LINGAYEN – After slamming the door on Small Town Lottery, Gov. Victor Agbayani renewed his call on the police provincial office to intensify its campaign against illegal gambling, particularly “jueteng”. The governor directed Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Alan Purisima to stop jueteng operations in the province after receiving reports that…
BAYAMBANG – The planned sanitary project in this town has not been given a green and go status. According to Mayor Leocadio de Vera on Thursday, he is still awaiting the provincial board’s decision endorsing the resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan of Bayambang granting a private firm the authority to…
Even before the controversy over the planned construction of the tourist-oriented complex could be resolved, more “mysterious” developments have surfaced. Steel bars and trusses of still undetermined amount from the burned Bugnay Market just fronting the city hall, are not only missing but the clearing of the premises owned by…
After eights months of waiting, Dagupan City employees are told they will finally receive their additional P1,000 monthly compensation allowance, now totaling P9,000 to cover nine months starting April this year. This became certain after the city council on Monday passed a P16.7 million supplemental budget under Ordinance No. 1881-2006,…
Congestion in the country’s jails has worsened over the years and will continue unless vacancies in lower level courts are filled. This was the finding of Dagupan City-based lawyer Feliciano Bautista Jr, presently IBP national executive vice president and governor for Central Luzon, who expressed the urgency for more municipal…
VILLASIS – In observance of its 200th foundation day on January 19 next year, overseas Villasinians have gifted the town, the “Vegetable Bowl of Pangasinan”, with an impressive and imposing municipal hall. Mayor Nonato Abrenica led local officials last December 4 in acknowledging the gift during the soft opening of…
The Catholic Church will definitely not stand idly by while the government is actively seeking to establish Small Town Lottery (STL) in all towns. The Church’s determination to fight off STL could be gleaned from the letter appeal from no less than the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)…
LINGAYEN – All heavy equipment owned by the provincial government can be tapped by all local government units in the province for their infrastructure projects. This was reiterated by Provincial Administrator Virgilio Solis who said this policy has long been in effect to support of projects being undertaken by all…
SAN CARLOS CITY – Some 2,000 unemployed youth were screened by a Japanese firm for jobs at the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) in Cavite. The company, Wu Kong Singapore Private Ltd., expressed hope that it could recruit most of the 600 skill workers that it needs from Pangasinan. Wu…
LINGAYEN – Provincial Treasurer Ramon Crisostomo said the province may not top Real Property Tax Collection (RPT) among all provinces in the region for the first time this year due to Mirant Philippines’ non-payment of its RPT. Crisostomo told newsmen that Mirant, owner and operator of the Sual Coal-Fired Power…
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