LINGAYEN–The police have yet to determine the purpose of three armed men who were arrested two weeks ago for carrying high-powered firearms and packing over 200 rounds of ammunition. Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Ramon Gatan said the three men flatly refused to tell investigators what they were doing in…
LINGAYEN–All permanent and temporary barriers and obstructions erected fronting schools and churches along national highways, provincial roads and major thoroughfares in the province will be removed following a directive from Governor Amado Espino Jr. Espino said while the job of removing the road barriers rests on the Department of Public…
DAGUPAN is responding to the call for a better environment when it joins the world observance of ‘Earth Hour’ on Mar. 28. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. said the city will switch off all lights in the city streets and in the city hall for one hour that day starting at…
LINGAYEN–The new Ilocos police regional director, Chief Superintendent Ramon Gatan, has directed all police units in the region to intensify the campaign against loose firearms. Gatan, who was here Wednesday for the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meeting led by Gov. Amado Espino Jr., said while Region 1 still…
LINGAYEN–Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz is not surprised about the -32% satisfaction rating of President Gloria Macapal Arroyo based on the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations Inc. “She has been acting contrary to the dictates of common sense and reason,” was how he summed up his own appreciation of…
ALAMINOS CITY–The population of giant clams at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) has increased enormously from an original stock of only 10, prompting the local government to move these to another location. City Mayor Hernani Braganza said the presence of thousands of clams has become one of the main…
MANGALDAN–A more service-oriented Land Transportation Office (LTO) will soon take shape as the agency’s new chief, Arturo Lomibao, initiates a revamp that is intended to weed out non-performing employees. Lomibao, who assumed the top LTO post a month ago, was in town to attend in an installation rite of the…
LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has urged kabalayens based in Manila to help promote and develop Pangasinan as a tourism destination as well as the products of small-scale industries in the province. In his speech during the Club Pangasinense Reunion and Revival at the Alegria Lounge in Manila Pavilion on March…
THE Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has agreed in principle to build a commercial sea port in Pangasinan through a joint venture with the provincial government, which is at the same time mulling the construction of a fishing port in Bolinao. Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan, speaking last Thursday at…
MORE than a thousand children attending the 37 day-care centers in Dagupan graduated and celebrated the completion of their early education through a mass recognition ceremony last March 18. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez joined parents in witnessing 1,280 pre-school pupils march on stage at the…
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