“WE are not tax cheats.” Atty. Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), made this terse statement in reaction to Dgupan Mayor Benjamin Lim’s recent insinuation that LNU and two other private universities in Dagupan are under-declaring their taxes due the city to evade paying higher taxes.
PANGASINAN IS NO. 1–Team Pangasinan flashes the number One sign after the province bagged seven out of eight major awards in the Regional Development Council (RDC) awards program. Leading the team in the RDC awarding rites at Hotel Ariana in Bauang, La Union last February 24 are Vice Governor Jose…
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan came home with its hands full of awards. The province bagged seven out of eight top awards given by the Regional Development Council (RDC) for 2010, besting the three other Ilocos Region provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and La Union.
THE Dagupan City Water District (DCWD) has at last expanded its service to the island barangays using underground pipes laid down across the Calmay River from the mainland. Residents of the island villages have over the decades been fetching potable water from the Dagupan mainland.
URDANETA CITY–For the first time, this city bagged the region’s award for the Cleanest, Greenest and Safest City (CGSC) in 2010. The annual awards program, where Urdaneta City has placed third in the past, is presented by the Regional Development Council and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
K-12 BASIC EDUCATION–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and Dagupan City Schools Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio exchange ideas about the K+12 Basic Education Program, a new basic education cycle initiated by the Aquino administration, during a regional orientation and consultation program held at the Regional Learning Center Region 1 in San Fernando…
ALAMINOS CITY–This city has recently forged a partnership with the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) in line with its vision to become a Zero Waste City in the future. Mayor Hernani Braganza said GAIA is a global civil society network promoting Zero Waste as a means for improved health,…
ILLEGAL SETTLERS IN SITIO OPOT–Mayor Benjamin Lim (center) talks to families of sitio Opot, Bonuan Gueset who are resisting the demolition of their houses which is being carried out by a team implementing an order issued by the court. The residents have long been occupying the area as illegal settlers….
DAGUPAN CITY – Mayor Benjamin Lim has assured that the riverside squatters of sitio Dawel, along Dawel River bank of Barangay Pantal here that no ejection shall be done until relocation is available and a livelihood program for them is in place.
LINGAYEN–The provincial government’s river clean-up project has so far cleared and dredged 90% of the rivers in three towns and one city. Task Force Kalikasan, the group carrying out the clean-up operations under the “Ilog ko, Bilayen tan Aroen ko” program, reported during the program’s first general assessment meeting held…
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