THE rivers are not your trash bin. This was the strong message sent out by the Dagupan government as 21 residents were apprehended last week after they were caught in the act of throwing garbage or defecating in the city’s rivers.
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RPOC MEETING–Governor Amado Espino Jr. shares thoughts with Department of Interior and Local Government Regional Director Manuel Biazon while Police Regional Director Orlando Mabutas listens to the discussion during the Regional Peace and Order Council meeting in Lingayen last week. (PUNCHphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
RPOC MEETING
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. was re-elected chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) while Chief Superintendent Orlando Mabutas, police regional director of Ilocos, was elected vice chairman. La Union and Pangasinan have already been declared clear of insurgency but there is still one barangay in the former and…
Espino remains RPOC chairman
BUGALLON–A former chairman of Barangay Bongalon here was seriously wounded after he was shot by one of two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle at 6:30 a.m. of September 17 at the boundary of Barangay Magsaysay and Bongalon in Bugallon.
Another ex-kapitan shot, politics eyed on motive
BUSTING DENGUE–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez gives instruction to members of the “Dengue Busters” of insect repellent company Baygon, whom she invited to help mitigate clearing of known breeding places of mosquitoes in Sitio Calarin, Barangay Malued last Wednesday. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
BUSTING DENGUE
ALAMINOS CITY–A frightened 27-year old female Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was recently repatriated from Saudi Arabia with the help of Mayor Hernani Braganza and now contemplates fighting back. Cherry Ann Ferrer, a resident of Barangay Poblacion here who arrived from Saudi Arabia on September 6, will consider the mayor’s advice to…
OFW flees from abusive Saudi Arabia employer
WATER PUMPS FOR FARMERS–Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., joined by Mayor Napoleon Sales of Manaoag, turns over one of the more than 100 water pumps that were distributed Thursday to farmer associations in Manaoag, Mangaldan, San Fabian and San Jacinto. The water pumps were…
WATER PUMPS FOR FARMERS
MANGALDAN–More than 100 portable water pumps were turned over to local government units in the 4th District towns of Mangaldan, San Fabian, San Jacinto and Manaoag last September 16 by Rep. Gina de Venecia and her husband, former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
Farmers get water pumps from excise tax
NEW MARKET FOR MANGALDAN–Fourth District Rep Gina de Venecia (second from left) and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. lead the groundbreaking ceremony on September 17 for a new two-storey fish market building in Mangaldan that will replace the structure gutted by fire four months ago. The P20-million funding for the…
NEW MARKET FOR MANGALDAN
GOOD news for tricycle passengers in Dagupan, the tricycle fare matrix is back. Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) Chief Robert Erfe-Mejia met Tuesday with the officers and members of several associations of drivers and tricycle operators in the city to the finalize details on the fare matrix.
