To be or not to be By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2011 UCAAP-PRISAA Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship is scheduled to commence this coming July 25 at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome. Unlike in the last three years where the league was successfully directed by Angel C. Gumarang as the commissioner, the…
AFTER TWO YEARS SAN CARLOS CITY–After two years, the Office of the Ombudsman finally acted on the complaints filed against an official of the city treasurer’s office here who was accused of falsifying documents to pilfer local government funds.
Ombudsman dismisses San Carlos City cashier
CRIME IN LAOAC–Fifth District Rep. Kimi Cojuangco condoles with the family of Rodrigo and Gener Eleazar who were killed in a police shootout when she and husband, former Rep. Mark Cojuangco, visited the wake. The Cojuangcos vowed to help the Eleazars get an impartial investigation into the incident which they…
CRIME IN LAOAC
LAOAC–The family of a father and son who died in a reported shootout with the police in Barangay Lebueg here last June 19 is crying for justice for their dead kin.
Rubout suspected in Laoac shooting
FLASH FLOOD IN THE CITY–Vehicles navigate the knee-deep water along the Mayombo Road in Dagupan, which was among the towns and cities in the province hit by flashfloods last Saturday, June 26, due to several days of monsoon rains spawned by Tropical Storm “Falcon”. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to…
FLASH FLOOD IN THE CITY
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan was declared under a state of calamity in a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan during its special session on June 29 in response to the extensive damage caused by the week-long southwest monsoon rains aggravated by tropical storm “Falcon”.
Pangasinan under state of calamity after “Falcon”
LIKAS-YAMAN AWARD–Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr. (2nd from right) leads other provincial officials in receiving the Likas Yaman award provincial category that cited Pangasinan for its environmental protection thrust and programs. (PIO Photo) Back to Homepage
LIKAS-YAMAN AWARD
PANGASINAN won this year’s prestigious Likas Yaman award as the Best Local Government Unit (LGU)-Initiated Environmental project in Region 1. The award was presented last June 30 in ceremonies held in San Fernando City in La Union.
Pangasinan bags Likas Yaman Award
LINGAYEN–NO hard feelings. This was the common message sent out by both Governor Amado Espino Jr. and his appointee, Paterno Orduña, who resigned from his position as Executive Assistant IV and as head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) effective July 1.
Orduña resigns as capitol exec
SOME 500 hectares of watershed areas near the San Roque dam in San Manuel town is set to be planted beginning July 7 as part of the National Greening Program (NGP) and to provide habitat for the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi).