decision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC)…
BINALONAN – September 11 has been declared as Carlos S. Bulosan Day here, and will be a working holiday commemorating the death anniversary of the town’s great son, writer and poet Carlos Bulosan. The celebration will start in the morning with a fun run followed by a wreath-laying at the…
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