TIES WITH AGBAYANIS CITED SAN CARLOS CITY—Governor Amado Espino Jr. brushed aside speculations that Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa, currently chief of intelligence of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office1, will become the next police provincial director of Pangasinan.
SAN CARLOS CITY—“I’m very fine. I’ve not been sick. I’d never had a heart attack and I’m back.” Thus said Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in response to the malicious spam text message that circulated in Pangasinan last week by still unidentified persons claiming that the Espino family is asking for prayer…
10 DISTRICTS, NOT JUST 6 LINGAYEN—With the growing population of Pangasinan, one of the biggest among all provinces in the country, a new move seeking the reapportionment into not just seven but 10 congressional districts was initiated in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) last week.
FOR RED CROSS RELIEF OPERATIONS—Philippine National Red Cross chairman Richard Gordon (2nd from left) and Dr. Vivencio Villaflor Jr., 2nd from right) PNRC Pangasinan chapter chairman, lower the time capsule during the ceremonial groundbreaking of the PNRC warehouse . They are joined by (from extreme left) PNRC Sec. Gen. Gwendolyn Pang,…
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved last Monday a landmark legislation that seeks to regulate the use of the natural resources of the province, extending maximum protection against abuse. SP Member Von Mark Mendoza, chairman on the committee one environment and author of the ordinance, heaved a sigh of relief after the proposal, which…
UNPERTURBED by opposing sectors, Mayor Benjamin S, Lim is bent on pursuing his proposed city government-run Children and Maternity Hospital in Dagupan. Speaking before the barangay service point officer (BSPOs) in a workshop-seminar at the West Central Elementary School Friday morning, Lim announced that the Department of Education has given the green…
AGUILAR–The rising incidence of killings involving hitmen-riding-in-tandem (HRIT) in the province has become alarming. This was the view expressed by Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, a retired police general who served as director for Pangasinan and Region 1, who said many of his constituents are already apprehensive about security in…
THE Department of Education (DepEd) and 20 private and public schools have pledged support to Dagupan City’s anti-illegal drugs campaign in a forum held at the city hall on Wednesday. “We can never attain quality education if there are barriers,” School Division Superintendent Alma Ruby C. Torio said, identifying illegal…
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Regional Office based in Dagupan announced it is now offering a special healthcare package that covers case type Z illnesses. Case type Z is any illness as primary condition that is life- or limb-threatening and requires prolonged hospitalization, expensive therapy or other treatments that…
FUTURE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE—Maintenance work on the developed fairways of the Lingayen Golf course at the Eco-tourism Zone continues while the provincial government awaits the issuance of the environment compliance certificate from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Construction is expected to resume before the year ends. Back to Homepage
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