THE campaign against squatting at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City will not spare the big fish. The judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 41 in Dagupan City has been listed as one among the squatters identified by the city’s Task Force on Squatting and Urban Resettlement at the…
LINGAYEN–Teachers in Pangasinan have been given new guidebooks covering different subjects as part of the provincial government’s program to improve education. Considered as a first of its kind in the country, the guidebooks are a product of a one-year research and that involved 128 educators from the province’s two school…
STA. BARBARA–As the senate investigation on public works anomalies rages on, Senator Panfilo Lacson visited this small agricultural town last week to inaugurate classrooms that stand proof to honest governance. Lacson, who came on the invitation of Mayor Reynaldo Velasco, hailed how the local government was able to construct classrooms…
LINGAYEN–Guns-for-hire are thriving. At least five groups having some 50 members are known to be operating in the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, according to the police provincial director. Senior Superintendent Percival Barba, in his first report to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) since assuming office five months ago,…
STA. BARBARA–Full-grown marijuana plants cultivated along a riverbank in Barangay Poblacion here have been uprooted by police and anti-illegal drugs agents last week following a tip from a member of the community. Superintendent Eric Noble, the town police chief, said the discovery was part of a buy bust operation conducted…
SENATOR Richard Gordon, governor of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), has reiterated the organization’s no-negotiation and no-ransom payment policy. At presstime, three Red Cross volunteers, two of whom are foreigners and one Filipino, continue to be held captive by a group suspected to have links with the Abu Sayyaf.
NEW YORK CITY—Rep. Jose de Venecia has called on US President Barack Obama to hold a global inter-faith dialogue in the U.S. to “regain for America the high moral ground,” weaken terrorists and strengthen moderates, fight poverty, corruption, and human rights killings. De Venecia, former House Speaker and an advocate…
SAN CARLOS CITY—The Binalatongan Community College (BCC), founded by a local philanthropist in 2004, is now proving to be a valuable institution for the education sector in San Carlos City. The BCC was established by Marcelo Casillan, an engineer, and later turned over to the city government. The BCC was…
STO. TOMAS– This town’s municipal employees have kissed their mobile cellular phones goodbye during office hours. On orders of Mayor Viven Villar, cellphones are now banned for use among the local government employees while they are on duty. The new policy was issued aimed at improving delivering public service.
URDANETA CITY–Anticipating the impact of the global financial crisis this year on the local economy, the city government has appropriated a 2009 budget of P539 million, which is 3.79 percent lower than last year’s allocation. Nonetheless, Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the city will remain financially stable and economically progressive…
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