REMINISCING 9 YEARS — Gov. Amado T. Espino shares a light moment with Board Members Alfie Bince Jr. and Danilo Uy before delivering his last State of the Province Address, happily recalling the unprecedented achievements of his administration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SOPA 2016 LINGAYEN— “Sa kabila ng maraming pagbabago, at magandang takbo ng buhay sa Pangasinan, marami pa rin ang naiwan na dapat gawin, o mga bagay na dapat bigyan ng panibago at mas masusing pansin.” This was how outgoing Gov. Amado Espino Jr. assessed his three-term administration in his last…
LINGAYEN—The Office of Ombudsman has affirmed its decision indicting the governor and two other top provincial government officials for authorizing unlawful magnetite extraction activities here in favor of an unaccredited contractor and allowing export of extracted minerals to China. In a 12-page joint order signed by Jasmine Ann Gapatan, Graft Investigation…
TWO days ago, I have made my last and final report to our people, my beloved Pangasinenses. I have stated during my SOPA, “Magaan ang aking kalooban dahil iiwanan ko sa susunod na Gobernador ang isang lalawigan ng Pangasinan na mas maganda, mas maayos, mas maunlad, mas marangal at ngayon ay…
ARE YOU SERIOUS? — Independent presidential tandem Senators Grace Poe and Chiz Escudero react to a humorous commentary during the forum at the University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City last Friday. (Photo by Ray Zambrano)
SENATOR Grace Poe reiterated her proposal for the establishment of an international airport in Pangasinan, and described those who opposed and laughed at this proposal when she first brought it out as having “narrow minds.” Speaking before students of the University of Pangasinan, she said being one of the most populous…
LINGAYEN–The operations of the dairy farm project in Laoac town that reportedly went bankrupt, should be audited by the Commission on Audit (COA) since it was funded by government funds. This was sought by Manuel Tolentino, chairman of the Save Pangasinan Movement (SPM), noting the statement of former Fifth District Rep. Mark…
CONTRA ESPINO SOPA BAYAMBANG—While the governor here was delivering his state of the province address Wednesday in Lingayen town, some 500 protesters trooped to the Bayambang Central School to denounce the illegal quarrying, black sand mining, exorbitant tax increase and huge loans under the Espino administration. Filipinas Alcantara, president of…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) is keen on hosting ceremonial peace covenants in all towns to help achieve zero election-related violence notwithstanding the listing of Pangasinan as an “election-watch area.” P/Sr. Superintendent Edgar Allan Okubo, officer-in-charge-provincial director of the PPPO, said the peace covenant signing with provincial candidates will…
THE Ombudsman is set to investigate close to 600 local government executives in the 13 administrative regions for violations of Republic Act No. 9003, or the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000″ and among them are mayors, vice mayors and sanggunian members of towns in Pangasinan that have not…
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