WAS it a robbery attempt or just plain vandalism? The police are investigating the blasting of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of the Banco de Oro (BDO) branch located on A.B. Fernandez in Dagupan dawn on New Year’s Day. Police Officer Dionisio Gonzales, investigator of the case, said the incident…
A “NO sacred cows” policy. This will continue to be the guiding principle of Undersecretary and former Sto. Tomas Mayor Antonio Villar Jr. as he takes on a third appointed post as chair of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). Villar is concurrently head of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) and…
JACINTO—Two suspects have been charged for the murder of the barangay chairman of Awai here midnight of December 28. Gregorio Andaya, Awai’s kapitan who is also a former army master sergeant, was shot dead in the head and limbs. The suspects, Alvin Francis Sanchez, a businessman, and his cousin Wilfred…
All roads led to Dagupan City’s Barangay Pogo Grande noontime of January 1 to watch some 100,000 different types of firecrackers, strung together over a kilometer stretch, lit up. The occasion was the barangay’s traditional event gathering and lighting up all unsold and saved firecrackers every high noon on the…
COUNCILOR Karlos Reyna, hermano mayor of Dagupan’s fiesta in December 2009, was heaped with praises for a successful organization. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez congratulated Reyna for a “job well done” that made the fiesta “very, very successful”. “From event one to the last event, all were very much well-attended,” said…
MEMBERS of the Pangasinan media gathered Tuesday night for a prayer rally to call on the Dagupan police to “wake up and act fast” in solving the murder of Zharlene Yadao, daughter of local broadcaster Susan Yadao. The presidents of three local media groups, broadcasting station managers, and reporters spoke during the…
VOTERS in Pangasinan, which has one of the highest populations in the country, now total 1.628 million with 6,190 new registrants added during the five-day extension for registration of voters. Atty. Reddy Balarbar, provincial election supervisor, said the number of new registrants was actually lower than expected.
LINGAYEN–About P207-million will be spent in the early part of this year by the provincial government for the rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged during the big flooding in October 2009.
ROBUST economic activities await Dagupan City in the year of the metal tiger. This is the prediction of Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, one of the leading businesswomen in the region. Fernandez, president and chairman of the board of the CSI Group of Companies, said the city and the country as…
CITY Supermarket Inc. (CSI), with its two additional warehouse clubs due to open this year, is expected to create at least 300 new jobs for Pangasinenses at the start of 2010. The president and chairman of the board of the CSI Group of Companies, Belen Fernandez, who is also vice…
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