PH 5’s dream finally came true THE dream of our Philippine national basketball team to clinch a berth in the world basketball competition was finally realized by placing second in the prestigious FIBA Asia Championship last August 11 at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. We saw how our…
Kapolopoloan (Hundred Islands) Nen Santiago Villafania MALIKET kon akabatan ya wala la’y onkikimey natan ed saya’y Hundred Islands (tatawagen dan Kapolopoloan ed daan iran mapa). Binmurareg la kono ima’y lupa na istatua nen Manuel L. Quezon diman ed Quezon Island. Impaalagey iyan monuminto nen Quezon bilang pakanonotan kayari dan…
The great paradox By Johanne Margarette R. Macob “AS much as I don’t like the rain, I just couldn’t curse it, for others want or even need its every drop. Besides, we will never have our rainbows without it.” That was my post on my Facebook account during the…
COA INQUIRY STARTED IN 2012 ALCALA—Mayors – some former, others incumbent or in another position – of towns that supposedly received P10 million each in 2009 from the now scandalous Malampaya fund for agricultural assistance have denied receiving any money for their municipality and attested that their signatures were forged…
FIESTA FUND MESS WHAT financial assistance? This was asked by Councilor Jesus Canto, executive chairman of the 2010 City Fiesta, who finally broke his silence to clarify his involvement in the fiesta fund mess. He said he was not aware of a “financial assistance” being given regularly by the city…
EWs PAYDAY—A terminated emergency worker at the city hall, one of verified legitimate 481 EWs, personally receives her unpaid wage for the month of June, in cash from City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara (right) last Wednesday at the City Museum. Mayor Belen Fernadez has since ordered that salaries be paid directly…
NO PROOF, NO PAY EMERGENCY workers (EWs) in Dagupan City hired under the previous administration will finally get their unpaid wages for the month of June, but only if they have submitted the documents proving that they actually rendered service. However, last week 481 EWs already received their unpaid wages.
MULTI-MILLION LAND SCAM COULD there be an organized syndicate operating in cahoots with insiders at the Land Registration Authority (LTA) to grab land from absent owners, particularly Pangasinenses abroad? The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is now looking into the matter following a complaint filed by a Filipino-Canadian woman from…
LINGAYEN—Typhoon Labuyo, the strongest to hit the country so far this year, caused P68 million worth of damages in Pangasinan but the rains it brought were a welcome relief for many farmers of rain-fed land. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported that most of the damages…
HERE TO STAY?–A butanding (whale shark), one of at least seven, frolics in the waters just off the coast of San Fabian town where they have been regularly seen for several months now, the longest period since they were first spotted at the Lingayen Gulf in 2001. There are plans…
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