Kabesa’s head now worth P1M LINGAYEN-A P1 million reward is now being offered for the capture of the principal suspect behind the murder of former San Carlos Mayor Julian Resuello. The reward money, originally set at P500,000 through funds pledged by citizens and the police, was doubled by President Gloria…
LINGAYEN–Murder and frustrated murder cases have been filed against three suspects involved in the shooting of Vice Mayor Bonie Apilado of San Manuel and his driver on June 20 in Urdaneta City. However, the three, as well as the mastermind behind the murder, remain at large and are the subject…
URDANETA CITY–This town’s new city hall, the biggest and grandest in the province, has become more of a financial burden to the local government. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr., who served his first term in 2001, said there was a significant drop in tax collection when they moved to the new…
LINGAYEN–The provincial police have arrested 12 suspected marijuana dealers in different parts of the province after it intensified its campaign to rid the province of illegal drugs. Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, provincial police director, said the arrests indicate that their successful efforts against shabu have prompted the drug dealers to…
ALCALA–Here’s another model police station in the making. The new police station here inaugurated last Monday, is now being bandied as the latest model for the rest of the province. “People didn’t expect that a small town like ours, a fourth class municipality, could build a beautiful police station building…
LINGAYEN– Governor Amado Espino Jr. has committed more funding for special programs designed to mitigate the suffering of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the province. The province, through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), is undertaking the projects for PWDs, in partnership with Breaking Barrier for Children…
THE International Committee of the Red Cross turned over a state-of-the-art Water Sanitation (WATSAN) Equipment to the Dagupan City government on July 21. The equipment, worth approximately P400,000, will utilize and convert waters from rivers and sea near the city into potable water. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. thanked…
ROSALES—President Gloria Arroyo and House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. inaugurated Wednesday a new provincial transport terminal located in Barangay Carmen here. The terminal, built and financed by a private investor, was designed to decongest traffic in the commercial area and provide livelihood opportunities to the people. The Carmen area…
LINGAYEN–About 50 percent of farmland or about 91,00 hectares, devoted to rice production have remained idle due to the prolonged dry spell. Jose Almendares, provincial agriculturist, told local newsmen Monday that the situation is a result of the lack of rainfall and lack of irrigation water from the source for…
Second District Rep. Victor Agbayani said more than 100 communal irrigation systems built by the provincial government when he was governor could now serve to mitigate the long dry-spell now affecting many farmlands in Pangasinan. It was these irrigation facilities, he said, that enabled many farmers to shift to…
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