LINGAYEN- Mrs. Gina de Venecia declared on Thursday that she is fully confident that her husband will win in his bid to capture the speakership of the House of Representatives for an unprecedented fifth term. Mrs. De Venecia said that with three days more to go before the House convenes…
THE University of Pangasinan is taking a big step to address the province’s poor performance in the job market by “producing readily employable graduates” with the planned opening of the university’s call center training program. The move seeks to diversify the university’s services to enable its clientele to find their…
STA. BARBARA–A suspected gun-for-hire, an escapee from Muntinlupa Bilibid Prison, was arrested in Sta. Barbara last week and the police are optimistic that his capture could lead to the solution of some of the unsolved killings perpetrated in Pangasinan. Mayor Reynaldo Velasco said the suspect, Ferdinand Ocampo, 38, who was…
THE Police Regional Office has a new mission: promote the habit of saving for the future. Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, Police Regional Director, said the new advocacy is in line with the belief that young citizens, especially students, who learn the value of savings will be dissuaded from engaging in…
THE new city administration in Dagupan has held back payment of the salaries of almost 200 employees in the city government tagged as ‘midnight’ appointees of the past city administration. City Legal Officer George Mejia confirmed that these employees, although reporting for work, did not receive their salaries on the…
SEVENTEEN years after the July 16, 1990 earthquake that resulted in tilted buildings, crippled transportation and other public utilities that rendered vital infrastructures like roads and bridges impassable, Dagupan City has since fully recovered and learned its lessons well. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., speaking during a commemorative program at the…
LINGAYEN—The municipal government of this town is keen on pushing for the construction of a world-class wharf in line with its bid to be elevated into city with the support of Governor Amado Espino, Jr. Representatives from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), through its Port Management Office in San Fernando,…
LINGAYEN–The days of unscrupulous gasoline stations may soon be over. The provincial board is set to discuss a resolution for the regular calibration check of gas pumps dispensing petroleum pro-ducts in all gasoline stations in Pangasinan. Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, author of the proposed resolution, told The…
STO. TOMAS–This town’s police force has been the first in the province to hold a seminar to educate community officials about the controversial Human Security Act of 2007, also known as the Anti-Terror Law. Senior Inspector Ferdinand de Asis, the town police chief, conducted the seminar last Sunday, the day…
BINALONAN–Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. was re-elected president of the Pangasinan Mayors’ League for the third straight term during elections held here Tuesday with 40 out of 44 mayors in attendance. GUICO Guico, a cousin of President Gloria Macapa-gal Arroyo, vowed to make it a “better and stronger” group and called…
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