LINGAYEN–After four months of evaluation, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finally ruled and dismissed the petition for disqualification against 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and his younger brother, Councilor Ramon Bataoil. The case was filed by Richard Beil Ortega. The instant petition for disqualification against Cong. Bataoil was dismissed…
EVEN when the ‘financial assistance” funds distributed to various groups by the Dagupan City government under former Mayor Benjamin Lim are finally liquidated, there remains a more basic legal issue: Were the disbursements legal in the first place? A city official who asked not be identified pointed out that by…
SUAL–From 400 fish cages installed off the coast here before the May elections, the number of structures has now almost doubled to 778. And all these in a supposed 10-hectare mariculture area for only about 72 fish cages designated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
TRASH FOR CASH—Students in Sto. Tomas towns carry bags of trash to be surrendered to the municipal government in exchange for cash or other incentives such as school supplies under the newly-launched Trash Savers Program. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez) Back to Homepage
RECYCLED WATES FOR XMAS DECOR STO.TOMAS—The innovative idea introduced by this town to create high awareness for environmental protection and inculcate the importance of the values of saving and teamwork may yet set a model for other towns to follow. The town’s residents are agog with excitement over the competition for…
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has proposed the construction starting next year of a 1.5 kilometer river bank protection wall along the Pantal River to mitigate the regular flooding, even in the absence of rains, in several low-lying barangays in the southern part of Dagupan. This is…
TELLING STREETCHILDREN A STORY––Street children in Dagupan eagerly answer questions from Mayor Belen T. Fernandez after she engaged them in a storytelling session at the City Plaza last September 16 during the launching of the city’s revived mobile library. (CIO photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
LEARNING FROM THE BOOKS The Dagupan City government is reaching out to improve the literacy rate among its residents by encouraging them to read books and newspapers. To achieve this, a mobile library– made from a refurbished container van – will be going around the barangays in Dagupan to encourage reading…
KAGAWAD Alberto Gregorio of Bonuan Gueset has filed a complaint before the City Prosecution Office for direct assault and slander by deeds against a resident who failed to substantiate his earlier claim that the former mauled him in front of the Church of Annunciation in Bonuan Gueset in the morning…
LINGAYEN— The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) recently adopted a resolution to create a special committee that will handle boundary disputes between Pangasinan and its neighbor provinces The resolution cites in particular two existing boundary disputes: one involving Pangasinan’s San Nicolas town with Sta. Fe in Nueva Vizcaya over the “Little Baguio” village…
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