AGBAYANI: NOT A BIG DEAL LINGAYEN—The Commission on Audit (CoA) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) are investigating possible violations of law committed by the past provincial administration upon discovery of crates of expired medicines and medical equipment buried at the premises of the provincial capitol here. The location…
Capitol starts probe of buried medicines
LINGAYEN—Wastewater from the Dagupan District Jail continues to pollute the Lingayen Gulf despite the temporary remedies undertaken by the city government. It took Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Leduina Co, not the City Environment and Natural Resources Officer, to confirm that the jail still discharges wastewater into the sea.
Gov. Espino alarmed by Gulf pollution
AS the target date for the start of construction of the P100 million Processing Plant on July 1 nears, informal settlers in Sitio Russia are making a new demand: cash in addition to house and lot at the resettlement area. But no amount was specified. Dagupan City officials were aghast…
Sitio Russia folks demand some more
A Pangasinense recently tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus but is now well on the way to recovery, according to the regional director of the Department of Health (DoH). Dr. Eduardo Janairo, DoH regional director, said out of the 12 patients from Pangasinan suspected to have been infected…
One tests positive of A(H1N1) flu
FINALLY, Georgina “Manay Gina” de Venecia has decided on her political move for the 2010 election. De Venecia will seek a Congress seat as representative of the 4th district, a position that her husband, former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. is vacating after completing the maximum three terms allowed…
It’s Congress for Gina de Venecia
PANGASINAN’s eminent political leaders, former President Fidel V. Ramos and 4th district Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., founders of the party Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, have initiated a review of the legality of the party’s merger with the administration’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi). “We want to protect the historic integrity of the…
FVR, JdV to question legality of Lakas-Kampi merger
‘Pangasinan Airport War’ THE people of Sta. Barbara will neither cry nor raise hell if the proposed airport project in their town does not push through, according to Mayor Reynaldo Velasco. Velasco, speaking at the KBP Forum on Thursday, said the airport is part of the municipal government’s Plan A…
Sta. Barbara readies ‘Plan B’
LINGAYEN—Governor Amado Espino Jr., speaking during the province’s Independence Day celebration on June 12, urged officials and employees of the provincial government to continue working against poverty, ignorance and homelessness. “In the early years of our history, the three K’s stood for Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangan Katipunan, but today these have been…
Espino: “Fight poverty, ignorance and homelessness”
THE Dagupan City Council, acting as a quasi-judicial body, gave Joaquin Reyes, chairman of Barangay Tapuac, one last chance to attend its hearing in connection with the administrative case he filed against another barangay chairman, Guillermo Vallejos of Poblacion Oeste. Reyes has again snubbed the hearing conducted by the council…
