JUMP FOR JOY—Children have the time of their lives jumping off the Dawel Bridge, newly-painted in the international safety orange color by the Department of Public Works and Highways as part of a nationwide program, totally oblivious of Dagupan City’s missing three barges-turned-riverboats supposedly moored at the Daongan ed Dawel…
THE three missing barges customized as riverboats for the Dawel River Cruise were found by the police ditched and moored beside properties of Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim. As initial police investigation showed, employees of Magic Group walked into the “Daongan ed Dawel” pulled out the three barges used for the Dawel…
LINGAYEN—Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan, the provincial police director, is sticking to his post despite a legal case filed by a popular governor seeking his ouster and a plea from the provincial board. “Let’s us allow the court to decide and for the meantime we just continue with our job. We…
A TASK force has been formed by Dagupan Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez to look at the effects on the city’s rivers and fishponds of the reported mine tailings upstream that affected the San Roque Multi-purpose reservoir in San Manuel town. Mine waste was dumped into the reservoir following the tailing…
A FORMER mayor and a municipal treasurer of Tayug have been convicted of malversation charges for misappropriating public funds amounting to P787, 700 in 2001. Ex-Mayor Marius Ladio and then officer-in-charge Municipal Treasurer Virgilio Arquero were found guilty of Malversation of Public Funds as contained in Article 217 of the…
AN endangered turtle species, the Cantor’s giant soft-shell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), was found in a rice land in Urbiztondo town and turned over Wednesday to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center in Dagupan City. Farmer Richard Aquino came across the turtle, also known as the Asian giant…
LINGAYEN—Dengue cases around the province decreased by 50 percent from January to June 3 this year with 363 cases recorded compared to 666 in the same period last year. However, 11 areas remain under the Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) dengue watch list, namely: the cities of San Carlos and Alaminos,…
SAN MANUEL– The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) will pilot a nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill here with a scripted scenario of a possible overtopping and seepage of the San Roque Dam. Regional Director Melchito Castro of the Office of Civil Defense said the drill scheduled on June…
AQUACULTURE STAKEHOLDERS—Fishermen and other stakeholders of the aquaculture industry listen to Dagupan Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez as she talks about their livelihood concerns and opportunities during the Workshop on Modeling Impacts of Aquaculture Production and the use of common water Bodies held June 6 at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology…
THE Xentromart in Urdaneta City, a 30,000-square meter-trading center for fresh produce, will soon start operations, initially with 144 stalls out of the total 264 stalls ready for occupancy by July. Official opening is scheduled on August 15, according to Engr. Willy Decena, president of Urdaneta Xentromart, Inc. which owns…
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