LINGAYEN—After the second round of inquiry conducted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on the protested tree-cutting in eastern Pangasinan, board members remain convinced that the decades-old trees should have been saved. “We are doing our best to strike a balance between caring for the environment and development projects,” said Vice…
LOCAL government officials and employees of four towns and one city in eastern Pangasinan have rallied to show support to the Manila North Road widening project, which entails the controversial cutting of decades-old trees along the old highway. The mayors of the towns of Rosales, Villasis, Binalonan, Pozzurubio, and Sison…
DAGUPAN CITY HISTORICAL CULTURE AND ARTS OFFICE – Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 4 for the new Dagupan City Historical Culture and Arts Office located at the City Museum. The office is headed by Lyceum-Northwestern University President Gonzalo T. Duque (right). Joining them are University of…
DAGUPAN’s crackdown against colorum tricycles will continue and will be enforced with more teeth by the city’s traffic enforcers of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) deputized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO). LTO Regional Director Teofilo Guadiz III was in Dagupan last week to inform Mayor Belen Fernandez…
DETAILED GEOHAZARD MAPS LOCAL government units can now plan and prepare better against natural calamities with more detailed geohazard maps from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB). Engr. Carlos Tayag, regional director of MGB, said the maps have now been narrowed down at a scale of one is to 50,000…
LINGAYEN—The health condition of the two patients involved in the false “flesh -eating disease” report are now getting better, according to Dra. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, provincial health officer. De Guzman reported last March 11 that Alex, the male patient from Villasis, who was diagnosed with psoriasis and arthritis…
DAGUPAN’S first Public Alert and Response Management Center (PARMC) is now fully operational and ready to respond to emergency calls for public safety. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, who led the blessing of the PARMC office located at the 3rd floor of the new building at the City Engineering Office on March…
DOCTORS in Pangasinan have joined the voice of their colleagues around the country in condemning the ad campaign of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) implying that doctors are tax evaders. The president of the Pangasinan Medical Society (PMS), Dr. Betha Fe Castillo, echoed the sentiment of the group’s national…
LIMGAS HOPEFULS—More than 30 young women joined the screening for Limgas na Pangasinan 2014 held at the Malong Building in Lingayen, 25 of whom were selected to compete in this year’s pageant. The pre-pageant Talent Night will be held on April 25 in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
MALASIQUI–Former Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas remains active in the 3rd District, recently holding a dialogue with representatives from the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) and tobacco farmers in the area to address concerns. Arenas told tobacco farmers who came to her farmhouse in Barangay Nancapian on March 8 that she wants…
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