JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG? SAN CARLOS—The mystery behind the allegedly stolen P9 million fund from the coffers of the San Carlos city government has finally been uncovered. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has found cashier-designate Leny Fermin and City Treasurer Arturo Mandapat as the primary suspects behind the…
19 YEARS AFTER THE KILLER QUAKE WHEN the clock strikes 3:26 pm on July 16, the siren atop the public market in Dagupan will blare for 30 seconds to remind residents to pause and say a prayer as they remember the tragedy that struck the city 19 years ago. Mayor…
DAGUPAN Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez has thrown in her support to the suggestion of CityAdministrator Alvin Fernandez that the district jail in Bonuan, which has been polluting the Lingayen Gulf, be moved out of the city. Abandoning an earlier idea to build an extension facility for the over-crowded jail, the…
URDANETA CITY–A modern overpass is being built across the MacArthur Highway here to further stimulate trading at the public market and step up the city’s economic status. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the P6-million structure will connect the eastern side of MacArthur Highway to the second floor of the public…
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Arturo Lomibao, launched in Dagupan City on July 4 his agency’s national road safety campaign. Lomibao handed out posters exhorting drivers and pedestrians to exercise discipline to avoid accidents that cost time, finances, and lives.
LINGAYEN–The Department of Health (DOH) Region 1 office announced that only three persons out of 44 tested were confirmed positive for A (H1N1) influenza as of Wednesday, of which two are in Pangasinan. DOH Regional Director Eduardo Janairo said of the 44 suspected cases, 86%, including the three who tested…
A FILIPINO-American group, a local hospital and the Rotary Club of Central Pangasinan have agreed to collaborate to give hope to hydrocephalic children whose parents cannot afford a costly operation for them. Dr. Carlito Arenas, medical director of Specialist Group Hospital and Trauma Center, said the “Shunt for Life”, based…
LINGAYEN— Governor Amado Espino, Jr. wants to make the province known as “the home of healthiest and happiest people in the country”. In his speech during the flag-raising ceremony on Monday at the Capitol plaza here that coincided with the start of the celebration of the 35th Nutrition Month, Espino…
IF President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo cannot run for reelection, she can always seek the second highest position of the land. “Palagay ko puwede ito,” said Dr. Salvador Duque, chancellor of their family-owned Lyceum-Northwestern University. “When you have a good leader, it is good to see that he or she is…
Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. commended the efforts of various non-government organizations and institutions in the city to support the nutrition program of the city in simple ceremonies at the City Plaza last July 6. Fernandez said the people of Dagupan will treasure its partnerships with JCI Dagupan Inc., Inner Wheel…
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