LINGAYEN—Second District Board Member Raul Sison has categorically denied any involvement in the murder of his town mate, Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr., even as he admitted his family had expected they will immediately be suspected of having a hand in the crime. A teary-eyed Sison, in an interview with…
SIMPLE, SAD WEDDING—Urbiztondo Councilor Volter Balolong and Angela Arce push through with their supposed grand wedding on June 8, albeit in a simple and rather sad ceremony, and without the councilor’s parents by their side who had planned on renewing their marriage vows on the occasion of their silver wedding…
MAYOR’S DAUGHTER GRIEVES URBIZTONDO—Understandably so, the family of the slain mayor here, Ernesto Balolong Jr., declined requests for a media interview. But on social media, the only daughter of the mayor, Zarena Balolong, poured out her grief. “Ang sama nila Papa. Sobra Pa. Sobra,” the 16-year old Zarena wrote on…
SITUATIONER ON ILLEGAL DRUGS LINGAYEN—Next on the agenda: illegal drugs. Regional and provincial officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will present an update on the campaign vs. illegal drugs in Pangasinan on June 23 before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). The provincial board invited PDEA for a briefing during…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government is set to borrow P1 billion from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to finance various infrastructure projects, purchase equipment and use part of amount as counterpart for World Bank-funded projects. Resolution No. 620-2014 was filed last Monday before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan by 5th District Board Member…
“NO PARKING”, SAYS WHO?—The ‘No Parking’ sign installed last month by the Public Order and Safety Office of Dagupan remains another traffic sign to be ignored in the city, as shown by this photo taken in the morning of June 13 along A.B. Fernandez Ave. Public utility vehicles also ignore…
PANGASINAN police director P/Sr. Supt. Sterling Raymund Blanco, has called for stronger assistance and cooperation among line agencies to prevent juvenile delinquencies. During the Pangasinan Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPPOC) meeting last June 6, Blanco disclosed that there are 55 children in-conflict with the law (CICL) cases were recorded…
MALASIQUI—This town puts its money where its mouth is when it says education is a priority. Some 25, 000 public school pupils here received free school bags and school supplies from the local government unit (LGU) last June 10. The beneficiaries of the project are the day care, kinder, and…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan has officially been declared insurgency-free since 2010, and the Pangasinan Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPPOC) wants to make sure it stays that way. The PPPOC, led by its chairman, Governor Amado Espino Jr., convened on June 6, 2014 to tackle insurgency prevention, among other peace and order concerns….
MALASIQUI—Some 1, 000 mahogany seedlings were planted in the two- hectare vacant lot inside Malasiqui Central School here by multi-sector agencies in celebration of environment month. Engr. Raymundo Gayo of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Dagupan City led the activity in partnership with the Department of…
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