The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Dagupan City formed its Task Force Baklas a day after the campaign for senatorial elections began to tear down and remove all unlawful election materials posted here in areas not designated by the electoral body. Lawyer Remarque Ravanzo, city election officer, said he deemed…

THE city government has called for the immediate formalization and mobilization of the Multipartite Monitoring Team (MMT) to keep track of the full blast implementation Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Diversion Road and Bridge project. The move is to oversee the construction phases of the said environmental critical project (ECP), noting that Dagupan City,…

THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City is set to invite the principal of the Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS) to shed light on the fund raising activity involving students purported to have been authorized by her, in violation of the Department of Education’s policy. DNHS Principal Dr. Teodora Nabor…

WITH LIM AS ESCORT Opposition senatorial candidate Francis “Chiz’ Escudero braved Dagupan City last week and campaigned in what is considered as the administration’s bailiwick. But to the dismay of the Arroyo loyalists, the minority floor leader was accompanied by Mayor Benjamin Lim, a ranking member of the administration’s Lakas-Christian…

Georgina “Gina” de Venecia, wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., will now focus her attention on her husband’s re-election campaign after failing to make it to the list of the administration’s senatorial slate. De Venecia, in a telephone interview with The PUNCH, said she does not feel aggrieved…

LINGAYEN-Some 10,000 patients were treated and served by doctors and nurses of the Buklod Loob sa Dios (BLD) Medical Mission that came from the United States, particularly New Jersey and Washington DC. Joe Baluyot, coordinator of the four-day medical mission that started February 12, said the BLD is a Christian…