SECRETARY Antonio Villar Jr., breaking his silence on jueteng, said he is appalled that “some influential people” are supporting candidates involved in the illegal numbers game in Pangasinan. Villar, chairman of Dangerous Drugs Board, said he is not happy with what’s going on in his own home province where, he…
PINDANG CHAMPION—Digna Salvatin is focused on slicing a three-kilo chunk of carabeef during the Longest Pindang contest, which she won over nine other competitors by producing a 194-inch strip of the delicacy for which Mangaldan is known for. Salvatin also won the Pindang-Making Rodeo, all held March 3 during the…
TARGET: GUINNESS RECORD MANGALDAN—The crowd that came to join the first Pindang Festival here last weekend were treated to a feast of the town’s most popular product — tasty dried carabeef known as pindang. The pindang products were served by the town’s association of meat entrepreneurs following a dry run…
PANGASINAN remains one of the vote-richest provinces in the country, now with 1,651,814 registered voters for the May midterm election, 29,000 more than the previous election in 2010. In the 2010 elections, 1,295,552 or almost 80 percent of the 1,621,959 registered voters cast their ballot. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election…
BOLINAO—Mayor Alfonso Celeste has reiterated his call to national government agencies to order the owner of a sunken Myanmar ship off the town’s coast to remove the vessel as the oil spill has now affected two barangays. Celeste said Thursday that oil spill has reached barangays Binabalian and Dewey, prompting…
“HINDI kami mag-nanakaw!” This was the blunt statement of former Councilor Michael Fernandez when asked what the team Belen Fernandez -Michael Fernandez can promise Dagupenos as they vie for the mayoralty and vice mayoralty seats. In an interview over a local radio station, Fernandez said the Belen-Michael team, which is…
LINGAYEN—The Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (MGB-DENR) will assess the site for proposed housing projects of the provincial government to ensure that it is a suitable location safe from geohazards. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved last week Resolution No. 1781 authorizing Governor Amado…
URDANETA CITY—Don’t create mess in our city. The city government formed teams composed of barangay officials for its Task Force Bantay Pangkalikasan to monitor and closely watch the posting of campaign materials of national and local candidates in the city for the May elections A city ordinance deputized Sangguniang Barangay…
LEADERS of the transport sector have been urged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to implement regular drug-testing among bus drivers, particularly those assigned to provincial buses. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr. said the agency is making the appeal in light of a recent series of arrests…
LOOSE FIREARMS–Pangasinan Provincial Police Director Marlou Chan presents the loose firearms seized by their operatives since the start of the election gun ban last January 13 during the Post Audit and Inspection of the Accomplishment on Comelec Gun Ban on March 7. (Punchphoto by Johanne R. Macob) Back to Homepage
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