COA REPORT ON PDAF SCAM PANGASINAN Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil flatly denied he channeled his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to a bogus organization contrary to what the Commission on Audit has claimed and reported to the national media. Unperturbed by the COA report, Mr. Bataoil maintained that since…
FIRE incidents in Pangasinan almost tripled with 286 already recorded in the first quarter. F/Chief Inspector Arthur Sawate, provincial fire marshal, said there were only less than 100 fire incidents across the province over the same period last year. He attributed the increase to the rash of number of forest…
LINGAYEN—Appreciation of Pangasinan history and culture by future generations of Pangasinenses will help strengthen their regional identity. Celia Fernandez, Department of Education (DepEd) Pangasinan 1 superintendent, said as much as she hailed the DepEd’s policy making the study of Pangasinan as part of the curriculum under the K to 12…
LINGAYEN– The Lingayen District Hospital (LDH) in this capital town will be converted into a provincial hospital, once the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City becomes a medical center. This was disclosed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. during the unveiling of the bust of Don Mariano Verzosa at the LDH,…
STA. BARBARA—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will proceed to build a substation that will house a 100-power transformer to further improve delivery of power to the province. Engr. Alan Medrano of the NGCP Northern Luzon said the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) approved the NGCP’s request after it conducted…
LOCAL government units have been reminded that they are mandated by law to put up dog pounds for stray dogs as provided for in the National Anti-Rabies Act or Republic Act No. 9482. Dr. Eric Perez, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) issued the reminder during the KBP Forum on…
LINGAYEN – “Walang hihigit pa sa pagiging handa sa panahon ng kalamidad,” thus stressed Vice-Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. during the Disaster Preparedness Dialogue for the “Operation LISTO” project of the Department of the Interior and Local Government held in Dagupan City last May 12. Speaking on behalf of Gov….
LINGAYEN- – -Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. awarded P100,000 in financial assistance to the Persons with Disability (PWD) Federation to be utilized for the construction of a database system for the upcoming national Paralympics to be held in July. David Bulario, PWD federation president, cited some of its activities that…
STA. BARBARA– The training arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the region, the Agricultural Training Institute- Regional Training Center 1 (ATI-RTC1), promoted the use of technology during the Skills Enhancement Training on Computer-Internet Literacy for agricultural extension workers (AEWs). Thirty AEWs from Pangasinan and La Union participated in…
WITH NEW AGREEMENT SAN CARLOS CITY—The Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) assured its member-consumers that there will be no power shutdown despite the demand letter from its power supplier, the San Miguel Electric Corporation (SMEC) last month. Engr. Rodrigo Corpuz, general manager of Cenpelco said the cooperative was able to…
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