THE brother of a former mayor of San Fabian town was arrested for dealing illegal drugs in Dagupan City. P/Supterintendent Christopher Abrahano, city police chief, told The PUNCH that Salvador Magliba alias ‘Ablast,’ 59, resident of Barangay Nibaliw Magliba, San Fabian town and brother of former Mayor Romulo Magliba was…
A SHELTER FOR SCAVENGERS—The scavengers at the city’s open dumpsite explain to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (left) their plight during a dialogue initiated by the mayor for the implementation of the city government’s shelter and livelihood project for them in line with her administration’s Alagang Balon Dagupan program in partnership with the Department of…
THE Dagupan City government takes its campaign vs. illegal drugs to the barangays to put a squeeze on the demand for the prohibitive drugs. Mandated to lead the efforts at the grassroots level are the Barangay Anti-drug Abuse Councils (BADAC) whose select young members of Task Force on Youth Development…
TO EASE WORSENING TRAFFIC CALASIAO—Something has to give, and fast. The worsening traffic congestion at the town proper aggravated by the road widening and bridge rehabilitation projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has prompted the Macanlalay administration to clamp down not only on colorum tricycles operating…
LINGAYEN—The provincial health office (PHO) has alerted local health authorities in 7 towns and one city on the possible increase in number of dengue patients in their localities during the rainy season in a bid to achieve a zero-dengue casualty this year. According to provincial health officer, Dr. Anna De…
CALASIAO — A barangay here that is perennially flooded during the rainy season, and practically under water each time a typhoon hits the town is finally learning to be self-reliant in preparing for and coping with the hazards of flooding. Officials and volunteers of Barangay Talibaew have began training on…
WHEN does one say if a jail facility is congested? It is overly congested if there are 608 inmates in a jail facility built to accommodate only 100. Such is the present situation at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) district jail in Dagupan City. J/Chief Inspector Kenneth…
2014 REPORT ON STA. BARBARA STA. BARBARA—A report on the completion of a number of infrastructure projects and improvement of facilities for schools in the town was the highlight of Mayor Carlito Zaplan’s state of municipal address (SOMA) which he delivered last week. “I feel that the greatest reward for…
POST-ILLEGAL FISH PENS THE demolition of illegal fish pens in Dagupan City is beginning to pay off. Fisherfolks in Salapingao and Pugaro experienced bountiful harvests of high-value fish cultured in fish cages distributed under the ‘One Barangay, One Fish’ livelihood program of the city government. The first harvests in the…
LINGAYEN- This capital town’s economy is expected to improve further once the new wet market and slaughterhouse funded by an P11million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines are occupied and operational before the end of the year. According to municipal administrator Lydia Pioquinto, the construction of both the…
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