Gumarang deplores basketball team selection By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN I got word from my cousin Alex Aquino that the University of Luzon (UL) will officially represent region 1 in the forthcoming National Students Basketball Championship (NSBC) slated on February 27-March 3 based on what his son UL player…
Not yet ready for K+12 By Johanne Margarette R. Macob THE K to 12 is coming in June; no stopovers, no delays. I am not an expert to comment on the issue. I am neither a teacher nor a parent who will be affected by the change. I am not…
ANOTHER MULTI-MILLION PROJECT DEAL WHERE’S the plan? This, among others, was the question raised by the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on the Maternal and Children Lying-in Hospital proposed by the Dagupan City government. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the SP, said the city council has not received…
LOBBYING FOR HOSPITAL—City Administrator Vladimir Mata (right) and City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell share a light moment before engaging the city councilors in a discussion defense of city hall’s proposed P43 million Maternal and Children Lying-in Hospital during the budget hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod on February 2. (Photo by Mitz…
THE Dagupan City government collected only P251 million in revenues last year, or 11.6% short of the target of P284 million. As a result, Dagupan would have suffered a deficit last year were it not for the increase in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share of the city from P283 to…
LINGAYEN—The provincial government’s planned golf course project within a 300-hectare eco-tourism zone here is facing snags with allegations of illegal mining in relation to the clearing operations. A group of residents have reportedly filed a complaint before the Ombudsman against Governor Amado Espino Jr. Provincial Administrator Baraan, Engr. Alvin Bigay…
NOT MINING—Pangasinan Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan explains the golf development process to the media during a press conference at the capitol on Monday. Baraan reiterates that the provincial government is not engaged in mining of black sand (magnetite) contrary to a news report published in a national newspaper. (PIA photo/…
LINGAYEN—The Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives is expected conduct an inquiry on the alleged illegal mining operations here in relation to the planned golf course project of the provincial government. Bayan Muna party list Rep. Teddy Casiño, following a visit two weeks ago to the province,…
FOR VIOLATING WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW STRIKE 3! The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has issued strike-three notices to Dagupan City and 26 municipalities in Pangasinan for continuously failing to implement a proper waste disposal system in their respective dumpsites.
PACQUIAO IN TOWN–Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao (with microphone), the nation’s boxing pride, gamely fields questions from the Pangasinan media during a press conference at the Binmaley Museum as a special guest of Binmaley’s Sigay Festival and town fiesta on January 31. With him are (from left) Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim,…
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