GOT FUNDS?–Assistant City Budget Officer Virgilio Tangco cites the sources of funds for the proposed supplemental budget of P7.2 million requested by Mayor Benjamin Lim to fund wages for emergency workers, costs of fuel for the city’s garbage trucks and other emergency needs of the two-month old administration of Lim….
GOT FUNDS?
Department heads continue to snub council THE RELATIONSHIP between the Mayor’s Office and the Sanggunian Panlungsod continues to be strained despite earlier assurances of cooperation between them by Mayor Benjamin Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez.
BSL’s ‘gag’ order stays
TO be considered malicious, the libelous statements must be shown to have been written with the knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of whether they are false or not. With this as a guiding principle, the City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the libel complaint against editors and staff of The…
Mayor’s libel case vs. PUNCH dismissed
LINGAYEN–The Dagupan City government has extended the deadline for the dismantling of all fish pens and other illegal structures along rivers in the city from September 1 to the 30th. Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim said the one-month extension is intended to let fish pen owners recover part of their investment…
Lim resets fish pen ultimatum to Sept.30
RIVER CLEAN-UP–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. leads Pangasinan’s mayors, regional officers, provincial government officials and employees, and various stakeholders in the covenant signing for the province-wide clean-up drive of rivers and waterways held August 24 at the Sison Auditorium. (PIO photo) Back to Homepage
RIVER CLEAN-UP
Pangasinan leaders ink covenant LINGAYEN–Environmental protection is dictated by “common sense and conscience”. This was the message of Gov. Amado Espino Jr. as he led regional, provincial and municipal leaders on August 24 in the signing of covenant for a province-wide clean-up drive of rivers and waterways.
Province-wide campaign to clean rivers launched
READY FOR A TEST RUN–Dr. Westly Rosario, director of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), shows initial operational plans to The PUNCH for the US$2 million-dollar Korea Philippines Dagupan Seafood Processing Complex (inset) which is now under the control of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. An…
READY FOR A TEST RUN
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has assumed full control and responsibility over the newly completed Korea-Philippines Dagupan Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan City. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) under BFAR, said the bureau has already conveyed its acceptance of…
BFAR assumes control over seafood plant
LINGAYEN–The dengue disease has not yet reached an alarming proportion in Pangasinan, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The PHO has recorded 316 dengue cases from January to August 23 this year.
