NEW POLICE PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR–Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricarforte (middle) and his mistah Senior Superintendent Percival Barba (left) salute each other as the latter turns over his post as police provincial director of Pangasinan last week. The turnover ceremony was presided over by Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Rodolfo Mabutas (with back to the…
LINGAYEN–There was a changing of the guard at the Police Provincial Office on September 8 with the assumption of Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte as the new police provincial director. Ricaforte, who came from the Police Regional Office III, replaced Senior Superintendent Percival Barba who headed the Pangasinan police for almost…
LINGAYEN–Was politics behind the brutal slaying of the former chief of Task Force Marshal in Dagupan City? Adel Malapit, who headed the unit tasked to secure government buildings and offices during the administration of ex-Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., was gunned down in the afternoon of September 6 in Barangay Paronking,…
TAYUG–The provincial board should attempt to determine the roots of the killings in Tayug, a town which served as the seat of the infamous “colorum uprising” in 1935.
MULTIPLE VOTER-REGISTRANTS–Provincial Election Officer Reddy Balarbar (left) bares during the KBP Forum the discovery of double and multiple voter registrants in Pangasinan and Dagupan during the May10, 2010 polls. The voters’ list is now being purged in preparation for the Barangay and Sangguaniang Kabataan Elections on October 25. (Punchphoto by…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office has purged the list of voters in Pangasinan and in Dagupan City after it was found to be padded by double and multiple registrants. Provincial Elections Officer Reddy Balarbar said the double and multiple registrations were discovered after the Comelec headquarters in Manila…
DENGUE cases in Pangasinan are still rising, contrary to prediction it will decline during the remaining months of the year. Dr. Michael Canto, spokesperson of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC), said in the first week of September alone, they registered more than 40 confirmed cases of dengue.
LINGAYEN—At the risk of sounding like a party-pooper to some party animals in government, Governor Amado Espino Jr. reminded all mayors about the right priorities in governance –more projects, less parties. He categorically asked all municipal governments of Pangasinan to cut down on their expenses, particularly for extended and lavish…
ART FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez receives an abstract painting using recycled materials as a token of appreciation from Grade 1 pupils of the Pangasinan Universal Institute during their courtesy call on her. The class is promoting an advocacy seeking to maximize use of recycled materials as home and…
CITY HALL ALTERNATIVE TO NON-APPEARANCE DEPARTMENT heads of the Dagupan City Hall continue to snub the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), but some of them have resorted to writing letters to respond to the council’s queries in lieu of their physical presence during hearings and deliberations.
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