FOR renting out the municipality’s heavy equipment without authority from the Sangguniang Bayan in 2012, Anda Mayor Aldrin Cerdan is now facing a graft case filed by the Office of the Ombudsman. Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer IV Kristine Suzanne Fineza found Cerdan violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft…
MANGATAREM—If one day you begin to smell the heavenly scent of Ylang-ylang in a community, then you know you have reached the Second District of Pangasinan. This town recently transplanted some 200,000 Ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata) seedlings and more are propagated in a nursery in Barangay Bueno here. Since the start of…
HIGH FECAL COLIFORM LEVEL THE Dagupan City government was alerted by a finding of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Water Quality Monitoring Report that four of the seven rivers in the city registered a high coliform level. This data was revealed during the public hearing conducted by the…
THE Dagupan City government is considering hiring and deploying more traffic enforcers to help enforce road and traffic discipline in the city. “We need to hire additional traffic enforcers to guide the motorists and the pedestrians to get used to observing the traffic lights, to prevent counter-flow and strictly implement…
CHEERS TO THE VETERANS! — Philippine Veterans Bank Chief Operating Officer Nonilo Cruz (left), PVB Vice President Mike Villa-Real (partly hidden) and PVB-Lingayen-Branch Marketing Head Esmeralda Hala lead the ceremonial toast during the presentation of the newly renovated PVB branch in Lingayen. Joining the celebration are Gov. Amado Espino III and Second District…
SAN MANUEL — Aside from hosting the largest dam in the Philippines that produces 345 megawatts (MW) of electricity, two solar power plants are set to be built in this town this year. Municipal Administrator Cezar Perez told local newsmen Tuesday,” That is a go. It’s already a done deal.”…
SHORTAGE DUE TO COLD SEASON THE price of Dagupan bangus is now P10 higher because of the felt shortage of supply. This was confirmed by Dagupan City Agriculturist Emma Molina who said the city’s fishponds and fish pens normally produce 8 to 10 tons of bangus weekly before the cold…
A SEAFOOD processing plant in Sual town to be operated by the local government is being proposed to support the livelihood of fisherfolk. Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue said he is optimistic that the plan for the establishment of a seafood processing plant will earn the support of the Department of…
President Duterte shakes the hands of the new couple. IT was a star-studded wedding for the new couple Gonzalito Niccolo E. Duque and Kristel Ann-Marie Bejar. SSS Commissioner and Sunday Punch columnist Gonzalo Duque chats with Pres. Duterte President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo led the sponsors to the…
CLASS 66 of the Dagupan City High School (DCHS) observed its Golden Jubilee with a get-together and reunion in Dagupan City, attended by more than 100 members, some of whom arrived from overseas to join the celebration. Carlos V. Sibuma was elected president during the election of the class held January…
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