SOMEBODY out there doesn’t want the city legal officer of Dagupan talking to local media too much. Retired City Court Judge George Mejia, the city’s legal officer, said repeated telephone calls have been made to this home, received mostly by his househelp, warning him to stop talking to the press….
Don’t worry, be happy. Councilor Jesus Canto gave this assurance to residents opposing the planned construction of the Regional Drug Rehabilitation Center in Bonuan Binloc, which is intended to serve not just Pangasinan but the entire Northern Luzon. The P35-million facility will be built on a three-hectare lot previously occupied…
Univesity of Luzon added another feather to its cap when its nursing graduate placed 5th in the tough Nursing Licensure Examination given last June 10 and 11. Shalymar S. Zabala, a consistent honor student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mario Zabala of Mayombo, Dagupan City, landed fifth among the…
BAYAMBANG–The controversial P250-million sanitary landfill project here will be shelved for good if the new town mayor will have his way. Mayor Ricardo Camacho told local newsmen that he intends to keep his campaign promise to the townsfolk to block the implementation of the project, which had already been approved…
BARANGAY officials in the 4th District, home turf of House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., are against a proposal to postpone the October 29 barangay elections. The local officials aired their position during the recent thanksgiving party hosted by De Venecia for his supporters in the province. The official stance…
A CITY councilor believes that even if Dagupan is situated one meter below sea level, the perennial flooding problem can be solved. Councilor Karlos Reyna, a licensed engineer, sought the presence of City Engineer Virginia Rosario in the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) next session to brief members on the flooding problem…
SAN JACINTO—-Pangasinan, the biggest province in Region 1, received the biggest share of fund support for the construction of new police stations over the last three years, according to Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Leopoldo Bataoil. Of the 37 new police stations put up in the Ilocos Region, 24 are…
A 20-man delegation from Chittagong province in Bangladesh will be in Dagupan City on September 6 to 7 to observe the implementation of the Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia (PROMISE). The two-day visit will give the visitors an insight into how the city is implementing…
The Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) is our society’s enemies. The region’s police brass echoed this message during an indignation rally staged last August 27 at the Dagupan City plaza to mark the observance of this year’s National Heroes’ Day, even as they paid tribute to the…
LINGAYEN–The mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed seven in the province and 402 others have been afflicted in the last seven months of the year, according to the data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO). These numbers, however, are down by half from the same period last year with 15 deaths…
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