SAN FABIAN–Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Assistant Secretary Arturo Lomibao, chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), said his agency is open to consultation and adjustments on the controversial Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System project for motor vehicles. However, Lomibao stood pat and defended the project, particularly the sale…
TRANSPORT organizations in Region 1 have endorsed the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) project, set to be implemented by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in October, unless deferred by Malacañang or the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC). Benny Aquino, president of the Association of United Transport Organization-Provincewide (Auto-Pro), representing 22…
AFTER shutting down the operations of eight drug stores of Jan Mark Corporation in Pangasinan, Teodulo Paragas, chief of the Special Investigation Division of the BIR Regional Office, said about 80 more establishments, most of which are located in Pangasinan, remain in the watchlist. The closure order for the drug…
IT will be Pawil Dagupan for thousands of overseas Dagupenos this Christmas and during the Bangus Festival in April next year. This was disclosed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez who led a delegation of Dagupan officials to the United States for the signing of a city-sisterhood agreement with Milpitas and…
PANGASINAN, one of the biggest provinces in terms of population, has 1,454, 477 registered voters as of July 20, making it the 5th nationwide with the highest number of voters. Provincial election supervisor Reddy Balarbar said the number is still growing with the ongoing registration of voters.
LINGAYEN–The updated World War II historical panels displayed at the Pangasinan Veterans Park in Lingayen was unveiled on Tuesday by the provincial government and the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB). The updated historical panels, funded by the PVB, contain photographs, a time line and paintings focusing on events in Pangasinan and…
PANGASINAN IS POOREST IN REGION Some 10,350 beneficiaries in the poorest towns of the province received P79 million in financial assistance in the first year of operation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P) being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The grantees came from Urbiztondo,…
MANGALDAN–Another suspect in the kidnapping of a grandson of the mayor here was arrested by local police elements in Manila on Sept. 20. Supt. Roberto Vocal, police chief here, told The PUNCH that elements of the Mangaldan police caught Arnold Fernandez, 21, single, resident of Barangay Salay here for taking…
ALAMINOS CITY– The Pangasinan State University (PSU) is set to build another campus here, its 9th in the province. Mayor Hernani Braganza and Dr. Victoriano Estira, PSU president, recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the project, which will be located in Barangay Boliney. Existing PSU campuses are in Asingan,…
PANGASINAN, the poorest province and having the top four poorest towns in the Ilocos Region, has joined the Search for the Best LGU Poverty Reduction Implementer in the region. The search, being conducted by the Regional Development Council through the Regional KALAHI Convergence Group (RKCG), aims to recognize the local…
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