Sec. Lao acts on local Muslims’ concern By Jun Velasco WHO will top the presidential race in Pangasinan? We refer you to a Northern Luzon paper’s poll in Ilocandia, which sampled more than 700 in the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte. Grace Poe is…
Is P-noy for or against Mar? By Gonzalo Duque SOMETHING good and noble happened in Dagupan City last week. No, not only good and noble – also historic. In a meeting, the Dagupan City Historical Arts and Culture Commission (DCHACC) officially launched the integration into our school’s curriculum the…
Pacquiao’s conditioning coach in hot water By Al S. Mendoza IS Alex Ariza trying to pull our legs? He now wants Manny Pacquiao to leave Bob Arum. And in what capacity that Ariza wields to even counsel Pacquiao on purely legal matters? Ariza is Pacquiao’s conditioning expert—a good one…
Pangasinan duathletes unfairly sacked By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MY amigo and town mate Adje Cabrera, a sports fanatic, came to see me last week with bad news – our three duathletes, Robeno Javier of Sto. Tomas, Jeric Buhian of Asingan and Robinson Esteves of Urdaneta City, members of the…
STARTING THE YEAR WRONG. Old habits are hard to break. Our honorable board members in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan were obviously still on vacation mode when they had their first regular session for 2016 last January 11. It was a Monday and was supposed to be the first working day for…
THEY FINALLY VOTED ‘YES’ — The members of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) raise their hands to vote “Yes” for the adoption of the ordinance approving the annual budget of Dagupan City for 2016 in the amount of P768 million as proposed by the Committee on Finance. Councilor Jeslito Seen (in foreground),…
AFTER THREE-WEEK DELAY DAGUPAN’S Sanggunian Panlungsod (SP) finally passed the city’s P768 million annual budget during its regular session last January 12, ending the month-long standoff between the legislative and executive branches. The approved budget is only 11% higher than the P691 million budget in 2015. After four city councilors…
WHILE Mayor Belen Fernandez expressed her gratitude to the city councilors for their support for eventually approving the P768 million annual city budget of Dagupan, she took exception to the “baseless accusations, allegations and, suspicions” aired by four councilors in their respective privilege speeches. In an interview, Fernandez said while…
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