ILLEGAL FISH PENS, CAGES THE City Agriculture Office has finally identified the remaining twenty illegal fish pens and cages that will be dismantled by Task Force Bantay Ilog by the first week of August. According to Maximo Solis, the head of TF Bantay Ilog, most of the illegal fish pens to be demolished are in…
NOVEL WALK-FOR-A-CAUSE MANGALDAN— A walk-for-a-cause was recently held in the town. But it was not your usual ‘cause’ and the participants were not the usual crowd. The Mangaldan police organized the Lakad-Kontra-Droga last Sunday and the participants were the police themselves, barangay officials and the self-confessed drug pushers and users who surrendered! P/Supt….
IN COPS’ DEFENSE LINGAYEN— Amid growing public skepticism of police claims of defensive actions in justifying the deaths of drug personalities during buy-bust and legitimate operations, Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, a retired police general, spoke in defense of the policemen. “Policemen should be able to defend themselves when they…
THE Balon Dagupan Children’s Choir (BDCC), organized by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, won the Malaysia International Children Choral Festival 2016, besting 15 other contenders from different countries held last July 16 in Selangor, Malaysia. BDCC received the Gold A Grade Award, the highest recognition accorded a choral group for outstanding performance; the Shah Alam…
LINGAYEN—The official establishment of the Center for Pangasinan Studies (CPS) is finally done. The 9th Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed its first ordinance “Establishing the Center for Pangasinan Studies (CPS) and appropriating funds therefor” last July 18, Provincial Ordinance 1-2016, authored by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., cited CPS’ “important role in the development of Pangasinan through a wide…
LINGAYEN— Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. assured the Duterte administration of the support of the provincial government, including the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) and the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), to the campaign against illegal drugs. VG Calimlim said under President Duterte’s leadership, the Anti-Drug Abuse Councils in the provincial,…
LINGAYEN— All employees and the different departments of the provincial government will be seen participating in cleaning the coastline of Lingayen Gulf every Friday. According to Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., said instruction came from Governor Amado Espino III in support of the provincial government’s campaign to clean and protect the environment and promote disaster preparedness. “The…
LINGAYEN—Gov. Amado Espino, III expressed elation and congratulated the five nurses who topped the June 2016 Nurses Licensure Examination (NLE). Mae Beann Asuncion, 20, an alumna of the University of Pangasinan (UPang– Phinma), obtained a rating of 85.40 percent and ranked 8th among 819 passers. Other topnotchers from the province are:…
CASA REAL COMPLEX LINGAYEN— The Pangasinan Provincial Jail building in the capital town is being considered to be used as a museum and become part of the Casa Real Complex which is now undergoing renovation. The proposal was made after the ocular inspection of the Casa Real (Royal House) restoration…
WITH less than 100 days before the October 1 Sangguniang Kabataan elections, only 10,267 have registered from July 15 to 20, records from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial elections supervisor, however told The PUNCH Thursday in an interview that he expects the number to dramatically…
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