Non-SONA By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is not simply pitiful but also shameful, not merely pathetic but in fact lamentable as well. After no less than eight (8) glorious and majestic SONA addresses delivered with all possible glamour and grandiosity, the Philippines has in fact become much more…
RP five slumping anew By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. RECORDS show our national basketball team’s best finish in the Olympics was a fifth place in 1936, when the games were held in Berlin. That was skippered by our kabaleyan from Lingayen, the late senator Ambrosio Padilla. It’s the best finish…
DAGUPAN CITY GOVERNMENT HELPLESS THE daily flooding in Dagupan due to tidal rise adversely affecting business establishments and schools near river banks is getting worse. At least two schools have been forced to adopt a double shifting method and hold special classes on Saturdays to make sure that pupils are…
The question comes to mind amid a new debate about the cause of flooding in the city rages. Is the constant flooding in Dagupan caused by global warming or by a claim that the parts of the city have sunk lower after the 1990 earthquake? Assistant City Engineer Mar Prado…
LINGAYEN–Finally, the leader and three members of the notorious Colisao Gang, involved in gun-for-hire and robbery activities, were arrested on July 20 in one of the group’s safe houses in Umingan. Combined elements of the local, provincial and regional police finally arrested the suspects in a house in Barangay San…
WHILE eight patients were confirmed to have been infected with A (H1N1) influenza in Pangasinan, no single case was recorded in Dagupan City, according to the Center for Health Development of the Department of Health. City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell, however, said even if no positive case is reported in…
CALASIAO–The six popular seafood restaurants in the province that were padlocked by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for failure to pay the right amount of taxes, are now back in business after settling their dues. Lawyer Tomas Rosales, BIR regional director based here, told The PUNCH that the closure…
AN earthquake and fire drill conducted by the Dagupan City government on Tuesday as part of the celebration of the Disaster Consciousness Month earned a 95% rating from the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC). Director Eugene Cabrera of the Office of Civil Defense regional office said it was the highest…
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