LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. envisions a “Golden Age” for Pangasinan. This was underscored in his 2009 State of the Province Address delivered last Monday, highlighting the accomplishments of his administration last year.
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SAN FABIAN–A man with a long history of racketeering crimes was finally nabbed by the police during an entrapment operation. Danilo De Vera, 46, widower and resident of Barangay Guiguilonen, Mangaldan is now in jail and facing charges of impersonation and extortion, according to Chief Inspector Chito Esmenda, San Fabian’s…
Police nabs racketeer
VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez is eyeing a bigger and grander 2009 Dagupan Bangus Festival. She bared her plan immediately after her appointment as overall chairman of the event by Mayor Alipio Fernandez, and in her subsequent meetings with members and leaders of various sectors she has tapped for the various…
2009 Bangus Festival preparations in full swing
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved an ordinance detailing a comprehensive solid waste management program for Dagupan. “Effective solid waste management is never an easy job for every local government unit, that’s why we have to get more serious in addressing our problem on garbage,” said Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair…
SP approves Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Program
URDANETA CITY–A P52 million buffer fund on top of the city’s budget for this year has been set up in anticipation of the local effects of the global financial crisis. A pioneering move in the province, the buffer fund, according to Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. can be tapped in case…
Urdaneta sets up P52M buffer fund
STA. BARBARA—It was a mass wedding none other. Police officers here participated in the town’s early Valentine celebration by standing as ninong and ninang to 80 couples who took their vows during a mass wedding.
Police Officers, as ninongs, give newlyweds timely advice
CALASIAO–Pay up or be padlocked. This was the strong warning issued by Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Sixto Esquivias IV to businessmen when it launched Oplan Kandado program, which aims to close down establishments found to be declaring and paying incorrect taxes.
BIR warns businessmen against tax evasion
URDANETA CITY–An P800 million budget has been allocated for irrigation projects in Pangasinan this year, according to Engr. John Celeste, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) regional director. Some 3,000 hectares of land in need of irrigation will be restored and Governor Amado Espino has requested that priority be given to areas…
Pangasinan gets P800M irrigation fund
SAN CARLOS CITY— A City Cooperative Development Council (CCDC) will soon be organized by the local government here to promote and enhance cooperatives. Mayor Julier Resuello is pushing for the formation of the CCDC even as he ordered the City Cooperative Office (CCO) headed by Arlaine de Vera to harness…
San Carlos City moves to boost cooperatives
TAYUG–Hundreds of alumni of Luna Colleges here and abroad attended its grand alumni homecoming February 11 to 13. The homecoming coincided with the 75th founding anniversary of the school, named after hero General Antonio Luna, which started in 1925 in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija.
