LINGAYEN- – The provincial government prevailed in its long-drawn legal battle with Team Sual Corporation (TSC), owner of the Sual Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant, when the latter was ordered by the court to pay P178 million to the provincial government for local transfer tax. This after the Regional Trial Court (RTC)…
HONEYMOON SAN CARLOS CITY— If you still don’t believe that there is love forevermore in this day and age, the official union of a 73-year old grandpa and his beloved sexagenarian last Thursday in the Kasalang Bayan here is proof. Rodolfo Umangay in his formal barong, and Lourdes Aquino in…
THE campaign against illegal fish pens in Dagupan City is still on with some 50 structures already voluntarily demolished by their owners, while the remaining fish cages are being re-sized in line with an approved city ordinance. The bigger fish cages in the water, said City Agriculturist Emma Molina, are…
SAN FABIAN-SAN JACINTO ROW LINGAYEN— The intercession of the provincial board was sought to finally settle the boundary dispute between the towns of San Fabian and San Jacinto, both belonging to the fourth legislative district of Pangasinan. The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of San Fabian forwarded its Resolution No. 8-2016 asking…
LINGAYEN— The municipality of Burgos has been identified as the recipient of the national government’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan, Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS NCDDP) in Pangasinan. Judith Cabillo of the Provincial Social Welfare Development Office said as a KALAHI area…
TOBACCO TAX SHARE THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has passed an ordinance approving the purchase of farm equipment for Barangays Malued, Salisay and Mangin using the P1.5 million share of the city from the collection of the tobacco excise tax of the city. The ordinance was sponsored by Councilor Jeslito Seen,…
LINGAYEN-Dagupan archbishop and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Socrates Villegas warned Catholic faithful in Pangasinan about the operation of “Ancient Catholic Church of the East” that offers religious services in barangay chapels in the province. “The sect is not a Catholic group so never participate in their religious…
BINMALEY– Anticipating the severe impact of future calamities that may hit the town, the local government of Binmaley has began constructing evacuation centers for affected residents. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said the construction of evacuation centers in the villages of Balogo (Centro), Baybay Lopez, Buenlag, Calit, Camaley and Malindong (phase 1)…
MORE INVESTMENTS, MORE JOBS — PDP-Laban’s standard bearer Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte explains to the throng that came to listen to him, why the need to improve the peace and order in the country is important before more new investments can be attracted to improve the country’s economy that will…
A SHORTAGE in the supply of cement in Pangasinan was felt after construction and hardware stores turned away individual buyers empty-handed last week. When asked about the sudden disappearance of supply, Marjorie Loresco, chief of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office’s consumer protection division, suspected that contractors of…
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