IT’S AGAINST THE LAW THE request of stallholders at the Malimgas Public Market for a reduction in rental fee could not be granted by the new city administration as this is prohibited under the law. Councilor Jesus Canto, chairman of the market committee, dashed the hope of vendors as…
MANAOAG–The provincial and municipal governments as well as barangays have been losing millions in potential income from quarry operations around the province. Local government officials recently called the attention of the provincial government and Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has vowed to institute the reforms even as corrective measures have already…
AN advocacy alliance of higher education institutions (HEIs) has been signed between the Association of Private Schools Colleges and Universities (APSCU) and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU). The signing took place during the APSCU biennial convention last November 15 and 16 at the Leisure Coast Resort in…
DAGUPAN-ALAMINOS-SAN FERNANDO THE cities of Dagupan, Alaminos and San Fernando are collaborating to set up a novel ferry system that will provide point-to-point service between and among them. Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. announced that the ferry service was initiated by Mayor Hernani Braganza in order to hasten tourism…
URDANETA CITY–Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. will leave for Spain on December 1 to sign a sisterhood agreement between Urdaneta City and Ordizia City in Spain on December 5 coinciding with the 500th birthday anniversary of Ordizia’s foremost son, Fr. Andres Urdaneta, after whom the former Spanish pueblo of Urdaneta was…
SAN FERNANDO CITY–It’s boom time for the real estate industry in Region 1, particularly in Pangasinan. The real estate industry in the Ilocos Region posted an average annual growth of 14% for the past seven years, more than double the 5.5% rate during the preceding period, based on a report…
MANGALDAN–The body of the late Francisco Aquino, a former Catholic priest and publisher of Pangasinan Journal, was desecrated by still unidentified suspects for still unknown reasons. Francisco Naife, contractor of the victim’s tomb, discovered the desecration around 6:00 a.m. Monday when he was about to place the tombstone.
It’s worse “than a drug menace”. This is the lament of Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Inc. (DIGITEL) following 108 recorded cable theft incidents this year, the highest since the firm started operations in the province in 1994. Edmund Pedro, DIGITEL area commercial operations manager, said the rampant theft has already cost…
LINGAYEN–The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the municipal government here recently signed a memorandum of understanding(MOU) for the launching of the PRS92 (Philippine Reference System of 1992) in the town. PRS92 is the basic reference system for all surveying and mapping activities in the country, forming a…
Health Office (CHO) here will extend the “Knock-Out Tigdas” campaign of the Department of Health(DOH), which ended November 15, until supply lasts in order to sufficiently cover more children between nine months to four years old. Dr. Leonard Carbonell, city health officer, said at least 15,000 children in the same…
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