THE first and only sanitary landfill in the province is set to be inaugurated in mid February, possibly on Valentine’s Day. “The Urdaneta sanitary landfill will be the city government’s Valentine gift to the people,” said city administrator Ramil San Juan. The city government has invited President Benigno Aquino III…
A nine-year-old boy from Binalonan, now rues the day he unwittingly picked up a lighted firecracker lit by neighbors. He will have to live through his adult life without his right hand after doctors at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) amputated it from the wrist on December 27 to…
FOURTH DISTRICT’S WOMEN LEADERS–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and Rep. Manay Gina de Venecia of the Fourth District of Pangasinan are all smiles during a segment of the ceremony transferring the Episcopal Seat of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese from the old to the new cathedral, the Saint John Metropolitan Cathedral. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio)…
LINGAYEN—To disabuse minds of the public about indiscriminate firing of guns by policemen before and during the New Year revelry, chiefs of police across the province directed the sealing of nozzles of the service firearms issued to personnel under their command beginning December 27. The sealing of nozzle of firearms…
AT least P25 million is now underway for the initial construction of a dormitory for patients of the Regional Drug Rehabilitation Center being built by the Department of Health in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City. Rep. Gina de Venecia said the amount was part of the Priority Development Assistance Fund…
LINGAYEN— Nine fishermen from Bolinao were rescued a day after their fishing boat was hit by big waves and capsized in mid-sea December 27. The police said the nine are all residents of Barangay Balingasay, Bolinao. Rescued were Elmor Hernandez, Victor Ocampo, Roberto Pacheco, Dericko Gastillano, Vicente Arisgado, Abraham Renuhis;…
Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. thanks the city and municipal mayors for their impressive attendance during the LGU Night held last December 15 at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen as he called on them to prioritize efforts in peace and order, health care, agriculture and tourism in their respective towns.
BUGALLON’S Mount Besay Falls will be the town’s contribution to the development and promotion of tourism in the province. The town decided to develop Mount Besay Falls, which has seven layers of waterfalls located in Barangay Laguit Padilla, six kilometers from the town proper as an eco-tourism project.
FINALLY, cancer patients in Pangasinan no longer need to travel to Metro Manila for their needed treatment and therapy. The Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Cancer Institute at the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital has announced it is now prepared to offer cancer radiation therapy through linear accelerator.
URDANETA’S economy is expected to continue to grow further this year with its scheduled construction of infrastructure projects. City Administrator Ramil San Juan told the PUNCH last week that projects for the first quarter this year include the continuation of the concreting of the roads in the city.
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