LINGAYEN—The beleaguered police provincial director of Pangasinan was finally relieved from his post effective Friday, June 21 following an order from Camp Crame, the Philippine National Police headquarters. Senior Supt. Marlou Chan, who was earlier declared persona non grata by the provincial board and is facing a court case filed…
THE Pangasinan Press Club Inc., represented by its president Atty. Gonzalo T. Duque, scored a first-round victory in a civil action it filed against another group of media men when the Regional Trial Court (RTC) ordered a status quo in “so far as the matter of controversy is concerned.” The order…
IN CASH-STRAPPED DAGUPAN DAGUPEÑOS should expect an austere fiesta celebration in December as the incoming administration of Mayor-elect Belen Fernandez struggles to manage the city’s deficient finances. Fernandez, currently on an acting-mayor capacity, said in a press conference last week that the outgoing administration of Mayor Benjamin Lim spent too…
BRIDGE OF BURDEN—The delayed completion of the rehabilitation of the 100-meter Villamil Bridge in Calasiao takes its toll on the town’s businesses as well as commuters and pedestrians. The 50-year old bridge, closed in January this year, is the main link between central Pangasinan and the commercial center of Dagupan…
BEING a catch basin, the coastal province of Pangasinan is considered the most flood-prone in Region 1, which is why it is being closely monitored by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). OCD Director Melchito Castro, also the chairperson of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC), made this…
DAGUPAN’S NOTORIETY ARRESTED drug dealers have attested that Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City is the main source of illegal drugs filtering into other parts of Pangasinan, other provinces in Region 1, and parts of the Cordilleras. Director Jeoffrey Tacio of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 1 made this announcement,…
PARENTS of children under a feeding program bankrolled by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and implemented by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) have complained to Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez that the food being served to the kids seemed spoiled. Looking into the matter, Fernandez…
BACK TO BASICS LINGAYEN—The police director of Region 1has instructed cops to be go out in the field “where it matters most”. Chief Superintendent Ricardo Marquez, in a visit to the province Wednesday, informed Pangasinan’s police chiefs about his program of going “back to basics”, which includes increasing police visibility…
THE principal of West Central Elementary School (WCES) in Dagupan City refuses to budge from his post despite a standing order from the schools superintendent. Dr. Gloria Torres, schools division superintendent, already issued her second order dated June 17 for the transfer of assignment of Dr. Reynardo Barrozo, principal IV,…
DENGUE AWARENESS MONTH DENGUE cases in the province from January to May 31, 2013 dropped by more than 50 percent compared to the same period last year. This year, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 646 dengue, less than half of the almost 1,400 cases last year. Eugene Paragas, dengue…
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