SANDIGANBAYAN CASE LINGAYEN— “I’m sad but it is there. We have to face it.” This was the terse reaction of Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. on Wednesday, March 16, to the report that he and two other provincial officials have been charged with two counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan…
CASE FOR OMBUDSMAN ALCALA — A group of tobacco farmers filed on March 16 a case for plunder before the Office of the Ombudsman against former Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco and his wife, incumbent Fifth District Rep. Carmen Kimi Cojuangco. They accused the Cojuangcos of misspending over P569-million in tobacco excise tax shares…
THE payment of the much-awaited compensation adjustment of city government personnel is now assured following the approval by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of an ordinance setting aside a supplemental budget in the amount of P97.1 million during a special session on March 16. Of the P97.1 million supplemental budget, at least…
DAGUPAN CAMPAIGN ONLY the candidates of the Liberal Party (LP) led by Mayor Belen Fernandez and two independent bets for councilor participated in the peace covenant signing initiated by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPRCV) on March 12 at the parish hall of St. John Metropolitan Cathedral. The signing took…
DAANG MATUWID URDANETA CITY— What has Daang Matuwid done for Pangasinan? President Benigno Aquino III had this to say: His five-year administration has provided the province P20.13 billion infrastructure projects, a program that is double the program of the Arroyo administration. Mr. Aquino said his predecessor, former President Gloria Arroyo,…
BASISTA—Prepare for a trip to this quiet town on the day it will be filled with music as it lays claim to being the Orchestra Capital of Pangasinan. The town will stage its first orchestra festival next month on April 27! Mayor Jocelyn Perez, who is barely one month in…
SOME towns being served by the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) and the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) will experience 10-hour power interruption on March 22, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Preventive maintenance is the main reason for the power interruption affecting Cenpelco substations in Bautista,…
LINGAYEN – The Pangasinan Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) will begin to be on full alert when the ‘Oplan Summer- Vacation’ (Sum- Vac) is launched on March 23. Avenix Arenas, PDRRMC spokesperson, said more than 10, 000 visitors are expected to flock the Lingayen Beach starting Holy Monday….
IN SUPPORT OF DR. BUTED LINGAYEN—About 6,000 students, faculty and non-teaching personnel of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) staged a “Unity Walk” Friday to show support for their embattled university president accused of alleged corruption. Mark Joel Aguila, a Bachelor of Science in Criminology student and students’ representative at the…
HAS Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and fellow members of his Partido na Pangasinan finally joined the Liberal Party of Mar Roxas? This question cropped when Mr. Espino was seen in the company of Roxas during a gathering of Northern Luzon political leaders supporting the LP standard bearer on Monday at Panaderia Antonio in Calasiao at noon…
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