FOR JUETENG, SHOTGUNS LINGAYEN–Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz laments the failure of Governor Amado Espino Jr. to keep his pre-election pledge to fight the illegal numbers game jueteng in the province Cruz rated Espino’s performance in governance as a “7” from a possible 10 as highest, and set 7.5 as passing…
TAYUG — Setting up of road barriers along highways fronting schools and churches are not only illegal but hazardous to motorists. This is the contention of RTC Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 51 in Tayug on seeing numerous barriers that began to proliferate along many highways, saying these are…
TAYUG–Take it from this teacher. She maintains parents have only themselves to blame if their children get hooked on illegal drugs. Consuelo Ladio, head teacher III and head of the Values Education Department of the Tayug National High School, did not hold back when she said most young victims turned…
STA. BARBARA–The attempt of notorious fraternities to establish foothold in schools in this town has so far been foiled through collaborative efforts of the local government, police, school authorities and parents. “Before fraternities could gain foothold in schools, we had already nipped them in the bud,” said Mayor Reynaldo Velasco…
AS preparations for Dagupan’s fiesta next month steps up, City administrator Alvin Fernandez warned the public against impostors soliciting donations to support alleged fundraising projects of the city government. Fernandez said reports have reached him that some individuals posing as employees of the city’s Waste Management Division solicited donations for…
CALASIAO–The local government is still not certain where it will get the funds to rebuild the old municipal building that was recently razed to the ground. What they are certain about is that a new “state-of-the-art” municipal building will rise in its place. “We are going to build a state-of-the…
LINGAYEN–Pawnshop owners are being prodded by police authorities to reinforce their security system following reports that the Acetylene Gang, a notorious robbery group, is again poised to target their establishments. P/Sr. Supt. Percival Barba, police provincial director, also asked local government officials to enact an ordinance in their respective towns…
CALASIAO–It could have been another ULTRA Stampede tragedy. But good thing television personality Willie Revillame decided to call off the show on seeing the spectators begin to be unruly, shove each other while others in the audience were seen fainting.
INFANTA–Two people are facing charges after they were caught in the act of illegally cutting 118 mangrove trees in Barangay Batang here for charcoal production. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) based in western Pangasinan is set to file a case for violation of PD 705 against Gregorio…
DR. WILLIAM D. Dar, a noted son of the Ilocos Region now the director general of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India, has urged bail-out measures for poor farmers across the world, especially those cultivating the drylands of developing countries such as the Philippines.
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