IT’S not fair. This is how Binmaley officials feel about the ruling slapped on the municipality by the Commission on Audit (COA) that local government funds cannot be used for fiesta-related activities In a talk to newsmen, Vice Mayor Pedro Merrera Jr. asked why the same policy does not appear…
ALARMED by media reports that her own barangay, Bonuan Binloc, is among the hubs of illegal drug trade in Pangasinan, Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia called on both the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to undertake immediate and effective action on the matter. De…
WHAT do the revered late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo and Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim could possibly have in common? According to the mayor, Robredo has Chinese roots and whose name in Mandarin is Lin Bingzhi. This was confirmed by the Lim Family Association of…
OLD GLORY—Casa Real, which served as the first seat of provincial government and now sandwiched between the Lingayen town Hall and the Provincial Jail, will soon be restored back to its old glory fitting for a national historical landmark after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved a resolution endorsing its restoration. (Punchphoto…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has endorsed the restoration of the Casa Real, a Spanish-era building that served as the first provincial seat of government. The provincial board, however, wants funding for the renovation work to come from the national government through Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority under the Department…
“JUETENG FREE PANGASINAN” LINGAYEN— NO kidding! This sums up the reaction of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz and other church leaders in the province who appeared amused as they laughed at the statements of Sr. Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa, officer-in-charge police provincial director, that Pangasinan is now jueteng-free. It’s not…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan is forging a sisterhood agreement with Guam to foster closer economic and cultural ties. Governor Amado Espino Jr. is leading a provincial government team to Guam on September 21 to sign the tie-up. Espino said the sisterhood will build “closer ties in terms of business development, strong economic relationship,…
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan Police Office (PPO) has confirmed that one of the persons arrested by the police at the residence of the leader of a Private Armed Group (PAG) in Barangay Flores, San Manuel town last Sept. 12 is the gun-for-hire suspected to have assassinated San Manuel’s vice mayor five years ago….
SAN CARLOS CITY—A notorious leader of a car theft group who bolted jail was hit in a shootout with arresting officers and later died in hospital. Harold Flores alias Manok of Barangay Tonton, Lingayen died Monday while being treated at the Quezon City General Hospital for gunshot wounds sustained when…
BRIGADA ESKWELA SUPPORT—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez receives an award for her support in the Brigada Eskwela 2012 from Department of Education-Dagupan officials. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
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