BSL’S VETO EXPECTED THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan finally approved last March 16 the 2011 annual budget of the city, but with significant cuts from the proposal submitted Mayor Benjamin Lim. Contained in Draft Ordinance No. 0-433, the SP-approved budget amounts to P487 million, 15 percent or P81 million…

VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, defended the P487 million budget approved by the city council, lower than the proposed P568 million, as a conscientious move and not politically-motivated. “We will not do that just for the sake of politics,” said Fernandez, pointing out that the budget…

LINGAYEN–Despite the nuclear plant disaster in Fukushima, Japan as an aftermath of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country, some provincial board members are not changing their position to construct nuclear plants in the province.

MANGALDAN—Scandal rocked the National Achievement Test (NAT) for Grade VI pupils last week when eight public school teachers from this town were caught red-handed with reproduced copies of the test booklets. The eight teachers are all advisers of Grade VI students of the Mangaldan Central School.

SHELLFISH harvested from the waters of Bolinao and Anda are currently contaminated by red tide and not safe for consumption. Based on its monitoring, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued an advisory last week confirming that the waters of the two western Pangasinan towns are affected by…