FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS LINGAYEN—The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) skipped celebration of Valentine’s Day and went around the region, including Pangasinan to look into preparations for the conduct of peaceful elections on May 9. Police Director-General Ricardo Marquez told newsmen, “I want to see their (region’s) state of…
NO BLACK SAND MINING “THE issue here is no longer about black sand.” This was how Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. assessed the published news items last week on the resolution of the Office of the Ombudsman affirming his indictment along with dismissed executives provincial administrator Rafael F. Baraan and…
FORMER ALLIES’ WORD WAR DAGUPAN CITY—Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. and Engr. Rosendo So, chair of Abono partylist, were once the closest political allies but the same politics recently made both a bitter political detractor of each, and are now engaged in a heated word war over the alleged black…
ALL the 44 town and four city election officers in Pangasinan will be reshuffled in preparation for the May 9 polls as part of the Commission on Elections’ campaign to ensure honest and credible elections. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor of Pangasinan, and who was one of four election…
LINGAYEN—“The real issue here is not the black sand… this is happening because they don’t want me and my son to run.” This was the reaction of Governor Amado Espino Jr. on Saturday after receiving a copy of the resolution from the Office of the Ombudsman dated Jan. 11 denying…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez received the Gawad Kalasag Exceptional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service Award for the city from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Region 1 in recognition of the city’s exceptional disaster risk reduction preparedness. The award was in recognition of the city’s…
AS NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE LINGAYEN— In view of the increasing number of tourists at the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag in Manaoag town, the preparation of a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Minor Basilica is being planned. Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president, Archbishop Socrates…
THE rise in cases of upper respiratory diseases due to the constant changes in weather has been confirmed by a team of medical practitioners in Dagupan City. Councilor Jesus Canto, a doctor and former director of Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan, said his Team Kalusugan that is moving around…
FINALLY NUISANCE CONTROLLED THANKS to El Niño, the invasion of oysters’ territory by blue mussels has stopped enabling fish cage operators in western Pangasinan to finally heave a sigh of relief. The blue mussels that proliferated inside their fish cages and left no room for oysters to grow on suddenly…
PHILIPPINE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LINGAYEN– The provincial government, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA), will soon implement the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) and its sub-projects for the benefit of the agricultural and fishery sector. Last February 15, 2016, the provincial board passed a resolution authorizing Governor Amado Espino Jr….
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