89,999 TO GO — Former President Fidel V. Ramos registers his biometric data for the 2016 elections in his hometown Asingan last week before proceeding to Dagupan City for the groundbreaking ceremony for the FVR Library Bldg inside Phinma University of Pangasinan. With his registration, Comelec’s count of 90,000 unregistered voters,…
INCOMPLETE BIOMETRICS UNLESS they complete their biometric data with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), before the deadline on October 31, some 90,000 registered voters in Pangasinan will not be able to vote in the 2016 elections. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor again warned even as he called on the…
90, 000 still can’t vote
CASA REAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT LINGAYEN – – The 47 families that formerly resided at the back of Casa Real have readily agreed to be resettled to another place to give way to the scheduled reconstruction of the historical edifice. According to Provincial Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Office’s OIC, Engr….
Informal settlers transferred to resettlement area
STO. TOMAS– The municipal government of Sto. Tomas already declared a ranking official of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the province as persona non grata for alleged inappropriate behavior. The resolution, authored by Councilors Leonora Zarasate and Tomas Castañaga Jr., was passed on July 7, 2015 to make Joan…
DepEd official declared persona non grata
POZORRUBIO– Four school children drowned separately in the province on Sept. 20 and 21. Two drowned in a river in Barangay Buneg this town Monday, namely Robinson Igros and Michael Calatian, both aged 9. The victims’ families thought the two went to school. They blamed quarrying in the river for the…
Four unattended playful kids drown
LINGAYEN— Some 2,000 volunteers participated in the cleanup operation of Lingayen beachfront last Thursday morning in observance of the 30th International Coastal Cleanup Day. Despite the number of participants, only a few trash were collected in the area, noted Celso Salazar, head of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office…
Volunteers clean Lingayen beachfront
THE Department of Science and Technology-Information Communication Technology Office (DOST-ICTO), together with the local government units in Pangasinan, will soon establish a knowledge hub in rural areas to open opportunities to the most vulnerable sectors of society. DOST-ICTO Information Officer Roy Espiritu, who represented Undersecretary Louis Napoleon Casambre, said the…
Tech4Ed centers in Pangasinan
TO ensure uninterrupted service to communities, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has appealed for public support to stop thieves in stealing transmission line hardware and materials. “We are requesting the host communities of our substations to guard and protect the transmission line facilities against thieves” said Engr….
NGCP appeals for public support vs. thieves
2ND LOAN DRAWDOWN LINGAYEN— To accelerate the implementation of the priority infrastructure and socio-development projects it listed in the province’s Local Development Plan and Public Investment Program for 2014/2015, the Espino administration will begin to purchase various heavy construction equipment through its loan agreement with the Land Bank of the…
Province set to accelerate infra projects
ILLEGAL FISH PENS ARE BACK—Illegal fish pens have began proliferating at the barangay islands of Pugaro and Suit in Dagupan Ctiy after the Fernandez administration vowed to ban illegal fish pens after demolishing the last structures six months ago. Residents continue to wonder who gave the authority to allow the…