COME HELL OR HIGH WATERS–Voters of Lasip Chico wade in knee-deep floodwaters to cast their votes last October 25 for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Others who did not want to stay soaked for long, hang around at an adjacent house as they wait their turn to vote in…
LINGAYEN–Police Provincial Director Senior Supt. Rosueto Ricaforte has announced that they have made a breakthrough in the investigation of the slaying of a barangay kagawad in Calasiao on October 17, just a week before the October 25 barangay election.
NEVER FORGET THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE–Members of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) raise clenched fists after lighting candles during a rally at the War Memorial in Lingayen on October 23 to commemorate the 11th month of the infamous Maguindanao Massacre where victims included more than 30 community journalists. Court trials against the suspected perpetrators…
TO ensure smooth flow of traffic on All Saints’ Day, a number of streets have been limited to one-way traffic while usual routes for passenger buses and jeepneys will be rerouted for the day. One-way traffic will be observed from Burgos Street corner West Central Elementary School up to the…
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. awarded loan checks worth P1.781 million under the Livelihood Assistance Program of the Provincial Government last October 27 to 15 groups involved in small-scale businesses. Espino said the latest release brings the total amount of loan releases facilitated by the province to P16 M worth of…
LINGAYEN–Young would be journalists from the West Central School in San Nicolas had a taste of real provincial coverage. They “ambused” the governor himself for an interview. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. was not exactly the evasive subject as it was he who extended the invitation to the student writers of “Ang…
AN official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) provincial office has stated categorically that the agency will not interpose an objection to the planned construction of the hotel in Barangay Lucao since the project has no known critical impact on the environment. Amante Barbano, head of the…
HAPPY DANGEROUS STUNT–The boy vendor appears exceedingly happy as he heads for home riding his 3-wheeler on a single wheel along Malued road last Friday unfazed by traffic around him. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
THE prices of basic commodities in Pangasinan remain stable despite the onslaught of typhoon Juan that destroyed up to P2 billion worth of both public and private properties. Marjorie Loresco of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that based on their monitoring after the typhoon, the prices of…
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan was cited recently as most business-friendly LGU (Local Government Unit) by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) during the group’s 36th Philippine Business Conference in Manila last October 13. The province was specifically cited for its “commendable efforts in adopting quality management services and instituting systems innovation,…
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