Ominous Signs By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE is the fact that graft and corrupt practices in the country have already become ingrained specially in government from the national to the local levels – notwithstanding all rhetorical negations and artistic postures to the contrary. There is also the standing…
A drug-free Dagupan By Bebot Villar QUIET na ang kapaligiran ngayon. Finally, tapos na ang mga mudslinging, character assassination, black propaganda, hate campaign pati na rin ang kantiyawan (hopefully). Matira ang matibay ang labanan. Like they say, kung mahina ang sikmura, don’t get into politics. Besides it being too…
Pangasinan athletes’ standing plummets By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I BELIEVE year 2013 is not so lucky for us as far as our athletes in national competitions are concerned. Sports like cycling, considered as one of the favorite games of Pangasinenses, obviously declined this year after losing the Le Tour…
Panpipilalekan Nen Santiago Villafania AKAPASYAR ak ed Post Office dia ed Lawton nen Martis, a-21 na Mayo tan say pegdat ko komun diman et mangaliw na stamps nipaakar ed Pangasinan. Amtak a wala’ra’y sipur lan imprinta da nen saman: Hundred Islands, lighthouse na Bolinao, simbaan na Mangaldan, tan dakel…
“PASSED IN INDECENT HASTE” NULL and void. This was the decision handed on May 20 down by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) on the resolution passed by the Dagupan sanggunian panlungsod authorizing Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate the sale of the city-owned MC Adore Hotel and a piece of land…
ACTING Mayor Belen Fernandez has began consulting with legal advisers on the steps that should be taken after the Regional Trial Court Branch 40 under Judge Mervin Jovito Samadan nullified the resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during a controversial special session authorizing Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate the sale of…
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER—Children enjoy the wave while frolicking in the shallow part of the sea at the Capitol beachfront in Lingayen as they make the most of the last days of summer. School is set to reopen in the early part of June. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to…
DAGUPAN’S BUDGET DEFICIT AFTER weeks of denying that the city government’s budget was suffering from a deficit in the first quarter alone, the truth is finally out and the emergency workers (EWs) and technical consultants in the payroll of the Dagupan government are the first to take the hit. The…
LINGAYEN—Despite winning by a wide margin of votes against his lone political opponent Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza in the May 13 election, 3rd termer Governor Amado Espino Jr. said he feels more relieved than victorious. “My feeling is not about being victorious, even winning by over 554,000 votes; my…
LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. filed last Friday a motion for a temporary restraining order against the appointment of Police Sr. Supt. Marlou Chan as the Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial director of Pangasinan. The petition filed before the Regional Trial Court in Lingayen further seeks that a preliminary injunction be eventually made permanent,…
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