Some selected fifty community leaders from various sectors in Sta. Barbara will meet for a three-day Planning and Visioning Workshop on August 28-30 to set the direction for the town. Mayor Reynaldo Velasco said the strategic planning workshop will be facilitated by the University of the Philippines Public Administration Research…
LINGAYEN-Provincial Treasurer Ramon Crisostomo has deplored the gunslaying of the municipal treasurer of Bauang, La Union on August 6 in broad daylight. Crisostomo, president of the Region 1 Association of Treasurers and Assessors, called for the speedy investigation of the slaying of Felicidad Picar, 52, by a lone gunman who…
MEMBERS of the transport sector in Dagupan led by the Alliance of United Transport Organization Inc. (AUTOCORP) held a dialogue with the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Tuesday to seek the amendment of a city ordinance that imposed double-coding days effectively keeping them off the streets for two days. Vice Mayor…
LINGAYEN–He wanted to be a priest. His siblings wanted him to become a seaman. He eventually became a teacher for seven years, and then decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, a retired police superintendent. But Ronald Paglingayen of Barangay Libsong East failed to pursue his dream. He…
SR. Superintendent Dionisio Borromeo has assumed his new post as officer-in-charge of the Dagupan Police effective August 6, replacing Sr. Supt. Edgar Basbas who was chief of police in the city for 28 months and 28 days. The turnover of command between the two police officers was presided over by…
Are you or are you not against jueteng? This was the question posed by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, chairman of the Krusada ng Bayan Laban sa Jueteng (People’s Crusade Against Jueteng), to Governor Amado Espino Jr. as he urged the latter to clearly state his stand on the illegal numbers…
An ounce of prevention is the best defense against outbreaks. This was the message of the president of the Pangasinan Hog Raisers Association even as he called on the provincial veterinarian to look into reports that one piggery farm in a town in the Third District has been infected with…
LINGAYEN–Ample rice supply in the province has been assured following the importation of rice from Vietnam to augment provincial warehouse stock. According to George Terrado, economist of the National Food Authority (NFA) western Pangasinan branch, the 200,000 sacks of imported Vietnam rice, expected to arrive at Poro Point, La Union…
MANAOAG– Intense praying for rains to stave off a calamity triggered by a dry spell across the country instantly brought storms to the country, this time flooding many towns and farmlands. It was a Catch 22 of sorts. Just the previous week, the government and farmers were in a quandary…
Isidro Ramos 12 Aug 2007 Heidi, Your latest posting, “I got something to tell to those “toxics” who just can’t seem to stop putting down their kabaleyans. Can’t you just rise above the “crab mentality” and be normal? You can talk all you want but if those words…
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