BLOOPERS GALORE. Without Board Members Alfonso Bince Jr, Mojamito Libunao Jr and Ranjit Ramos Shahani in the provincial board session, discussions/deliberations become 100 percent boring. While some board members are trying their best to speak out, though their best is not good enough. One board member who loves to talk…
IRREGULARITIES CITED IN DAIRY PROJECT THE claim published in the advertisement “Cojuangco Updates” published in the June 21 issue of The PUNCH, regarding the Dairy Farm project in Laoac, has rankled the group that filed cases against Alcala officials over the irregular use of the tobacco excise taxes. Members of the Save Pangasinan…
SPM refutes Cojuangco claims
WITH ITS P1.67-BILLION LOAN LINGAYEN— Even with a P1.167-billion loan it secured from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), the provincial treasurer said the province is “not heavily in debt”. “Based on our records, our outstanding loan with the LBP is only P409-million,” Marilou Utanes said in an interview….
Pangasinan still not heavily in debt, say
ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS CAMPAIGN UPDATE OUT of the 511 persons arrested for various drug offenses since January this year, 43 of these were included among the 666 drug personalities in the watch list of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO). Confiscated shabu totaled 875.30 grams with P4 to 5 million street…
PNP arrested 43 drug personalities since January
AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS FINALLY, after more than 50 years in existence teaching several generations of pupils, Carael Elementary School n Dagupan City has a two-storey classroom it can call its own. Inaugurated last week, Alma Fernandez, officer-in-charge at the school said the 1,041-pupil population and 32 faculty members rejoiced…
Carael finally has 2-storey school building
OLDEST DAGUPENA — Guillerma Carreon Carino, the known oldest living Dagupeña from Malued at 101 years old, receives a plaque of Acknowledgement from City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, assisted by Assistant School Superintendent Lourdes Servito during the program celebrating Agew na Dagupan last June 20. Joining her at the stage are immediate members of…
OLDEST DAGUPENA
FORMER Undersecretary Dante M. Velasco cited the “unsinkable spirit” of fellow Dagupenos, as he urged them to prepare a “sustainable program for the New Normal.” He made the call during the Agew na Dagupan celebration at the CSI Stadia last June 20 even as explained that the “new normal” is…
Remembering Dagupan’s “unsinkable spirit”
LINGAYEN—Another outstanding Pangasinense received national recognition, this time from the Sixteenth Congress of the Philippine Senate. Last June 10, the Senate, during their plenary session presided by Sen. Franklin Drilon, former Senate President pro-tempore, Leticia Ramos-Shahani was hailed “for her dedication and excellence in service as legislator, diplomat, educator, women’s…
Senate honors Ex-Sen. Shahani
CALASIAO—Two young salesmen who returned a Php100, 000 cash they found along the road were commended by their barangay last Monday, June 22. Barangay Chairman Mahadeva Das Mesina, of Barangay Longos said they awarded Noel Gille, 29 years old and Jervis Uson both residents of Longos, certificates of appreciation and…
Two young men commended for returning P100, 000
LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved the P46,735,500 supplemental investment program (SIP) no. 3 of the province of Pangasinan for calendar year 2015. The supplemental budget covers other priority programs, projects, and activities that were not included in the approved 2015 provincial annual investment program (AIP). Per the endorsement of…