LINGAYEN–Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. signed into law on Wednesday two major regulatory ordinances passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) that are expected to bolster the provincial government’s campaign for a balanced ecology that will ensure a healthy environment for Pangasinenses. Signed in the presence of SP members led by Vice…
LINGAYEN—The Provincial Health Office (PPO) has expressed alarm over the rising cases of dengue which already killed two children and downed 541 people from May to July this year. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said this is 15 per cent higher than the number of cases registered in…
IN LONDON OLYMPICS DANTE de Castro, a native of the island town of Anda, is headed for the Olympic Games in London. De Castro, a professor at the University of Luzon’s Criminology Department, has been chosen to be one of the 35 boxing referee-judges for the grand sporting event scheduled…
IN response to the call of Mayor Benjamin S. Lim for a more serious and aggressive campaign against illegal drugs in their respective communities, Barangay Chairman Pedro Gonzales of Bonuan Binloc showed the police the way to catch one of the most notorious drug dealers in his barangay last July…
CACHE OF FIREARMS–A member of the police raiding team examines one of the licensed 14 high-powered firearms found by lawmen at the residence of Mayor Ernesto Balolong of Urbiztondo during a raid on July 18. The police did not find any unlicensed firearm and instead were surprised to find that…
EMBATTLED Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong said the Sangguniang Panglunsod (SP) may have committed abuse of power when it declared as null and void an ordinance enacted by his town’s Sangguniang Bayan (SB) authorizing him to negotiate a P54 million loan with the Philippine National Bank (PNB).
FIVE HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE LINGAYEN–Five members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) led by its presiding officer, Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., scored a perfect attendance in a total of 74 sessions for the past two years from July 2010 to July 2012. During that period, the SP conducted 69…
THE renaming of so-called charity wards in government hospitals to ‘PhilHealth Wards’ is basically just a change in label, according to PhilHealth Regional Vice President Daniel De Leon. In a press conference last Friday, De Leon made the clarification to assuage worries voiced by the poor population who have no PhilHealth…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia, who is serving her first term, was chosen by the Publishers Association of the Philippines (PAPI) as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Congressmen of the Philippines. She was honored during the PAPI 2012 Midyear Media Conference and Awards Presentation on July 20 at the Makati…
EARTHQUAKE DRILL—Students and teachers gather at the Dagupan City National High School quadrangle covering their heads simulating a quick response action to an earthquake while inside the classrooms. The drill was part of the citywide disaster management campaign conducted to coincide with the commemoration of the killer quake that hit…
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