HOW is it possible that a bank can operate at the ground floor of the former MC Adore Hotel without a business permit nor a building or renovation permit from the city government? And how is it able to operate without a legal power connection? This question was posed by…
MORE than a week after the Regional Trial Court (RTC) declared as null and void the resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) in a controversial special session on April 20, 2012 authorizing Mayor Benjamin Lim to initiate the sale of MC Adore, a new motion has been filed seeking to officially nullify…
PUBLIC elementary and secondary schools around the province will open its gates on June 3 for the start of academic year 2013-2014. Senior Inspector Ryan Manongdo, information officer of the Pangasinan Police, said chiefs of police in Pangasinan were alerted by Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Marlou Chan to adopt proactive…
WHALE SHARKS IN SAN FABIAN—One of the four whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) that frolic at the Lingayen Gulf is captured on camera noon of May 28, 2013 in the waters off San Fabian beach. Whale sharks are the biggest known fish species. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE tarpaulin announcing the Lim administration’s contentious Maternal, Children and Lying-in Hospital was taken down on Thursday by the City Engineer’s Office, a clear indication that it will no longer be pursued by the incoming administration of Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez. Fernandez, the mayor-elect of Dagupan who will officially start her term…
ON its 49th year and 17th annual conference, the Philippine Press Institute, the national association of newspapers, will re-examine the journalism practice in the country and assess how newspapers are surviving in the digital age in this year’s National Press Forum (NPF) “Watching the Watchdog: Re-examining Ourselves” on June 13 and 14…
EIGHT private higher educational institutions in Pangasinan were granted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) the authority to increase tuition fees by at least 11.99 percent starting this school year. The eight are: St. Columban’s College in Lingayen; San Carlos College and Palaris College in San Carlos City, Lyceum…
THE Social Security System (SSS) office in Dagupan, along with other branches nationwide, will be open for business on Saturdays this June to enable household employers and domestic workers or kasambahay to register with the agency. Under the Kasambahay Law and the Social Security Law, SSS membership for domestic workers…
SANTACRUZAN LIVES ON—The Reyna Elena, Victoria Samson, garbed in a modern white gown, and her consort prince pass by the front gate of the Saint John the Evangelist Metropolitan cathedral during the celebration of the May Flower Festival on May 30 with the holding of the long Filipino tradition of Santacruzan. (Punchphoto…
LINGAYEN—Employees of the provincial government are making full use of the newly opened Employees Health and Wellness Center located at the second floor of the Alley Building, Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center here. “We are happy that the employees patronize health and wellness,” said Janette Asis, head of the Human…
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