By Jojo Taduran TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA–Most Filipino associations throughout the world are undertaking projects that will benefit their respective kababayans and their places of origin in the Philippines. No different is the Pangasinan Association of Canada (PACA) or the Annak Ti Pangasinan, which continuously develops and works for more projects…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Mayor Julier Resuello wishes that the hitman, who shot his father, the late Mayor Julian Resuello, would be arrested alive and well. “It’s better if he’s alive because a dead man tells no tale,” Resuello said in a chat with newsmen at his office shortly after delivering his…
Julier wants prime suspect in dad’s slay captured alive
LINGAYEN–The implementation of the Espino administration’s ‘shotguns-for-barangay chairmen’ appears to have been a classic case of putting the cart before the horse. The shotguns were issued sans any established set of guidelines for the use and safekeeping of the firearm and validating qualification of the barangay officials to possess the…
Mayors seek guidelines for use of shotguns by kapitans
BINALONAN–Just as the provincial government has completed its distribution of shotguns to the more than 1,000 barangay chairmen in Pangasinan, the police chief-in-waiting admitted there are not enough guns for the country’s police force.
Not enough guns for cops, says incoming PNP chief
LINGAYEN— In a bid to have a coherent health care system, the province will hold the first-ever Provincial Health Summit on September 25 to 27 but not without a critical observation about the venue. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. will spearhead the three-day activity at the Oxford Hotel in Clarkfield, Pampanga,…
Provincial officials hold health summit in Pampanga
Dagupan City officials are optimistic that the running feud between residents of Sitio Russia in Barangay Bonuan Binloc and the City government will soon be settled amicably. This was expressed by City Legal Officer George Mejia even as Regional Trial Court Judge Genoveva Maramba scheduled an ocular inspection of the…
City task force sees end to relocation in Sitio Russia
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT–Two firemen assess extent of damage to the burned Calasiao municipal hall from a vantage point last Monday. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
SAN CARLOS CITY—Hog growers have been warned against a virus known as ‘Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome’ (PRRS) that affect pigs like the Acute Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among humans. The call was sounded off by Dr. Eric Perez, assistant provincial veterinarian, after they found cases of abortion among pigs…
Alert raised vs. AIDS-like disease among hogs
National anti-terrorism chief Arturo Lomibao has expressed support for Governor Amado Espino’s shotgun distribution program for all barangay chairmen in the province. “The governor knows the situation on the ground and I have confidence in him,” he said.
Ex PNP chief Lomibao backs Espino on shotgun but…
URDANETA CITY–Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. has taken the cudgels for an embattled group of parents who have filed a complaint against a school principal in San Manuel town. The parents, 36 in all, are facing a libel suit filed by the school principal. Bince, who volunteered to…