Limgas na Pangasinan Nen Santiago Villafania MALIKET ak ta naimanok la’ra’y limgas na Pangasinan ed saray punsion tan pandaragup ed luyag. Nen imbebeneg a bulan matalakatak ak ed facebook ta singa ibibilar tayo ira labat ed paliagan na parakepa’y lupa tan laman. Ni anggapo’y alimeng kon mumukatan da nen…
Small is big By Johanne Margarette R. Macob WE will never know how truly big small things are and how big their impact can be. Some people hate another for what seemingly are petty reasons. Some people even hurt, worse get to kill, another person for a ‘little’ misunderstanding….
Young Roots
Counterpoint By Abe P. Belena Prospects and Challenges FIRST words on this column that takes its debut in the Capitol’s corner this week. Counterpoint, its identifying title, defines what to expect from this corner, presentation of the other side of the coin on events, situations, issues and trends;…
A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts
MC ADORE SIDE AGREEMENT? COULD the city be unknowingly shouldering the electric consumption of the controversial newly-opened bank at the former MC Adore Hotel? Mayor Belen Fernandez said she has asked her incoming legal officer, whom she did not name, to look into possible legal actions against City State Savings…
City probes bank’s power connection
Mayor Belen Fernandez has created Task Force Bantay Ilog to guard and monitor the city’s rivers 24/7 as the demolition of illegal fish pens in Dagupan started last week. City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina, tasked to oversee the demolition, said the creation of the task force, headed by Ronnie Cayabyab, president…
City starts demolishing illegal fishpens
GOOD GOVERNANCE IN 4TH DISTRICT—Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia (3rd from right) and the newly elected mayors of the district meet to discuss the economic agenda for the entire district where they agreed to wage a common battle against corruption and to initiate reforms that will usher in good governance….
GOOD GOVERNANCE IN 4TH DISTRICT
MAYOR Belen Fernandez is bracing for rough sailing in her administration’s first six months in office in the face of a measly P12 million left in Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) funds left by the previous administration. “Baka hindi lang yan,” said Fernandez, noting that the P12 million left…
With meager fund left, Belen scraps projects
LINGAYEN—Even with the election gun ban lifted, the barangay chairmen around the province won’t be automatically getting back the shotguns issued to them by the provincial government due to a new law requiring new permits. Senior Supt. Marlou Chan, police provincial director of Pangasinan, pointed this out in a reply…
Kapitans told: No SCR, no shotgun
The PUNCH’s former editor-in-chief Gerardo E. Garcia, 87, passed away last July 2, 2013 after a period of lingering illness. He was rushed to the Nazareth General Hospital unconscious from Basista town where he resided in retirement after complaining of difficulty in breathing.
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LINGAYEN—Philippine National Police (PNP) Director for Personnel and Record Management Catalino Cuy and Region 1 Director Ricardo Marquez expressed their optimism that the case filed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. seeking for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order (TRO) against incumbent provincial director Senior Supt. Marlou Chan will be resolved…