MAYOR Belen Fernandez has finally asked the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) to transfer the electric meter under the name of the city government located at the premises of MC Adore to the Malimgas Market across Galvan Street. In a letter dated November 25, 2013 to Dominador Liwag Jr., Decorp’s retail service…
59 FISH PENS’ DEMOLITON SEEN THE Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) has cleared the way for the demolition of fish pens built on supposedly private properties that had been eroded and became part of the river system CENRO officer-in-charge Raymundo Gayo said the law clearly provides that if a private…
THE defeated mayoralty candidate of the Liberal Party in Balungao town was shot while traversing the barangay road in Nancayasan, Urdaneta City last November 23 and was able to identify one of his attackers before he died in a hospital. Hermingildo “Atet” Marzan, 61, from Barangay San Leon, Balungao succumbed…
URBIZTONDO—This town’s mayor, Ernesto Balolong Jr., has been arrested after his house and other properties were raided by authorities in connection with the killing of former Lingayen Vice Mayor Ramon Arcinue and his wife, Zorahayda, and several other unsolved murders. Joint elements of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in…
TOP ILLEGAL DRUG FIGHTERS—Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), is flanked by Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and the city police chief, Superintendent Christopher Abrahano who were both cited by the DDB for their initiatives and support in the campaign against illegal drugs during the…
OUTSTANDING ANTI-DRUG FIGTHERS IN a city crawling with illegal drug dealers, the mayor and the police chief are hard at work in their campaign to fight the social menace. And the efforts of Dagupan Mayor Belen T. Fernandez and Superintendent Christopher Abrahano have not gone unnoticed by the Dangerous Drugs…
AT least P12.4 million was released by the past city administration to fund city fiestas from 2010 to 2012 despite a ruling from the Commission on Audit (COA) disallowing the release of public money for fiestas. Records of the City Accounting Office (CAO) made public last November 27 by City…
CHRISTMAS BEHIND WIRES—The Christmas season is celebrated even inside a penitentiary with lanterns made by inmates dotting the wire fencing around the Bureau of Jail and Management Penology in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
CALASIAO—Show your face. Motorcycle and tricycle riders, either driver or passenger, are now banned from wearing bonnets, ski masks or other materials that cover the face when in transit in Calasiao. The municipal council recently passed an ordinance, now under review by the provincial board, imposing the ban and listing…
LINGAYEN—Local government units (LGUs) have been asked by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to keep their Christmas and fiesta celebrations simple in deference to the plight of thousands of victims affected by recent deadly calamities. The provincial board passed a resolution last Monday calling all officials of component cities, municipalities and…
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