MAYOR BALOLONG’S SLAY Hunt on for mastermind LINGAYEN—The Balolong murder is still not solved. Even after two men have been arrested and charged for the brutal slaying of Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. and two others last June 7, the police do not consider the case solved and continue to…
MURDER SITE—-President Benigno Aquino III gets a briefing from P/Sr. Insp. Michael Bautista, officer-in-charge Urbiztondo police chief, and Senior Supt. Sterling Raymund Blanco, officer-in-charge Pangasinan police, during his visit on June 13 at the site where Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong, Jr. and two others were gunned down.. They are joined…
URBIZTONDO—President Benigno Aquino III flew into the province last June 13 to personally give his condolences to the family of slain Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr., who is a fellow Liberal Party member and reportedly close to the country’s chief executive. Aquino, in black polo shirt, first had a closed door…
OF the more than 400 illegal fish pens that suddenly proliferated in various rivers in Dagupan City just before the May 2013 election, three remain for demolition pending the resolution of legal questions. This was bared Wednesday by Task Force Bantay Ilog, tasked to demolish all illegal fish pens built…
116TH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION WITH the Philippines in the midst of a longstanding tension against China over ownership claims in the West Philippine Sea, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza reiterated and explained the country’s stance during the 116th celebration of Philippine Independence Day in Dagupan City last June 12. In a speech…
FREEDOM AND THE PRESS—-A representation of the Philippine flag made of 195,216 pages of recycled newspapers is on display at SM City Rosales after it was unveiled during the 116th Independence Day celebration last June 12 in honor to journalists for their role in the fight for freedom. Back to Homepage
ROSALES—In a country considered to be among the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, the Philippine media continues to struggle as it carries out its role as society’s watchdog. To pay tribute to members of the press, past and present, for their role in the fight for the…
P105-M UNLIQUIDATED FUND THE Commission on Audit (COA) has began sending demand letters to non-government organizations, barangay chairmen, as well as fiesta and Bangus Festival executive committees that received financial assistance from the Dagupan City government from the period 2010-2013 to submit their verifiable liquidation reports of public funds they…
THE livelihood program of Mayor Belen Fernandez for small fishermen suffered a major snag when unidentified persons cut a buoy attached to a payao, a submerged fish aggregating device, installed some three kilometers off Barangay Pugaro in Dagupan used to mark the location. With the bouy gone, the payao could no…
A BARANGAY chairman in Dagupan City was shot and wounded when a lone gunman barged into his office at the second floor of Tapuac Barangay Hall at 2:45 p.m. of June 13. Kapitan Jake Ignacio Reyes Jr., on his first term as barangay chairman, succeeding his father and namesake Jake Reyes Sr.,…
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