LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has softened his earlier tough stance on the controversial revised Real Property Tax (RPT) assessment in the province by proposing a five-year staggered scheme of implementation. Espino made the surprise announcement during a press conference at the Provincial Information Office Tuesday afternoon where he showed a…
LINGAYEN–Just a misunderstanding. This was how Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim described the seeming feud between Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. over the proliferation of jai alai betting stations in the province.
SHOW US!–The province’s police personnel submit their issued firearms for inspection and verification to inspectors assigned by the regional office of the National Police Commission at the PNP headquarters in Lingayen. While every firearm was accounted for, Regional Director Atty. Monday Samson (in blue barong) acknowledged that many police officers…
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin Lim has already tagged the $2.2 million fish processing plant donated by the Korean government a white elephant and has called for a management take over by the city government. But the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which has been tasked to handle the plant’s…
ALAMINOS Mayor Hernani Braganza is filing a libel suit against Ruben Morante, president of Pangasinan Accountancy and Science School (PASS) College, for the latter’s public statements accusing him and the management of Pangasinan State University (PSU) of corrupt practices. “We will definitely sue him,” Braganza said during last week’s Meet…
FOUR of Pangasinan’s women representatives in Congress have endorsed the operations of the Loterya ng Bayan (LNB), which will be launched soon in lieu of the Small Town Lottery (STL). Margarita Juico, chairperson of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), which handles the STL, said she has already held several…
SIXTH District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., is supporting the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, considered as the final resting place of heroes of the Philippines. Bince, who has earned the moniker “eternal board member of Pangasinan” for being the longest-serving in the…
SECOND District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and his daughter, Angela, have sought further medical check-up and treatment at a private hospital in Manila following their recent vehicular accident which took place along the main highway in Bugallon. The two, who have already been declared out of danger, were reported to have…
LINGAYEN–A notorious drug pusher in Binmaley was arrested by joint elements of the police at 2:00 p.m. on May 11 in a buy-bust operation at the Rizal Plaza located in the town Poblacion. Roldan Dalisay, alias “Hapon”, 29, was caught red-handed with illegal drugs in an operation conducted by police operatives…
LINGAYEN–A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) was formed by the Police Provincial Office to go after the suspects who shot and killed a barangay chairman and his companion at dawn of May 7 in barangay Salpad, San Nicolas. The victims were Barangay Chairman Noel Ruiz, 40, of Barangay Salpad, and…
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