FOR SIMPLE MISCONDUCT BAYAMBANG—The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the suspension from office for three months without pay the town’s vice mayor here and five other councilors for simple misconduct. In a seven-page order dated May 10 signed by Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer Allan John Atienza and approved…
JUNE 20 has been declared as a special (non-working) day by Malacañang as Dagupan marks its 69th Charter Anniversary. By authority of President Benigno S. Aquino III, Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. signed Proclamation No. 1296 declaring Monday, June 20, as a special holiday in Dagupan on June 10. The city’s…
NATIONAL PRESS FORUM PUBLISHERS and editors of member-newspapers of the Philippine Press institute will gather in Manila at the Century Park Hotel on June 22-24 for the 20th National Press Forum, whose theme “Understanding the Disputes in the West Philippine Sea” will focus on media’s role in fostering public understanding of…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan, one of the top rice-producing provinces in the country, considers itself “very lucky” for not sustaining extensive damages due to the El Niño phenomenon. This was the assessment submitted by Dalisay Moya, acting provincial agriculturist, during the 1st Pambansang Mannalon-Mag-uuma-Magbabaul-Magsasaka ng Pilipinas (P4MP) Regional Congress held at the Health…
READ.READ.READ. — Francisco Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature, gestures as he encourages the audience to continue reading books as he regales them with stories about Jose Rizal and other national heroes. Jose, born in Rosales, was guest of honor and speaker during the 118th Independence Day Centerpiece launch at SM…
ROSALES— “We are not yet a nation. We’re in the process of forming a nation.” Thus remarked Philippine National Artist for Literature Francisco Sionel Jose after he led the unveiling of a giant pop-up book showcasing the known heroes of the country on Saturday (June 11), a day before the…
MORE CASES THIS YEAR LINGAYEN—Some 755 dengue cases were already recorded by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) from January to June 6 this year, 35% higher than the 558 cases recorded over the same period last year. The peak of dengue cases this year started in January with 358 victims…
BALIK ESKWELA LINGAYEN—Attendance in public schools in Pangasinan 1 Schools Division for the Balik Eskwela opening registered a very high rate as projected. This was the assessment of Dr. Maria Celia Junio-Fernandez, schools division superintendent, who said only two or three students were absent, unlike in previous years when many…
FOR BALIK ESKWELA LINGAYEN—The Department of Public Works and Highways 2nd Pangasinan Engineering District here turned over 150 classrooms to public schools under its jurisdiction in time for Balik Eskwela last Monday. District Engineer Rodolfo Dion told The PUNCH that the classrooms in public schools are in Second and Fourth Districts…
MALASIQUI—Some 30,000 pupils in the town’s elementary schools and day care centers again received free school bags that contained school supplies from the municipal government. More than 130,000 ballpens, 130,000 pencils and 130,000 notebooks are part of the school supplies distributed. The town has 52 elementary schools and 73 day…
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