LINGAYEN–“Use your imagination.” This was what Governor Amada Espino, Jr. told the provincial police upon issuing his directive to finally put an end to cattle rustling. “If you don’t know how to use your imagination, come to me and I will teach you how,” he added during his first-ever dialogue…
Win some, lose some. Four of the material recovery facilities (MRFs) put up during the past city administration of Dagupan are not functioning but a few others are doing well and are actually performing above par beyond the expectation of residents. This was the assessment of City Waste Management Officer…
IT’S not an issue of legality but the absence of building permit. City Legal Officer George Mejia made this clarification Friday to justify the action taken by City Engineer Virginia Rosario in stopping MetroState Realty Corporation’s construction at the former Magsaysay Park and in response to a letter sent by…
Agbayani defends disbursements LINGAYEN–Two weeks into his new post and Governor Amado Espino Jr. believes he has unearthed anomalies in the use of provincial funds. Espino, in his inaugural address before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Monday afternoon at the provincial Capitol here, already noted that there have been “irregular disbursements or…
LINGAYEN–The Philippine National Police (PNP) in the province is short of 3,434 men based on the ideal police-population ratio of 1:500. The provincial office currently lists 1,891 officers only and 115 new recruits are being processed. Notwithstanding the wide gap, the crime situation in the province is generally deemed stable…
BINALONAN–Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. has set his sights on a second term as president of the influential League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP). The head of the LMP, a group composed of more than 1,000 municipal chiefs, is considered as the mayors’ direct link to Malacañang. Guico, a cousin…
TUBERCULOSIS (TB), considered the number six leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country, is being fought well in the province with an 86 percent cure rate record. Dr. Ana Theresa de Guzman, assistant provincial health officer, said Pangasinan has also achieved a case reduction rate of 73 percent,…
THE province’s overseas Filipino workers can now look forward to better health services from the government. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has expanded and enhanced the current Outpatient Benefit (OPB) Package under its Overseas Workers Program (OWP) to make it more responsive to the needs of overseas Filipino workers and…
THE proposition could be tempting but be warned. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office has warned Pangasinenses about investing their money through Internet-based registration. The warning was issued by DTI Provincial Director Peter Mangabat in the wake of the expose on the Internet-based investment scam that had…
NINE Dagupenos are set to fly to Japan today for a three-year training on various skills, knowledge and technology transfers under a program sponsored by the Technical Education Skills Development Authority and the Japan International Training Cooperation Organization (JITCO). Their training includes construction, welding, machine operation, and training in…
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