LINGAYEN – Preparations are underway for observance of the 17th National Statistics Month Celebration in October. This year’s theme will be “Empowering Consumers Through Responsive Energy Statistics”. According to Board Member Dionisio “Saffe” A. Villar, Jr., this year’s NSM acting chairman who presided over the first meeting of the steering…
Woe to the habitual absentee Dagupan city employee who can’t get the same VIP treatment like the absentee city officials. The city government has filed another administrative case against its 11 regular employees for habitual absenteeism. The 11 employees were identified as Oscar Apostol, Regildo Biala, Paul Calimlim, Hilario Catabona,…
THE cash-strapped city of Dagupan registered not only the lowest net income for the whole Ilocos region but it also registered one of the lowest net incomes (109th among 117 cities in the whole country. The financial highlights of Local Government Units made public by the Commission on…
BINMALEY – The town of Binmaley has become the model for all local government units along the coast of Lingayen Gulf after successfully dismantling all fish pens found in the town over a one year period. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said the quality of water in various rivers had improved not…
CALASIAO – Is it about official extortion or plain implementation of the zoning ordinance? This suspicion arose when the municipal council has sought to stop the construction of a gas station in barangay Talibaew. But Councilor Manny Datuin quickly denied the allegations that “grease money” were the reason why the…
A historical A historical book chronicling the inspiring and admirable life story of the country’s first professional Filipino social worker will be launched on September 6, 2006 at the Orchidarium, Rizal Park, Manila with former President Fidel V. Ramos, former First Lady Amelita “Ming” Ramos and Senator Juan M….
LINGAYEN – The second round of the nationwide Search for Model Barangays on Eco-Waste Management System will be launched on October. This was announced by lawyer Zoilo Andin, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), during the two-day provincial summit on Solid Waste Management hosted by the…
COUNCILOR Alex de Venecia led 45 public school principals and horticulturists from Dagupan City in a Lakbay Aral trip to the Benguet State University in La Trinidad where they were given the chance to see the school’s prolific mushroom industry. De Venecia, chair of the committee on trade and industry…
STA. BARBARA – The trip of twenty three barangay captains of Sta. Barbara and 22 barangay captains of Calasiao to Cebu to attend a three-day seminar sponsored by the Department of Interior and Local Government was severely criticized as a “junket”. The object of the criticism was the fund allocated…
By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. WHEN two undefeated basketball titans collide, expect a mother of all battles. It has happened before, and it happened anew. Last Monday, the University of Luzon (UL) Golden Tigers, who earlier entered the court with some doubts about their capabilities to do battle against their…
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