NUCLEAR PLANT RESOLUTION IS Pangasinan ready for a nuclear power plant? It seems not. Many Pangasinenses expressed shock last week on learning that a nuclear power plant may soon be constructed in the province, courtesy of the provincial board.
LINGAYEN–An estimated P390-million worth of palay in 23,000 hectares of rice farms in the Ilocos Region is now heavily affected by the dry spell brought about by the El Niño phenomenon. The expected harvest from this total area may be lost if rains do not come by March, according to Cipriano…
LINGAYEN—Anticipating a calamity that will likely hit the province to be triggered by the prevailing El Nino phenomenon, the provincial government has laid the basis for the creation of a task force to address an impending water crisis. Governor Amado Espino Jr. said the group will be composed of various…
LINGAYEN–Finally, the province has a founding date to look back to. Pangasinan Day is now April 15 after Governor Amado Espino Jr. signed the ordinance last week declaring April 5, 1580 as the official founding day of the province. “I am the happiest guy today because this historical note unfolded…
THE towns of Bautista, Rosales and Pozorrubio are being recommended for exclusion from the watchlist but not Alaminos City. The refusal of the provincial police to recommend the downgrading of the perceived potential political violence in the city has irked Alaminos Mayor Hernani Braganza.
SAN FABIAN—Don’t wear revealing clothes and don’t eat inside the church. These are only two of “back to basic” rules that have been set recently by the parish priest when setting foot inside the Catholic parish church of San Fabian.
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union–Five members of partisan armed groups (PAGs), four of them from Pangasinan and one from La Union, have so far been neutralized by the police in the Ilocos Region. Chief Superintendent Constante Azares Jr., regional director of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the…
ANOTHER 30 houses in Sitio Russia, Bonuan Binloc will be demolished soon to give way to a wider road towards the Seafood Processing Plant, which is now undergoing construction. Affected residents are not expected put up any resistance, unlike in the first demolition undertaken last year, and arrangements for relocation…
URBIZTONDO–The residents of Barangay Bayaoas here, considered as one of the most impoverished barangays in Pangasinan, may soon enjoy a better standard of living through the Kabalikat Laban sa Kahirapan (Kalahi) program. A Kalahi caravan sortie was undertaken in Barangay Bayaoas last week where the participating agencies signed a declaration…
DONATIONS for the “Share Your Extras” campaign of SM City Rosales are now being accepted at the entrance near the mall’s transport terminal until March 2. The project is part of SM Foundation’s annual “Share Your Extras” which is now on it’s 11th year.
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