THE office of Mayor Belen Fernandez has proposed to the city council a P948,000 annual budget for Dagupan City next year. This was gleaned from a letter sent to the city council by Atty. Farah Marie Decano, city administrator, through Vice Mayor Marc Brian Lim, the council’s presiding officer dated Oct. 13,…
LINGAYEN—The Department of Education schools superintendent in Pangasinan Division 1 based here said her office is still awaiting instructions from the central office for the conduct of random drug testing of students. Dr. Maria Celia Junio-Fernandez said the last pronouncement of Central Office Legal Unit is the piloting for the…
NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL – A couple rides through a signboard in Urbiztondo warning motorcycle riders of an ordinance penalizing riders who drive around with loud mufflers. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
LINGAYEN–Completion of the restoration work on the Casa Real to its original grandeur and beauty is expected by the middle part of next year. This was disclosed by Malu Elduayan, provincial tourism and cultural affairs officer of Pangasinan, who said Phases I and II of the restoration project costing P35 million have been completed….
THE two-day transport strike of Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper and Operator Nationwide (PISTON) launched last October 16 and 17 may not have affected commuters in Pangasinan but the threat of another strike remains if government will not suspend the planned phase-out of jeepneys. Benny Aquino, President of Alliance…
BELIEVE it or not, but there are individuals as old as 80 who are still not registered with the Local Civil Registry (LCR) in Dagupan City. Marian dela Cruz, registration officer IV of Dagupan City LCR, said families of non-registrants of live birth only realize the need in times of…
PANTAL-LUCAO AREA THE Dagupan City Council is rushing a draft ordinance seeking to stop the reported unbridled conversion of agricultural lands to non-agricultural along the Pantal-Lucao area following the promulgation of the new City Land Use Plan (CLUP) that identified it as one of the three new growth centers of Dagupan. Councilor Jose…
ILLEGAL PALAY DRYING – Two farmers dry their palay on the highway like they do every year unmindful of the hazard posed to their lives and the law banning palay drying on highways. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE biggest live oysters anyone can see are now in BFAR-National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center. This message was posted by Dr. Westly Rosario, BFAR Dagupan center chief in his Facebook account. Indeed, 22 giant talaba (oyster) brought from Malampaya, Palawan are being raised at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources…
THE revival of the Northern Luzon Railway System is being sought by congressmen in northern and central Luzon. Pangasinan Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil led the drafting of the joint resolution that was signed and filed by House Representatives from northern and central Luzon for the revival of the Railway…
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