ITS still ‘all systems go’ for the construction of the Seafood Processing Plant this year in Dagupan despite initial setbacks on account of the refusal of squatters in the target venue to leave and be relocated. According to City Engineer Virginia Rosario, chairman of the Task Force on Housing and…
SAN CARLOS CITY–Frustrated over the still unresolved killing of his father, Mayor Julier Resuello has now appealed to Philippine National Police Chief Director-General Avelino Razon Jr. for help. Resuello told local newsmen on July 22, the 56th birth anniversary of his father, the late Julian “Jolly” Resuello, that the last…
Mayor appeals for help over unsolved slay of his dad
Two heads are better than one. This seems to be the policy being adopted now by police superiors for the Dagupan force following the relief of P/Supt Dionicio Borromeo who has been implicated in a major drug case. P/Supt. Mariano Luis Versoza Jr. has been designated on Tuesday as supervisor…
Two officers designated to lead Dagupan police
CALASIAO– All’s well that ends well. The rifts between Governor Amado Espino Jr. and some of the mayors and as well as among the mayors themselves have been ironed out following a “no holds barred” meeting in a restaurant here. The falling out stemmed from a meeting by 12 mayors,…
Mayors mend ties with Espino
SAN FABIAN-The usual quiet evenings in this town was disrupted by huge flames on Thursday night as two buses of Five Star Bus Company were set on fire at its terminal in barangay Tempra Guilig. The suspects, both armed, introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army before they…
2 Five Star buses torched in San Fabian terminal
Dagupan will soon have its own emergency call center, expected to operate much like the popular 911 center in the United States. The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), currently under construction in front of the city hall, has been designed to provide residents immediate assistance to emergency situations in the…
Dagupan City sets up emergency response center
TO SERVE SIX BARANGAYS BAYAMBANG-Sixty eight-year old Maria Dimalanta, a resident of Barangay San Vicente here, had to walk to get to the town center for the last 36 years after the bridge linking their community and five others was destroyed by flood. The trek gets worse during the rainy…
After 36 years, Bayambang finally gets new bridge
Edener Benitez Fabella 28 July 2008 OMG Ed, not only am I worrying where to sit in the baggage section, now I need to remind myself when in Dagupan never to look for the building’s owners. Di bale sisilip na lang ako and will not introduce myself anymore. At first,…
More worries about returning home
Ed Pontaoe 28 July 2008 Gov. Espin-off forced down everybody’s throat Executive Order (EO) 0031-2008 demanding hardened-like-steel bureaucrats heed a militarist scheme of things. The Code of Conduct . . . Flunkies and blood suckers of the provincial government should, from now on, observe a mandatory dress code. 1) Everybody…
Espino’s code of conduct
Ed Pontaoe 27 July 2008 The mundane things in life couldn’t be ignored, Edener. The building where Sunday Punch is at, is owned by one family, the Duque conglomerate. You should notice why the Tiongson name is included. Tiongson . . . is the bigger money bag of the two….