The good and the bad news By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRST the good news. I would like to extend my congratulations to Team YMCA Dagupan for bagging five golds, two silvers and six bronze medals in the KDA Manila Invitational Karate Championships held last July 29 at Pasig City. …
This used to be my playground! By Emmanuelle Of course, we remember! The playgrounds. Not at the malls! At the school, at the town plaza, at every imaginable place where there was nature, where there was space. Firmly packed earth or loose sand for bare feet to run or jump…
SANS ORDINANCE, DOCUMENTS AFTER stopping the construction of an P84 million tourism-commercial building at the former Magsaysay Park by MetroState Realty Corporation, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has thrown a monkey wrench at two other controversial contracts entered into by his predecessor. Fernandez has ordered to stop the collection of parking…
LINGAYEN– Where there is smoke there is fire. Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez, in a news conference held Monday, admitted they have received reports that drug and jueteng money are now being used to buy votes in the forthcoming elections for president of the League of Councilors of…
URDANETA–The city of Urdaneta is optimistic about moving up from second class to first class status soon. Buoyed by the city’s encouraging economic prospects and citing the benefits that can be derived by its central location as a crossroad from east to west and from north to south in Pangasinan,…
THE contract entered into by former Mayor Benjamin Lim with MetroState Realty Corporation is not binding as it was not ratified by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). This was the retort of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. to reports that the city’s move to stop the construction was contrary to law. Nonetheless,…
LINGAYEN–Pay up, please. This appeared to be the tone of the resolution passed by the provincial board authorizing Governor Amado Espino Jr. to enter into an agreement with the National Power Corporation (Napocor) for the settlement of its P179.7 million in unpaid real property taxes (RPT). The approved resolution, authored…
Van S. de Leon 12 Aug 2007 Masansanting so kaisipan ya iletneg so “Bulan Na Salitan Pangasinan”. No say Dept of Education so kaiba ed`sayan kaisipan mainomay ya ngamoran so pansiyansiya na saita tayon Pangasinense—– Pangasinn. Say Governador tayo minomay dan gawaen iya. Akin ta no walay 30…
THANKS TO THE RAINS LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has deferred a proposal to declare a state of calamity in Pangasinan following the heavy downpour last week brought about by two succeeding tropical storms. The proposal, authored by 4th District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, stems from an endorsement made by Governor…
LINGAYEN–Dengue cases are on the rise. Six persons have died of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 242 others are suspected to be affected, according to data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Dr. Anna Theresa de Guzman, deputy provincial health officer, said Wednesday that the first three died of the mosquito-borne…
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