INVITE ME! Are politicians or their PR people supposed to invite all working mediamen in Pangasinan during press conferences? This was raised by a journalist after hearing a broadcaster complain on air the guy was not invited during the press conference of a senator eyeing a higher office, in Dagupan…
BAHALA NA! – Images of 6 to 8 schoolchildren finding every space on a tricycle for their regular commute to-and-fro the school have become a common sight on highways and barangay roads again. While there are no statistics on road accidents involving pupils in overloaded tricycles to make parents worry…
MORE PUSHERS ARRESTED LINGAYEN–There is no let-up in the campaign by lawmen against illegal drugs as five more suspects fell in intensified anti-drug operations in various parts of the province. Among those arrested were a notorious drug personality in Mangaldan, a courier of a top drug personality in Dagupan, an…
THE LAST OF THE ILLEGAL FISH PENS THE remaining illegal fish pens in Dagupan’s rivers will go by June 15. Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez echoed the earlier announcement of City Agriculturist Emma Molina that June 15 is the final deadline and said she expects the pen owners to abide…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Is it a fault line or a sinkhole? This is the question being asked of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) whom Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) and residents of Barangay Balete Sur have invited to inspect the sudden appearance of fissures estimated…
THERE was changing of the guards at the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), one of the premier universities in Dagupan and Pangasinan, when former Civil Service Commission (CSC) chairman and Health Secretary Francisco “Pingkoy” Duque III assumed as president of their family-owned institution, taking over from his brother, Dr. Gonzalo Duque. Duque III becomes the fifth LNU president….
WATCH the movie “San Andreas” and learn from it. This was the tact employed by Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez when she decided to convene the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council to assess the preparedness of the city to respond to emergency situations including flooding during the rainy…
SENATOR Grace Poe was in town last Tuesday, barnstorming and acted every bit as a presidential wannabe –engaging the local media on the prospects of her being a candidate, after a round at the fish market with Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez, distributing farm inputs to farmers and tracing the roots…
LINGAYEN— The start of classes in all the campuses of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) has been moved to July 6, instead of the usual June opening like all public schools in the province. PSU president, Dr. Dexter Buted said the ongoing preparations and renovations have not been completed. “We…
LINGAYEN— When you register your vehicle in Pangasinan, the motor vehicle users charge (MVUC) or the special local road fund (SLRF) you pay accrues to the construction and improvement of road projects in Pangasinan. For last year’s collection, the province will have an allocation of P20-million-worth of road projects this…
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