DAGUPAN Electric Corporation (Decorp) may be the top business taxpayer in the city, but that is not stopping the local government of Dagupan from suing the company over the transfer and use of a electric meter. City Administrator Farah Decano has recommended to Mayor Belen Fernandez legal action against Decorp…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez has ordered an investigation into the rampant and indiscirminate issuance of tax declarations by the City Assessor’s Office even on portions of land near rivers that are already underwater and therefore form parts of the public domain. Fernandez expressed urgency on the matter saying Dagupeños may wake up…
LINGAYEN—The provincial government of Pangasinan is again extending help to Typhoon Yolanda-ravaged Leyte province, this time by sending a medical and construction teams to assist in relief and reconstruction efforts. Governor Amado Espino Jr. announced last week that 110 personnel of the provincial government headed to Dulag, Leyte on December…
A MOTHER’S PLEA SAN CARLOS CITY—Defying an order by a judge, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 1 did not present in court last December 9 the 17-year-old witness who recanted his statement in the murder case of Infanta mayor Ruperto Martinez. The counsel of DSWD…
CENPELCO VS. SAN CARLOS LGU LINGAYEN—The long-standing rift between the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENPELCO) and the San Carlos City local government unit (LGU) over payments and taxes has been brought before the provincial government for mediation. CENPELCO Officer-in-Charge Rodrigo Corpuz, in a letter dated November 26, 2013, asked…
WHEELCHAIRS FROM THE PNP––A child beneficiary smiles as he receives one of the five wheelchairs solicited by the Dagupan City Police Station from a donor, Michael Mendez, for persons with disabilities. The wheelchairs were received by Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (left) from Police Supt. Christopher N. Abrahano (right),…
A ONE-armed cycling man from Lucao, Jesus Padilla, was among the lead group of bikers in the Padyak Para sa Maykapansanan 2013, an advocacy and fund-raising activity for persons with disability (PWDs) featured in the Dagupan City Fiesta. Event chairperson Josephine S. De Vera, also president of the Katipunan ng Maykapansanan…
LINGAYEN—The history book on Pangasinan, a subject that will be incorporated in the curriculum of schools in the province, is nearing completion and distribution could be ready for the next school year. Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., in an interview on Monday last week, said the provincial government is…
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Dagupan has started to conduct safety inspection on establishments engaged in making, distributing and selling fireworks in the city. F/Sr. Insp. Ferdinand Formacion, city fire marshall, said he wants to ensure that the establishments, particularly those in Barangay Bacayao Norte where fireworks-making is…
MALASIQUI—Improvements in health services and the provision of power supply to remote areas are at the top of the priority list of the local government in this town. Mayor Armando Domantay Sr., now on his third and final term of office, said he aims to finish the upgrading of the…
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