PAYOLA “WHITE PAPER” CHIEF Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil has left Region 1 for another posting leaving questions about continued jueteng operations in Pangasinan and alleged involvement of local media practitioners in protecting jueteng unsettled. A regular item in The PUNCH’s “People have not forgotten” section pointed out the continued jueteng operations…
WHO gave them the land? This question was posed by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. as the issue about massive squatting by affluent individuals in the foreshore land of Bonuan Binloc rages on. Fernandez stressed that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has maintained that it had not given…
SAN FABIAN–Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of ousted House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., said she still cares for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo but her love for country weighs more than her love for her “kumare”. Speaking to newsmen after standing as “ninang” to 106 couples married in a mass civil…
LINGAYEN—Ilocos Norte remained unbeatable and retained its crown as the champion in the recently concluded Ilocos Region Athletic Association (IRAA) meet both in the elementary and secondary levels. Pangasinan II and La Union were good for first runner-up and second runner-up spots. Ilocos Norte, which has held the top spot…
THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan is taking full advantage of new technology. Jail Senior Inspector Roque Constantino Sison III, jail warden, has announced their use of the internet, particularly podcasting, the first among jails nationwide, for wider information dissemination about their projects. Podcasts…
CLOSURE OF LUCAO-TAPUAC ROAD LINGAYEN- Please bear with us. Thus appealed District Engineer Rodolfo Dion of the Pangasinan Second Engineering District amid complaints and objections of businessmen and commuters to his agency’s plan to close a portion of the busy Lucao-Tapuac highway for 60 days beginning March 3. The closure…
RESIDENTS of Arellano Street, a thickly populated area in Dagupan, are opposing a plan of a businessman to construct a gasoline station within their community, calling it a health hazard and life-threatening. Dr. Edwin Aguirre, executive assistant to Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and who lives on Arellano Street, called on…
SAN FABIAN—Before the world bade goodbye to the heart month this year, 161 couples here exchanged “I dos” in a mass civil sunset wedding ceremony dubbed “Kasalan sa San Fabian” on Thursday. Officiated by Mayor Mojamito Libunao, the mass civil wedding was held amid the back drop of rain, which…
A student of Ednas School-Dagupan clinched two major awards in the recently concluded National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) held in Koronadal, South Cotabato.
DAGUPAN CITY will host next year’s Ilocos Region Athletic Association (IRAA) Meet, according to City Schools Superintendent Aurora Domingo. Domingo said Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. already approved the plan and has pledged the city government’s full support. She added they feel confident that the mayor, also presently acting chairman of …
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