LINGAYEN–Team Sual Corporation finally settled its overdue taxes due the provincial government amounting to P160.8 million for the real estate taxes owed by the Sual Coal Fired Power Thermal Plant’s (SCFPTP) for the period January 1, 2006 to December, 2007. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and Team Sual Corporation president Federico…
THE city government believes it has scored two successive rounds of victories in the civil case filed by MetroState Realty Corporation against City Engineer Virginia Rosario, although a crucial third round is still ahead. “You’ve heard it. The lawyer for the plaintiff withdrew the application for injunction,” said City Legal…
City wins rounds 1, 2; MetroState eyes 3rd
SAN FABIAN–A graft investigator for the Office of the Ombudsman was gunned down early Monday morning here by still unidentified men believed to have been hired out of personal vendetta. A special police task force has been formed to investigate the murder of lawyer Alejo “Alex” Dojillo, 43, a resident…
Ombudsman investigator murdered in San Fabian
MALASIQUI–The chairman of Barangay Lasip here survived unscathed an assassination attempt on him late evening of September 11 in front of his residence. Flor Benitez 51, married, was fired upon several times with an M16 armalite rifle as evidenced by five empty shells recovered by the police about 15 meters…
Barangay chief escapes murder attempt
SAN FERNANDO CITY–Various hotel, resort and restaurant associations in the Ilocos region have asked newly appointed Land Transportation Office (LTO) director-general Arturo Lomibao to help make tourism a top industry of the country. The group’s spokesman, Bert Bautista, president of the La Union Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Association (LUHRRA), said…
Lomibao urged to help boost regional tourism industry
Use the former Magsaysay Park, located across the city hall, as the site for a new city government complex. This was the advice of Lyceum-Northwestern University president Gonzalo Duque to the city council on Tuesday, in the wake of the legal problems that now hound the construction of the a…
Duque: Convert MetroState project into new city hall
DON’T be deceived by its colors. The Malimgas Public Market may seem impeccable from the outside but it continues to bleed the city coffers dry with its poor financial performance. City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara, speaking before the city council on Tuesday, said the average collection at Malimgas Market is P1.1…
Malimgas market still operating at a loss
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan State University (PSU) has been named one of the six participating institutions in the Call Center project to be undertaken by state universities and colleges in the entire country. PSU President Victoriano Estira said the Call Center project, set up in three phases, will be set up at…
PSU named call center project grantee
Sari-sari store owners from all over Northern Luzon will flock to Dagupan City for the Livelihood and Sari-Sari Store Exhibit on Sept. 28-30 at the Jimmy Fernandez Stadia in Lucao, Dagupan City. The three-day event, the first of its kind in the country, will also showcase an entertainment feature to…
Star-studded Sari-sari store exhibit Sep. 28 – 30
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has authorized Governor Amado Espino Jr. to sign a Rice Loan Memorandum of Agreement with the National Food Authority for the immediate procurement of rice to be used in relief operations during calamities. The resolution, authored by Board Member Von Mark Mendoza of the Second District, said…