CALASIAO–The taxman has unsheathed a new weapon to increase tax collection – “Fear Factor”. And to demonstrate its effectiveness, six popular seafood restaurants in the province were closed down temporarily by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for failing to pay the right taxes to the government and were given…
ROSALES–Construction of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) is expected to commence in August next year upon completion of the Right-Of-Way Acquisition (ROWA) from Tarlac to Gerona, according to Presidential Management Staff (PMS) Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr. TPLEx will run from the end of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in La Paz, Tarlac…
LINGAYEN—Various activities intended to prepare Pangasinenses for calamities and mitigate the effects of disasters such as earthquake, fire and flashfloods have been lined up by the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) to observe National Disaster Consciousness Month this July. The program will kick-off on July 20 during the regular flag-raising…
A cadet officer of a local college was recently named the best of the crop. Edmark Aurelio, 3rd year BSIT student of Colegio de Dagupan, and the school’s ROTC Corps Commander, was cited as the Philippine Air Force ROTC Cadet of the Year 2009 during the PAF 62nd Anniversary held…
Quintin Palisoc, president of the Pangasinan Association of Canada (PACA), appealed to Pangasinenses in Canada to visit their hometowns regularly and see how they can best help in promoting the many developments proven to be beneficial to the people of their hometowns.
THE much-awaited Private Schools Athletic Association-Universities Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (PRISAA-UCAAP) Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship, originally scheduled to open on July 20, will start on July 24 at the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) gym. Seato Gonimil, PRISAA Region 1 treasurer, said the date for the opening of the annual tourney,…
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE PROVINCE?—Board member Alfonso Bince Jr. appears to take P/Sr. Supt. Percival Barba, police provincial director, to task but the latter appears unperturbed during the Pangasinan Press Club’s Engkwentro sa Lenox Hotel in Dagupan City last Wednesday. At left is Police Regional Director Ramon Gatan with Board…
CONTROVERSIAL CHECKS—The controversial Land Bank of the Philippines checks, one for P9 million and another for P2 million public funds under the account of the San Carlos government, which were allegedly encashed illegally. Recommendation for the filing of charges against three treasury officers and a Land Bank employee has been…
REMEMBERING THE PAST—Four year-old Christian Daniel Ibasan joins Dagupeños in a silent prayer during the commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the July 16, 1990 killer earthquake that devastated the Dagupan. (Punchphoto by Cesar S Ramirez) Back to Homepage
INQUIRY ON POLICE S.O.P.—Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez listens as P/Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr., the city police chief, answers questions from the city councilors during an inquiry on police procedures at the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod last Monday. The inquiry was prompted by the reported irregular…
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