Covering Dagupan council sessions again By Eva C. Visperas WHILE listening to Bombo Radyo Friday morning, I heard local journalist Edmund Abubo saying that Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez has just beat his record for being the early bird in the city hall for many years now since he’s…
Bedol: handle with care By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. One of the inherent weaknesses of conspiracy is when one of the conspirators squeals their misdeed. When one of the collaborators “lets the cat out of the bag”, the consequence is disastrous to all concerned. They are all exposed to…
Spines to capitol employees: “You should have sports” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IN MY June 17 article, I said our new governor Amado Espino Jr. is a sports-minded person. He proved that before during his time as a police officer and he wants to prove it anew, now as…
Jules’ Eulogy By Emmanuelle On Saturday, July 6, we laid to his rest one of Pangasinan’s famous legal minds, Atty. Julio F. Desamito, retired COMELEC Commissioner. A native of the eastern municipality of Pozorrubio, he was considered to be one if not the most loyal Pozorrubian. Jules’ eulogy, penned by…
LINGAYEN—The work ethic and culture at the provincial capitol here is about to change. Pangasinan’s new governor, Amado Espino Jr., wasted no time in introducing new “house rules” for provincial government employees during his first Monday Flag Raising ceremony in front of the Capitol Building here. Espino took his oath…
THE new administration in Dagupan City has inherited a cash balance of P130 million, not P250 million as originally claimed by the Lim administration, out of the city’s P375 million annual appropriations for the current fiscal year. This was gleaned from the terminal report submitted to members of…
TREE PLANTING LAUNCH–Environment and Natural Resources Regional Executive Director Victor Ancheta digs out the earth while fellow official Sonny Songcuan holds a tree seedling during a ceremonial tree planting at the Lyceum-Northwestern University, coinciding with the signing of a tree planting memorandum of agreement between LNU and DENR during the…
First in new city administration agenda THE Dagupan City Engineer’s Office has finally put its foot down. City Engineer Virginia Rosario signed on Friday the formal notice stopping the construction of the tourism-commercial complex at the former Magsaysay Park, which is being undertaken by the MetroState Realty Corporation without a…
LINGAYEN–Not too fast, Sir. This is what Provincial Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. was telling Gov. Amado Espino Jr. on his appointment of Rafael Baraan as provincial administrator of Pangasinan. Bince, who is proving to be the lead voice of the opposition in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, vowed to oppose the…
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