LINGAYEN—The provincial board’s Committee on Good Government and Accountability of Public Officers has dismissed another administrative case filed against the mayor of Binmaley town over the appointment of officials in municipal positions. Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr, committee chairman, said the board unanimously agreed with the committee’s decision…
AGUILAR–A 332-meter-long boulder bank that will protect barangay Bocboc West in this town from getting washed out by the Agno River has been completed with plans for extension to a 400-meter total span. The 20-million project was undertaken by 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and the Agno Flood Control Office…
TAYUG—Some 300 pregnant women from towns in the 6th District availed of free medical and dental check-ups, lectures, and other pampering during the sixth installment of the Buntis Congress, held at the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital (EPDH) on April 3, 2014.
FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE RESIDENTS, young and old, flocked to the Labrador Municipal Plaza on March 29 for the first ever Unity Walk 2014 (Isang Hakbang tungo sa Pagbabago) to express their support to the call for good governance. Organized by the Mga Mata ng Labrador headed by Michael Regoris, in…
EARTHQUAKE RISK MANAGEMENT THE Public Alert and Response Management Center (PARMC) of Dagupan and the Philippine Institute of Volcanoloy and Seismology (Phivolcs) conducted a seminar on Building Exposure Database Module (EDM) on April 4 and 5 for the preparation of a building database in the city. Angelito G. Lanuza, Phivolcs’ Senior Science Research,…
PAYAO FOR MARGINAL FISHERFOLK––Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region I and fishermen from Barangay Pugaro join hands in installing a payao fish-aggregating device in the municipal waters of Dagupan on March 27. The project will benefit some 50 marginal fisherfolk in the area because the device…
DEPOSITORS of closed Gulf Bank (Rural Bank of Lingayen, Inc.), which has been placed under the receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) effective April 4, can start claiming their insurance by the third week of April.
BAYAMBANG—After smuggling has finally been dealt with, onion farmers in this town, the number one producer of both the red and white variety in Region 1, are now facing a different bane: overproduction, which has driven prices down to as low as P12 per kilo from as much as P50…
LINGAYEN–The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) acclaimed the province’s efforts in improving the development of carabaos. Last March 27, the PCC awarded a plaque of recognition to the provincial government for passing Provincial Ordinance No. 170-2013, which regulates the sale or slaughter of female carabaos, both the riverine buffaloes and crossbreds.
THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has taken exemption to being included in a “Tax Watch” print ad of the Department of Finance (DOF). NGCP, a privately-owned transmission company with a 25-year concession and 50-year franchise to operate the country’s power grid, clarified that while it is exempt…
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