Le Tour and Ronda By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT was in 1973 to 1976 when there were at least two professional multi-stage cycling road races in the Philippines. The following made it three: the eight-day Tour of PICCA (Phil. Industrial Commercial Cycling Association organized by the late Antonio…
CITY HALL VIOLATES ORDINANCE LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN Archbishop Socrates Villegas is upset with the administration of Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim. Reason? At presstime, March 27, commercial stalls are being set up outside the St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral for the Bangus Festival with the authority of the mayor’s office. “Where is respect,…
COVENANT SIGNING—Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas witnesses the signing of the covenant for peace and cooperation by Vice Governor Jose Calimlim Jr. and Arturo Lomibao last March 25 inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan City. The event was also participated in by some 30 other candidates but not…
DAGUPAN CITY—The two gubernatorial bets in the province did not show up at the peace covenant signing for provincial candidates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last March 24 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the St. John The Evangelist in Dagupan. Re-electionist 6th District Board Member Alfonso Bince, who…
COA RULES BEING VIOLATED SURPLUS no. Deficit yes! Two minority city councilors refuted the claim of the Lim administration that the city has a surplus at the end of 2012 and maintained their finding that the Dagupan City government did not only suffer a shortfall in revenue collection last year…
STILL UNSETTLED ISSUE “AT their own risk”. This was the reply of lawyer Borromeo Bustamante when asked what could possibly happen if the majority members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) push through with their plan to approve a P47 million supplemental budget, of which at least P39.8 million will be sourced…
LINGAYEN–“I will always remain faithful to the norms of ethical conduct and will actively support the advocacy of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) for clean, honest, accountable, meaningful and peaceful elections (CHAMP) and the campaign for Secured and Fair Elections (SAFE) of the Philippine National Police.”
MT. ZION IN BUGALLON—Catholic devotees flock to Mt. Zion, known as the Pilgrim Mountain located in Barangay Laguit in Bugallon town, especially during the Lenten Season to pray and as a special devotion. The Pilgrim Mountain features life-sized statues depicting the life, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Punchphoto…
ELECTION PREPARATION LINGAYEN–The Provincial Joint Security Control Center (PJSCC), composed of the police, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec), held a coordinating conference on March 26 to discuss security and campaign matters related to the May 13 elections. One of the main issues discussed was…
NEW HOSPITAL BUILDINGS—Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (3rd from left) leads the inauguration of five newly-constructed buildings at Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City (right) last March 23. Under the Espino administration, some 26 new buildings have been constructed inside the hospital compound. With the additional facilities, upgraded equipment…
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