BUGALLON— From being the town with the most number of underweight children in the province in 2014, this second district municipality has shown progress in dealing with its nutritional crisis. Based on the 2015 Operation Timbang (OPT) results gathered and tabulated by the Provincial Health Office, Bugallon already ranks as…
SOME 2.4 million tourists, domestic and foreign, visited Pangasinan last year. This was gleaned from records of arrival in various top tourist spots in Pangasinan monitored by the Provincial Tourism Office (PTO). Malou Elduayan, provincial tourism officer, speaking at the KBP Forum on Thursday, said the number was compiled by the Pangasinan Tourism Officers Association that has…
AFTER all the controversies that hounded the 18-hole golf course at the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen, it remains among those identified as a priority project of the National Economic and Development Zone. The controversial golf course, located in Lingayen covering adjacent barangays Estanza, Sabangan, Malimpuec and Capandanana, is a component of the…
SUAL—Between the lack of government funding and the numerous requirements of foreign investors, further delay in the completion of the Sual International Seaport is inevitable. This is the lament of Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue who had earlier expected to hold the groundbreaking of the international seaport project this year. “Negotiations…
NEW CITY ORDINANCE THE Dagupan City School Board has been empowered further by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). Without its imprimatur, no new public school building can be built in the city! SP passed the ordinance on Sept. 8 requiring all contractors, architects and engineers to first submit plans for planned school buildings…
MANGALDAN—Sixty-five dengue cases and average of three to five sore eyes cases were recorded daily by the municipal health office (MHO). Ofelia Rivera, municipal health officer, said the dengue cases increased from 63 for the whole year of 2014 to 65 from January to August this year. “We are addressing…
LINGAYEN—The two district hospitals in the province are set to receive additional hospital equipment. The provincial board authorized Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. last week to sign contracts with Allied Hospital Supply International Corporation and Efotoxpress Philippines Corporation for the provision of hospital facilities and equipment under public-private partnering scheme…
SISON–Town and barangay officials of Sison, joined residents of Barangay Esperanza in expressing their opposition to the planned transfer of the Esperanza Integrated School to a new site from its present location during a public hearing held at the school complex last Sept. 3, 2015. In a signed resolution they presented during the public…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) district office in Dagupan City and Lingayen have began printing new designs of licenses and permits last week. District chief Richard Agbayani said 1,500 cards arrived in Dagupan office but will wait for more because there is over 11,000 backlog of licenses since May.
LINGAYEN—The taxes Pangasinan motorists to the Special Local Road Fund (SLRF) under Republic Act 8794 or the Motor Vehicle Users Charge (MVUC) Law paid in the province will fund two road projects in the towns of Mangatarem and Asingan. The MVUC ‘s almost Php20 million fund will cover the costs…
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