WHETHER RICH OR POOR After filing cases against prominent persons found allegedly squatting on the Tondaligan National Park in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, the city government warned it will not hesitate to go after other squatters who stand in the way of development. In an interview at his office on Friday,…
LINGAYEN– The 30-day suspension of Anda Mayor Nestor Pulido has been put on hold by Malacañang after he appealed to the Office of the President on January 29 to reverse the provincial board’s decision. A letter signed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita dated Feb. 18, 2009, a copy of which…
THE Pangasinan airport dream is shaping up. The national government has already allocated P150-million in the 2009 national budget for the construction of an airport in the province. This was confirmed by an exuberant Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, he who first broached the project to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who,…
Finally, barangay officials in the province have been warned that setting up barricades in the middle of highways and roads ostensibly to slow down vehicles is illegal. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office has ruled that road barriers put up by barangays in front of public…
STA. BARBARA–The unique barangay information network organized by the local government is working. A potential violence in the town was averted after three men armed with high-powered firearms, packing more than 200 rounds of ammunition were apprehended by the local police in Barangay Minien. Superintendent Eric Noble, chief of police…
LOCAL newsmen affiliated with three different media associations banded together for the first time for a common cause- to stop the passage of the Right of Reply bill now pending in Congress. The Pangasinan media practitioners held a mini rallying front of the Dagupan City Museum Friday to express their…
Will he or won’t he? The question begged for an answer but Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza won’t say and is keeping his political cards close to his chest. “Let’s work first, there’s time for politics,” said Braganza, now on his second term as mayor, is strongly rumored to be…
DRIVERS and operators of passenger jeepneys have asked the Dagupan Police to increase police visibility in designated loading and unloading areas in the city to deter “barkers” who demand payment for their unsolicited service. The “barkers”, post themselves in parking places and designed loading and unloading areas announcing availability of…
FAMOUS bands from Manila will be performing at the Bangusan Street Party, one of the most awaited events of the annual Dagupan Bangus Festival slated this year from April 15 to May 1. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the executive committee of this year’s Bangus Festival, said nine bands…
TWO men riding tandem on board a motorcycle shot down an elementary school principal here on Monday in Barangay Payar. The victim, Luisito Gabat Sr., 63, school principal of San Julian Elementary School and resident of Diego Silang St., was on board his Toyota Innova coming from the Payar Elementary…
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