LOCAL businessmen, and civic leaders in Pangasinenses recently organized the Roxas Aliguas Movement (RAM) to spearhead the Roxas campaign in the province. Led by businessman Manny Roy as convenor and Atty. Liberato ‘Ope’ Reyna Jr. as chairman, the group asked Sec. Mar Roxas of the Department of Interior and Local…
THOUGH the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) set another public hearing on a still undetermined day on the revised Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), the draft of the same will nevertheless be submitted for review by the Regional Land Use Council (RLUC) when it meets on May 22 in Baguio City. This was bared…
DOE-NPC POWER CARAVAN LINGAYEN – Only an informed citizenry can effectively make energy conservation, preservation of watershed and dams management possible. This is the message conveyed by the “Power Caravan: Iba Na Ang May Alam” program, the information and education campaign organized by the Department of Energy and the National Power Corporation…
LINGAYEN– An administrative complaint for alleged misconduct in office, oppression, and abuse of authority was filed against Mapandan town Vice Mayor (VM) Catalino Morales Jr. A businesswoman named Evelyn Biala filed the complaint before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Committee on Good Government and Accountability of Public Officers, chaired by Board Member…
BATAAN NUCLEAR PLANT REACTIVATION LINGAYEN– Is life worth risking for only 30 centavos savings in electricity costs? This, in gist, was the reaction of Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla to recent suggestions that the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Plant (BNPP) be reopened. “The risk that may be posed by the nuclear power…
BUGALLON–Three siblings, one of whom had wanted to become a teacher, another a soldier and the last a baker, did not live long enough to make their parents proud. They, together with two other relatives, drowned in a watershed in the town’s Barangay Hacienda last Tuesday. The casualties were siblings…
ANTI 5-6 PROGRAM FOR MARKET VENDORS — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano explains to market stall owners and vendors the mechanics of a micro-financing program that he advocates for small businesses to help them improve their earnings during a meeting inside the Malimgas Market in Dagupan City recently. Seated beside him…
2ND DISTRICT’S LIVELIHOOD PROJECT BUGALLON —People’s organizations in three towns are set to establish separate nurseries of ilang-ilang (cananga odorata) plants to supply the requirements of a foreign-based fragrance company. This was learned from Second District Representative Leopoldo Bataoil who introduced the livelihood project in the district. The seedlings are…
UNINTERRUPTED POWER SERVICE LINGAYEN—The towns of Sual and San Manuel can be assured of uninterrupted power service through the expected power crisis provided their power distributors have been buying power from Team Energy and San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam respectively. This was pointed out by Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla after…
MALASIQUI-ABONO PROJECT MALASIQUI—Some 128 slots for vocational courses have been opened to out-of-school- youths (OSYs) of the town this week by the Malasiqui government in collaboration with the Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial office. Mayor Armando Domantay Sr., said 68 slots were opened for welding course, 28 for housekeeping…
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