The fuss in the NIA patubig project By Noel Cabobos THE town of Tayug, the heart of the 6th District, is now under the administrative function of lawyer Tyrone Agabas. But on top of Mayor Agabas is his wife, Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, who ran unopposed during the recent elections…
Typhoon updates online By Johanne Margarette R. Macob “CLASSES… are suspended.” That was the kind of trending posts these past days. Classes, and even work, in the earlier days of the week were cancelled due to the inclement weather: the continuous downpour of monsoon rains resulting to heavy flooding in…
METER USED OWNED BY CITY DAGUPEÑOS have been footing the electric bill of the privately-owned Citystate Savings Bank located on the ground floor of the former MC Adore Hotel since it started its operation in June. This was confirmed by Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) when it advised Mayor Belen T….
ON LAND AND ON WATER—Vehicles navigate the flooded road of AB Fernandez West along Babaliwan, one of the areas affected by Typhoon Maring in Dagupan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
NO storm signal was declared in Pangasinan last week but the torrential rains brought by Typhoon Maring proved more vicious than Typhoon Labuyo’s Storm Signal #3 the previous week. With practically nonstop rains for five days beginning August 17, flooding hit eight towns and two cities by August 21, displacing…
NOT A RIVER—Adults and children alike turn to boats as the preferred mode of transport in Calasiao, one of the hardest hit towns by Typhoon Maring, where streets such as this at the approach of Barangay Lasip have gone deep underwater. Calasiao is one of the municipalities that declared a…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) opted not to declare Pangasinan under a state of calamity, citing the several towns that already went ahead in placing themselves under the calamity state through resolutions passed by their respective legislative bodies. Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., chairman on the committee on laws,…
TALK OF PORK—Senator Alan Peter Cayetano (front, right), who visited the province Friday afternoon, met with Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (front, center) at the Capitol and discussed various issues, including the hot pork barrel fund, which a few hours earlier was declared by President Benigno Aquino III to be due…
PORK BARREL SCAM LET’S prove the innocence of our mayors. This was the stance made by the president of the Pangasinan Mayors League (PML) as he expressed support for an investigation on alleged corruption involving the Malampaya fund, part of which supposedly went to four towns and one city in…
RAIN or shine, Mayor Belen Fernandez is not budging from the August 31 deadline she set for the dismantling of illegal fish structures in the rivers of Dagupan. “Like what I have said, the cut-off is end of August,” Fernandez said during the KBP forum on Aug. 22.
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