NEWS REPORTS REFUTED LINGAYEN–There is no black sand mining behind the high walls along the shoreline adjacent to the golf course project in the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen. This was the conclusion of an inspection team led by the regional head of the DENR – Environment Management Bureau (EMB) after…
LINGAYEN—The provincial government has given its nod for the removal of dead tress that remain on the shoulders of the Manila North Road (MNR) along the Urdaneta City-Binalonan-Pozzorubio-Sison but remains steadfast in its decision to ban any cutting of live trees. The letter of Governor Amado Espino Jr. dated March 5,…
INTERESTS ON LOANS WAIVED AN out of court settlement for some 300 borrowers who reported to the Dagupan City government to have been allegedly deceived by a lending company looms after the latter agreed to forego the collection of compounded interests on the defaulted loans. Representatives of the lending company…
WHILE MAYOR BELEN WAS OUT THE Dagupan City Council here passed a resolution during its regular session on March 2 seeking sisterhood agreement between Dagupan City and Makati City, with one caveat – the city mayor will have to agree as well. The resolution was passed during the visit of Vice President…
PERYAHAN INSIDE CAMPUS BAYAMBANG — Concerned parents of students in Bayambang Central School are set to file a case in the Ombudsman against the mayor here and a barangay captain over the operation of peryahan (amusement and gaming center) inside the old school’s compound and for demolishing a span of…
BAYAMBANG–The fears of members of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) over the alleged instability of the newly built Bayambang Central School (BCS) in barangay Magsaysay here appear to be without basis. A joint technical inspection conducted by engineers of fhe Department of Education (DepEd) regional and central offices along with personnel of the…
DISCRIMINATION against homosexuals is contrary to the Gospel spirit but condemns same-sex union as a lifestyle. This is the view enunciated by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, in his capacity as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Phillippines (CBCP). “Persons with homosexual orientation are sons and daughters of God;…
SMUGGLING’S COLLATERAL DAMAGE — A vendor at the ‘bagsakan‘ in front of St. Vincent Ferrer Church in Bayambang town shows the harvested onions directly from the farms which sells at P10-P13 per kilo, representing an average loss of P7-P10 to the town’s onion farmer, as a result of rampant smuggling of…
ALAMINOS CITY—A more than 200-kilo pilot whale was found beached along the coastal area in Barangay Bued here Tuesday and already in a deteriorating condition owing to injuries suffered. Salvador Camba, barangay chairman of Bued, said the social sea mammal was seen floating with its belly turning up and down indicating its…
WATCH out for counterfeit peso bills! Luzviminda Soriano, BSP assistant director in Dagupan City, told local media during the KBP Forum in Dagupan City last week that as elections near, counterfeit syndicates begin distributing the fake bills and therefore, the public should be warned about the bills they receive and…
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