TYPHOON VICTIMS’ WOES WORSEN ALAMINOS CITY–Dealers of construction materials in this city have been warned by the local government against profiteering as rehabilitation and relief operations shift to high gear in areas within typhoon-devastated Western Pangasinan. Retail sellers of construction materials, i.e., galvanized iron, nails, lumber, and cement, among others,…
DATU Michael Bagul, president of the Dagupan City Muslim Association, has denied he is involved in any illegal drug dealing, and decried being labeled a “drug lord” by the government and the local media. In a handwritten letter (in Pilipino) to The PUNCH, with an attached copy of his counter-affidavit…
DESPITE the heavy damage caused by Typhoon Emong in the 1st district of the province, there will be no postponement in the scheduled June 1 opening of classes in the area. Dr. Aurora Domingo, schools division superintendent of Pangasinan 1 that covers the typhoon-devastated towns of Anda, Bolinao, Bani, Mabini,…
Groundbreaking rites for the long planned Seafood Processing Plant (SPP) in Dagupan to be funded by a $2.2 million grant from the Korean government will finally be held on Monday, May 18. City Legal Officer George Mejia said the ceremony will be held at Sitio Russia in Barangay Bonuan Binloc,…
Undaunted by the stress brought upon her by the hectic program she lined up for the recently concluded Bangus Festival, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez promised a bigger and more exciting Bangus Festival next year. She made the assurance after Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. said the vice mayor will head the…
STA.MARIA–The irrigation component of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project (SRMP) in Pangasinan will finally be built soon following the awarding of the contract to winning bidder China Machineries and Agricultural Company (CMAC). National Irrigation Administrator Carlos Salazar said construction of the re-regulating pond is scheduled to start in August.
BINMALEY–Elementary and high school students in this town feel luckier than ever. They will again receive free school supplies from the municipal government. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said about P4-million, higher than the P3 million spent in previous years, has been set aside for the project to encourage the young from…
LINGAYEN–December 11 could soon become the official date for celebrating Pangasinan’s founding anniversary. An ordinance, authored by 6th District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. and 4th District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, has been proposed before the provincial board declaring December 11, 1411 as the official founding day of Pangasinan.
LINGAYEN—The provincial government, the local government of Dagupan, and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) are aiming to make the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) a center of sports excellence in Region 1. PSC Chairman Harry Ang Ping announced that a tripartite agreement will soon be signed by him,…
PANGASINAN’ s bangus industry suffered staggering losses estimated at P491 million from the destruction caused by Typhoon Emong on May 7, particularly in the worst-hit towns of Anda, Bolinao, Sual, and Alaminos City. Combined with the damages in the bangus-producing areas in La Union, total losses are estimated to reach…
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