State of the national administration By +Oscar V. Cruz Now it can be said loud and clear. After no less than nine SONA delivered with the usual pomp and pageantry by the Palace occupant, it is rather evident that the total glorious and heavenly picture of the state of the…
Contador, the conquistador By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE buzzword now in the cycling world is Alberto Contador, the newly crowned 2009 Tour de France champion from Spain. It’s his second conquest of the world’s oldest, longest, toughest and most prestigious bicycle race. He did it first in 2007. He…
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LovEmail to the Filipino Youth By S. Bill Jimenez Minamahal kong mga Kabataan: I take this opportunity to write you and express my hope and faith in your capacities and latent potentials for greatness. Our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, who dedicated his earliest work to the Filipino youth, confidently…
A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts…
5 SLAIN IN SHOOT-OUT A MAN nicknamed “Doc” who comes from an influential family in San Fabian has been tagged as the leader and protector of the five suspected members of a kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) group slain in a shootout with police and military authorities at dawn Wednesday. P/Sr. Supt. Isagani…
San Fabian ‘Doc’ eyed as kidnap group head
MALASIQUI–Mayor Armando Domantay and members of the municipal council here are in for more trouble over the lease contract it entered into with the Magic Group of Companies for a 1,100 square meter prime public land. An Omnibus Motion filed by a private citizen, Mario T. Armas, before the Regional…
Malasiqui execs face civil raps
THE stalled P1.5 billion Agno River Flood Control Project in Alcala will be finished without uprooting a single mahogany tree of the 10,000 trees planted on its path. Engr. Fidel Ginez, director of the Agno Floor Control Office, said a two-meter high parapet wall will be constructed as an alternative…
Government modifies plan for flood control project
THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) is finally constructing a facility within the district jail compound in Dagupan for the disposal of the jail’s waste water instead of it being discharged into the beach and the Lingayen Gulf. This was reported by the Community Environment and Natural Resources…
BJMP builds new septic tank
THE tidal floods in Dagupan are here to stay. Two engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have opined that there is practically no solution to the long-standing and perennial flooding in parts of the city caused by high tide as the problem is now worsened by…
Dagupeños told: Learn to live with tidal floods
LINGAYEN—Two motorized bancas to be used in the campaign against illegal fishing in the Lingayen Gulf were turned over to the Pangasinan police force on July 25 as part of the “Pulis Makakalikasan” program. The boats were provided by the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations-Northern Luzon (DIPO-NL) headed by Police…




