CHEERS AND JEERS. Teachers in San Carlos City Schools Division Office have been asking this reporter about Dr. Gloria Torres, their newly-assigned superintendent. “Makapuy kunoy ugali to katon sinipa dad Dagupan?,” an apprehensive teacher texted me. I told her I am not aware of her behavior but honestly told the…
OVER TOBACCO EXCISE TAX USE ALCALA— A non-government organization based in this town filed a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against 18 former and incumbent municipal officials for alleged misappropriation of the town’s share in the tobacco excise tax. Save Pangasinan Movement, Inc. (SPM) led by its chairman,…
BOLINAO—The fisherfolk of Anda and Bolinao towns rejoiced over the declaration of their coasts as red tide- free but it was short-lived after waking up to another environmental catastrophe – a series of fish kills that resulted in losses of millions of pesos worth of bangus spawned by extremely hot…
LIMGAS NA PANGASINAN — Maybelle Pameroyan of Sta Barbara, this year’s Limgas na Pangasinan, smiles to the crowd in acknowledging the cheers of the crowd after her response during the Q&A portion of the pageant. Nichelle Yvette Corral of Bugallon was 1st runner-up, and Czaremma April Burgos of Aguilar was…
LINGAYEN— “…a certain place is number 1 if it is near to your heart.” For many, it was the response during the Q & A portion of the pageant that many felt made Maybelle Pameroyan deserving to win the Limgas na Pangasinan 2015 crown. Pameroyan, a 22-year-old high school teacher from Sta….
THE city council finally passed the P65.3 million supplemental proposed by Mayor Belen Fernandez during a special session on Wednesday attended by eight councilors. In passing the supplemental budget, Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo noted the reported P53.6 million surplus registered by the city in 2014. Mr. Tamayo described the surplus as something…
BACK-TO-BACK FESTIVALS OF THE NORTH CHAMP–The street dancers of Bangus Festival, represented by Barangay Pantal of Dagupan City, perform for the crowd at the city plaza and won the nod of the judges from various cities to win the the Festival of the North competition and major awards with their…
BRGY PANTAL STREETDANCERS DAGUPAN Bangus Festival’s champion street dancers, represented by Barangay Pantal, dominated anew the ‘Festivals of the North’ held in the streets of Dagupan and the city plaza on April 26. The back-to-champion danced away with the grand prize of P400,000 and more for winning all major awards,…
DEMOLITION OF MALASIQUI MAGIC FAILING to get justice from the local court, the complainant in a civil case against Malasiqui Mayor Armando Domantay et al. went to the Supreme Court to seek an order directing the immediate demolition of the building of Magic Malasiqui. Mario Armas, the complainant, said he…
GAMBLING AWAY CASH GRANTS SOME 6, 503 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps), out of 127,143 in Pangasinan, were delisted last year by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 1 due to non-compliance or deviant behavior. Irene Cubangbang, information officer of DSWD Region said most…
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