Camsur Tour, richest PH bikefest is born By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS just a little kid when the first professional multi-staged bicycle race was held. It was called the Tour of Luzon (ToL). That was in summer 1956. The bikefest was won by Sta. Rosa, Laguna marquee rider…
MEETING ON MORATORIUM–Governor Amado Espino Jr. leads a consultative meeting with stakeholders, including Mayors Aldrin Cerdan of Anda and Alfonso Celeste of Bolinao, where he called for a moratorium on all aquaculture activities along the narrow Caquiputan Channel which has been plagued by repeated fishkill incidents due to unregulated fish…
NO MORE FISHPENS, CAGES “Give the channel a rest!” LINGAYEN—Enough! This was the message of Governor Amado Espino Jr. as he ordered a moratorium on all economic activities along the Caquiputan Channel, a narrow body of water that separates the island town of Anda from Bolinao, which has been the…
DESPITE the recent fishkill which again struck the Caquipotan Channel in western Pangasinan, the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) is not recommending an outright moratorium on aquaculture in the area. NIFTDC, which is under the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has instead recommended the reduction of…
THE Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Natural and Environment Resources (DENR) has sent out warning notices to several local government units (LGU), including Dagupan, for their continued failure to comply with RA 9003, specifically for operating open or controlled dumpsites. According to EMB’s Regional Director Joel Salvador of…
P2,000 – P10,000 REWARD LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has now taken his campaign to protect the Pangasinan rivers personally. The governor is set to pay cash rewards to citizens, including government employees, who will help the provincial government arrest persons dumping garbage or wastes in the any of the province’s…
DAGUPAN BANGUS IS SAFE–Dagupan City officials lead a ‘boodle fight’ on June 6 in front of the Dagupan City One-Stop Shop Building with rice and grilled bangus to show the public that bangus harvested from the city’s fishponds are safe to eat and have not been affected by the fishkill…
TRADERS and vendors caught selling double-dead meat or fish, locally termed ‘botcha’, now face penalties under an ordinance passed last week by the Dagupan City council. Under Ordinance No. 0-488, in addition to the outright confiscation of botcha items, violators will be made to pay a fine of P3,000 for…
A CIVIL case for injunction and declaration of nullity of business tax was filed before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) by the University of Luzon (UL) against the City of Dagupan, Mayor Benjamin Lim, City Administrator Vladimir Mata and City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara. The complaint, received by the RTC on May…
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