LINGAYEN—Citing statistics covering the June 14- October 13, 2014, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported a significant decrease in the number of shooting incidents with 68, as compared to the same period last year with 89. PPPO information officer Chief Inspector Ryan Manongdo said the improvement was mainly due…
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan wants the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to investigate and audit the management and financial operations of Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Panelco) III. This, after the provincial board found out during its Question Hour on Oct. 13 that Panelco III is facing a…
THE Catholic clergy should help Filipinos who presently find themselves in irregular relationships — live-in unions, de facto separation from spouses and partnerships with other persons – and “not presume to judge and condemn.” This was the recent bidding of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, who had just finished attending the…
URDANETA CITY–A tree pathologist who made a technical analysis of the 770 remaining trees along the Manila North Road (MNR) in Pangasinan expressed pessimism over the survival of the trees in the months ahead. Dr. Ernesto Militante, a tree pathologist and retired member of the faculty of the forestry department of…
TWENTY-EIGHT detainees at the Dagupan City District Jail in Bonuan Gueset received their diplomas in Business and Information Management in a simple graduation ceremony at the Multi-Purpose Hall on October 21 under the College in Jail (CIJ) program of the Asian Institute of E-Commerce International (AIE). Jail Chief Inspector Lawyer…
MANAOAG–The bill filed by Pangasinan Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia in the House of Representatives seeking to make the Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag as a pilgrimage site was approved and endorsed by the House Committee on Tourism last week. The committee favorably endorsed House Bill 4481 following…
A NEW city hall for the Dagupan City government is finally in the works. The Sangguniang Panlungsod is reportedly set to pass a resolution giving Mayor Belen T. Fernandez the authority to negotiate for the acquisition of the site for the project. The prospect is bolstered by the statement of…
THE longest City Fiesta celebration in Dagupan City ever will be staged by the fiesta executive committee headed by City Councilor Jeslito Seen as hermano mayor (executive chairman). At a press conference, Seen said this year’s fiesta celebration will incorporate the celebration of the 400th year of founding of Dagupan…
LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has reiterated its call of for the permanent appointment of provincial police director pointing out that it’s been two years since it had a permanent director that served a full term. The call was apparently revived after the board members noted the how the present…
LINGAYEN– Anticipating the problems posed by the country’s new education policy requiring the use of the mother tongue as medium for instruction, a consensus was reached among educators from various educational institutions in the province, Pangasinan writers and commissioners of the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) to update and standardize…
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