The University of Pangasinan (UPang) has sustained its record as the top producer of nurses in northern Luzon with 299 passers in the latest Licensure Board Examinations for Nurses. A jubilant Dr. Catalino Rivera Jr., UPANG president, said “it is on record that UPang produces the biggest number of nurses…
SAN CARLOS CITY–They lost miserably the first time around and now they want to salvage whatever was left of their tattered reputation inside the basketball court, that is. The city officials, headed by Mayor Julier Resuello and his younger brother, Vice Mayor Joseres Resuello, are calling for a rematch this…
URBIZTONDO–Political harassment is behind the accusations of malversation against her, said Loida Cancino, municipal treasurer of this town for 11 years. “I am ready to face any investigation to clear my name because I know I am not guilty,” a tearful Cancino told The PUNCH in an interview. Cancino also…
A National Academic Festival (NAF), hailed as the first of its kind, to be participated in by some of the best tertiary students throughout the country will soon form part of the yearly activities of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU). Dr. Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum-Northwestern…
Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez has given the green light to two city council committees to investigate and locate the steel bars and trusses retrieved from the burnt Bugnay Market that have mysteriously disappeared since. Fernandez made the move soon after she received a communication from City Legal Officer George Mejia…
CITY GOV’T OPEN TO STAGGERED PAYMENT URDANETA CITY–Promises, promises. Mayor Amadeo Perez, Jr. is starting to get impatient over the Pangasinan Electric Cooperative III’s (PANELCO) failed assurances to pay some P25 million in overdue business and real property taxes. Perez said the electric firm’s general manager promised early this year…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government, alarmed by the 30% delinquency rate, will seriously pursue residents who have been neglecting the payment of their real property taxes over the last five years. Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince, Jr. filed a resolution and immediately approved by the provincial board on Monday, directing Provincial…
ALAMINOS CITY–The state-owned Pangasinan State University (PSU) will soon be putting up a campus here following the full support given by Mayor Hernani Braganza. This will be the ninth campus of the university, which is seen to serve the educational demand in the western part of the province. Dr. Victoriano…
BOLINAO–A portion of the municipal waters of this town has been declared as a sea-grass reserve area to allow marine life, specifically fish and shellfish, to spawn and thrive. The declaration is contained in a municipal ordinance authored by Councilor Simon del Fierro. The protected zone, located in Barangays Binabalian…
THERE is no end in sight. Assistant City Engineer Marcelo Prado, speaking before members of the city council on Tuesday, made this assessment on the perennial flooding in Dagupan, citing nature as the main culprit to the problem. “The rise and fall of tide are caused by nature and we…
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