PROUDLY PHILIPPINES—A proud fisherman on his motorized banca, one among 30 others, welcomes the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16), the country’s second Hamilton-class cutter, by holding up the Philippine flag when it passed him in the afternoon of August 3 in the waters off western Pangasinan en route to its final…
LINGAYEN–Three senior police officers have finally been nominated for the provincial police director post to replace controversial Senior Supt. Marlou Chan. The three are: Senior Supts. Mariel Maniego Mangaway, Ferdinand Ocales Divina and Valeriano Templo de Leon.
SAN CARLOS CITY— Pangasinan is in mourning for the death of Dr. Jackson Dabu Soriano, chief of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH), who succumbed to lung cancer in the evening of August 4, 2013. The 54-year old doctor, who was also previously chief of other hospitals in the region, served…
HUNDRED ISLANDS MAKEOVER—The city government of Alaminos, with support from the provincial government led by Gov. Amado Espino Jr., dismantle illegally built structures on Quezon Island at Hundred Islands National Park last week as part of a beautification program to restore natural attraction of the popular tourist destination. Similar illegal…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government has expressed full support to the Alaminos City government’s plan to beautify and improve the facilities at the Hundred Islands. Governor Amado Espino Jr. gave this assurance when he joined Alaminos City Mayor Arthur Celeste in inspecting the tourist site last August 3, while the demolition of…
LINGAYEN—A waste of taxpayers’ money. This is how 6th District Board Member Ranjit Ramos-Shahani regards the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s (SP) moves to push for the redistricting of the province as he pointed out that this is a job for Congress.
OFFICIALS of government agencies as well as mining companies are lying when they say there is no hydrological connection between the Agno River and the Pantal-Sinocalan River that drains water to Dagupan before exiting to the Lingayen Gulf.
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez has vowed to push for a “bottom-up” planning when she held a meeting with the City Development Council composed of the 31 barangay chairmen, members of non-government organizations (NGOs) and representatives of civil society in in the city.
LINGAYEN–The provincial government has enlisted the help of the “Shore it Up: Rescue, Restore, Revive” campaign of the Metro Pacific Investment Foundation in cleaning and reviving both the Lingayen Gulf and the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City.
STRUCK BY A LIGHTNING—A statue of former Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon on one of the islands in the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City, named in his honor, was struck by a lightning, leaving it faceless. Mayor Art Celeste said the damaged statue will be restored as soon…
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