PUNCH’S FIRST ML ISSUE—Above is the file photo of The PUNCH’s October 22, 1972 issue, the first issue and newspaper allowed by the military to continue publishing in the province after martial law was declared on September 21, 1972. THE PUNCH managed to publish and distribute secretly 1,000 copies of…
APPRAISED VALUE THE appraisal committee created by Dagupan Mayor Benjamin S. Lim for the MC Adore land building has appraised the property to be worth only P100 million. Based on the appraisal report submitted to Lim, a copy of which was obtained by the PUNCH last Tuesday, the committee estimates…
DESPITE SUIT NOTWITHSTANDING the special civil suit filed by Sangguniang Panlungsod Secretary Ryan Ravanzo against Mayor Benjamin Lim and nine members of the council, the mayor is set to pursue the sale of the MC Adore property. In a press statement, Lim said there is “nothing irregular or anomalous in…
HAPPY but could be happier. Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque, president of the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), expressed elation over the decision of the Regional Trial Court declaring portions of the Dagupan City Revenue Code of 2005 as null and void but quickly added this is only a “partial victory” on…
ILLEGAL FIREARMS—Assorted high-powered firearms and ammunition confiscated by combined elements of the regional and provincial police operatives in two separate houses in San Manuel were presented to the media September 12 in Lingayen. The firearms were suspected to being be used by a private armed group identified by the police…
NOT in my barangay. The chair of Barangay Herrero-Perez in Dagupan, Salvacion Bravo, has set her foot down against online gambling and promptly recalled a business clearance inadvertently granted by her secretary to a company proposing to establish online gambling in her jurisdiction.
THE Dagupan city school division confirmed Thursday that it has not received communication from the Department of Education central office ordering the relocation of pupils of the Juan P. Guadiz Elementary School on A. B. Fernandez Avenue West to another site. This was clarified to the PUNCH in an interview…
CAN local government units (LGUs) use public fund to finance fiesta-related activities? No, says the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2011 audit report for the municipality of Binmaley. The audit report, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH, indicates it is not legal to use LGU funds…
THE ‘PEOPLE POWER’ JUMP—Students of Lyceum Northwestern University join former President Fidel V. Ramos on stage in his signature “freedom jump” during the first stop of the nationwide book tour and documentary roadshow “Pilipinas: The story behind the Glory” held September 14 at the school’s Dr. Salvador Duque Fieldhouse. The event…
IS there or isn’t there continued jueteng operations in the province? If you ask Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr., officer-in-charge Pangasinan police director, he will confidently say the province is jueteng-free. On the other hand, Retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a long-time crusader against illegal gambling, would respond to…
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