ABS-CBN DONATION — Taxpayers in Dagupan City can look forward to being entertained watching ABS-CBN programs while waiting to complete their transactions with in the city’s One-stop Shop Business Center (OSBC). Mayor Benjamin Lim (center) and OSBC officer-in-charge Digna Liwanag (right) receive two brand new television sets from the ABS-CBN…
NEW HOTEL ASSOCIATION—Mayor Benjamin Lim administers the oath of the officers and members of the newly organized Hotel Association of Dagupan led by its president Alfredo Quinto (8th from left) on September 14 held at the city mayor’s conference room. The group pledged to be an active partner of the…
IWATA CITY VISITORS—The sister city ties between Dagupan City and Iwata, Japan entered in a new phase when Iwata’s Sister Cityhood Commission officials led by Satoshi Yamamoto (2nd from left) visited Mayor Benjamin Lim (left) on September 13 to discuss the possibility of more economic, cultural and educational exchanges.
AFTER TERMINATING 150 EWs Councilor De Venecia questions mass lay-off THE worst is yet to come for the cash-strapped Dagupan City government. As gleaned from the city council’s committee hearing last week initiated by Councilor Alex de Venecia, the city government neither has the money for the additional compensation allowance…
SC ADMINISTRATOR ADMITS THE late Regional Trial Judge Oscar Uson of Branch 52 of Tayug was one of the seven magistrates of the law killed by assassins and whose gruesome murders have yet to be solved by law enforcement agencies. This was confirmed on Thursday by Supreme Court Administrator Christopher…
LINGAYEN–The alert level for dengue fever in the province has been raised but health officials are not set to declare an epidemic as yet. The move was taken following the marked high incidence of mosquito-borne dengue hemorrhagic fever which has so far afflicted 925 persons resulting in 13 deaths from…
The release of the P1,000 monthly additional compensation (adcom) for Dagupan City hall employees now delayed for five months will not likely happen any time soon. City budget officer Ildefonso Calimlim, in a talk before the city council, said this matter is really up to the mayor but he admitted…
Overcrowding in the eight detention jails in Pangasinan has been largely attributed to a backlog in the resolution and settlement of cases owing to the failure or inability of detainees to get lawyers to defend themselves. And, a survey conducted by the IBP chapter showed these overcrowded jails which include…
SAN MANUEL – The San Roque Power Corporation welcomes any suit to be filed by any group that still believes that the water from the dam is flooding central Pangasinan, particularly Urdaneta City, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao and Dagupan City during the rainy season. Tom Valdez, SRPC spokesman, said while they…
LINGAYEN – The provincial board wants Gov. Victor Agbayani to create a task force that will look into the continuous illegal operation of hundreds of colorum vans plying different routes in Pangasinan posing serious risks to commuters. Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino said the resolution approved Friday by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan…
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