Our leaders need VICE By S. Bill Jimenez PEOPLE WONDER why in spite of our advances in civilization due to education, science and technology we still witness boorishness and barbarity in political leadership. Surely, our political leaders need some VICE. I’m not referring to addiction in smoking or drinking or…
BARBA WARNS PARENTS LINGAYEN–Users of illegal drugs continue to increase and children in grade schools have become easy preys as well to drug pushers. Police Provincial Director Percival Barba has expressed alarm over the growing drug problem in schools, saying that based on records last year, those affected were not only students in college…
SAN CARLOS City Mayor Julier Resuello filed a case for libel against Sunday PUNCH Inc., editor-publisher Ermin Garcia Jr., Leonardo Micua and Virgilio Biagtan. The case filed with the Dagupan City Prosecutor’s Office stemmed from a headline story titled “For Missing P29 million, Mayor, Cashier face raps” in The PUNCH’s…
STA. BARBARA–Several policemen and members of the demolition team were injured in a clash with tenants of a property owned by Humberto Solis in Barangay Tebag East here. The tense situation lasted for three days from Tuesday to Thursday last week. About 10 of the tenants were arrested and booked by…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod has passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Alipio Fernandez to grant the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) administrative control and supervision over the Dagupan City Seafood Processing Complex. Councilor Alfredo Quinto Sr., who proposed the resolution, said while the city government would like to manage the…
BANI—This small town of only about 48,000 people could soon become the province’s center for renewable energy. The indications are there. A Japanese company is now measuring wind velocity here in preparation for its plan to build windmills and at the same time, a Spanish firm is ready to conduct a feasibility…
URDANETA CITY–The first ever sanitary landfill in Pangasinan, currently in the final stage of construction in Barangay Catablan here, is set to be operational by the middle of July this year. Outgoing Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the sanitary landfill is among the few remaining unfinished projects programmed by his…
THE city’s jeepney drivers are a lucky bunch. Just two weeks after the May 10 elections, outgoing fourth district Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. delivered on his promise to provide them P.5 million seed money for their projects.
BANI–A new village, called Burobor ti Ayat (Fountain of Love), will soon be completed in the foothills of Barangay Dacap Sur here for 35 families affected by typhoon “Emong” which hit on May 7 last year and those residing in the town’s identified danger zones. Construction for the 100 units…
LYCEUM Northwestern University’s (LNU) “deregulated status” has been renewed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the institution’s continuing exemplary performance in instruction, research and public service. In presenting the Award of Distinction to LNU president Gonzalo Duque last May 14, CHEd chairman Emmanuel Angeles also cited the outstanding…
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