LINGAYEN—Apology accepted, but now promote Pangasinan. This was the message of a calm Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to ABS-CBN Network, home of the program Bandila, that reported an erroneous and sensationalized news of a supposed mysterious disease spreading in the province. Speaking during the opening program of the Employees Family…
THAT ELECTRIC METER THE fate of one electric meter is what stands in the middle of an issue whether a bank can continue to operate legitimately in Dagupan City. After Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the terminantion of the contract of the electric meter being used by the CityState Savings Bank,…
SHABU IN CANDY WRAPS––Dagupan City Chief of Police Police Superintendent Christopher N. Abrahano (left) shows to Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (2nd from left) the 75 grams of shabu, packed in candy wrappers, seized from a woman drug pusher identified as Bulao Jamal, 30, of Marawi City who is renting…
DAGUPAN CONTRA-DROGA CAMPAIGN ILLEGAL drug dealers are becoming more creative. The Dagupan Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized 75 grams of shabu (methamphetamine) valued at P400,000, packed in candy and gum wrappers in a buy-bust operation at an apartment in Barangay Mangin Thursday afternoon.
IT’S not the proper time. This was conveyed by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in a paid newspaper advertisement in response to the recent declaration of former Congressman Mark Cojuangco on his intention to run for governor in 2016, a post that will be vacated by Espino. Cojuangco made the announcement shortly…
FORMER President Fidel V. Ramos and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., along with leaders of the local media, led the awarding rites on March 1 for outstanding Pangasinenses at the President Hotel in Lingayen. The awards were presented by the bi-monthly magazine Pacebook founded in 2010 by Jun Velasco,…
ALAMINOS CITY—A provincial board member of Pangasinan has alleged that the election of officers of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL) held on February 21 in Cebu City was marred by anomalies. Fifth District Board Member Clemente Arboleda Jr., who ran and lost as treasurer of NMYL, said discrepancies…
FOR SEA MAMMALS IN the past five years, more than 50 sea mammals, some of them rare or endangered, had been stranded in the coastal areas in Region 1, making it a “stranding hot spot”. But the good news is, according to Nestor Domenden, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources…
LINGAYEN– Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan called on local chief executives and disaster risk reduction and management officers (DRMMOs) of the 44 municipalities and four cities in the province to draft an ordinance that will prohibit the destruction of mountains in their respective towns.
URDANETA CITY—A week-long celebration will be held here for the 16th anniversary of Urdaneta’s cityhood, starting on March 15 with a fun run called Urdane-Taray. City Administrator Ronald San Juan said the activities lined up will focus on the delivery of basic services, including a job fair, tree planting and…
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