IT has been a full week of political posturing among and between the province’s top political leaders. After Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., announced his son’s bid to succeed him, he, his brother, Bautista Mayor Amadeo T. Espino; and two sons, Bugallon Mayor Jumel Anthony I. Espino and Board Member…
FORMER Pangasinan Fifth District Congressman Mark Cojuangco said he could not believe that a simple announcement of candidacy would cause Gov. Amado Espino Jr. so much aggravation. Cojuangco was reacting to a press statement issued by Espino, who resigned from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), together with his sons Bugallon…
LINGAYEN—It didn’t take long for eight members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to declare their support for the announced gubernatorial bid of their colleague, Board Member Amado ‘Pogi’ Espino III, in the May 2016 elections after his father, Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. announced it. On Monday (August 4) Sixth…
CDRRMC CLEARS RIVER TO EASE FLOODING—Personnel of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office remove water lilies under the Magsaysay Bridge before they clog the Pantal River and cause damage to the bridge and spawn flooding in the city. (CIO photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has dismissed with finality two separate administrative cases filed against the mayor of Binmaley town allegedly for grave abuse of authority and grave misconduct. The decision of the SP’S Committee on Good Government and Accountability of Public Officers chaired by Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr….
LINGAYEN— Pangasinan woke up last Monday, August 4 to find another officer-in-charge (OIC)-provincial director at the Provincial Police Station. P/Sr. Supt. Sterling Raymund Blanco was suddenly relieved from his post by P/Chief Supt. Roman Felix, regional director. In a text message to The PUNCH, Blanco, read “my reign as OIC…
RE-REGULATING POND SAN MANUEL– Farmers in 10 towns and one city in eastern Pangasinan and towns in Tarlac can begin to look to more bountiful harvests given finally a steady irrigation from the San Roque Dam. The P4.3-billion irrigation component of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Hydropower Dam, known as the…
FOR ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN THE Dagupan City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) agreed on Wednesday to establish a baseline listing persons suspected either as drug pusher or user in every barangay for the city’s demand-reduction campaign. The agreement was reached during the meeting presided by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez as chairperson. City Police…
TO EMPOWER EDUCATORS IN ICT SMART City, here we come! The Department of Education (DepEd) schools division has began implementing a technology plan program in support to the vision of the city government to make Dagupan City a “smart city” by 2016. The tech plan program formulated by Gloria Torres,…
TO CONTAIN SOIL EROSION BUGALLON—Flash floods have begun to threaten parts of the town with serious soil erosion prompting the local government to resort to sandbagging. Already, some 2,000 sand bags have been positioned near Dumoloc Dam in barangays Umanday and Bolaoen last August 5. Town mayor Jumel Anthony Espino, who…
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