MOLINA VERSUS BARANGAY CAPTAINS CITY Agriculture Officer Emma Molina is now poised for a protracted battle in city hall as blame game on the operation of illegal fish pens in Dagupan City has ensued. She launched her first offensive following an earlier revelation about the presence of some 305 illegal…
Blame game on existence of illegal fish pens begins
AFTER THE destruction of some 700 fish pens in Dagupan City, fish pen operations in the city may likely take another beating with the note of caution recently issued by the sanggunian panglunsod. Taking the side of caution, the Dagupan City government is advising the public to refrain from eating…
Toxic metals feared teem in city rivers
“THAT’S A blatant lie!” Thus said an infuriated 3rd District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas over the recent claim anew of Galant Soriano that he actually won the congressional race in 2007. A recent column item in a national daily quoted Soriano’s claim that he was declared winner in the 2007…
Arenas blasts Soriano’s victory claim
MEMBERS of local gay rights group in the province were elated by the legal viewpoint expressed by a legislator on their cause. After their petition for accreditation as a party-list was denied by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), members of Ang Ladlad, a national gay rights organization, have found an…
Cayetano slams poll body on Ladlad’s decision
THE merger between University of Pangasinan, the oldest university in Northern Luzon and the Philippine Investment and Management Group (PHINMA) was made public last Sunday with the inauguration of the new University of Pangasinan-PHINMA. Leading the inauguration were Ramon del Rosario, chief executive officer of PHINMA, considered one of the…
New UPang-PHINMA inaugurated
POZORRUBIO is chosen the Best Performing LGU in 2009 in Pangasinan for the second consecutive year. The award, given out by the Provincial Development Council chaired by Governor Amado Espino Jr., is based on the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) that rates development initiatives in terms of economy, social…
Pozorrubio is again best performing LGU
WATCH out for those tarpaulins of well wishes from politicians. Candidates who shall have filed their certificates of candidacy for the May 2010 election have been warned by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in the province against using campaign tactics before the official start of the campaign period in…
Comelec exec warns vs. premature campaigning
LINGAYEN–The number of patients admitted at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) has ballooned to an average of 365 a day this month from only 150 in previous months. Dr. Policarpio Manuel, hospital assistant chief, said this is an indication that the people already acknowledge that services at the government-owned hospital…
PPH patients increase by more than 100%
MALASIQUI–All portions of the Agno River Flood Control dike destroyed by the huge volume of water released from the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town at the height of Typhoon “Pepeng” in early October have already been restored as of November 16. This was the report of Director Philip…
