WITH PDP-LABAN 2019 ENDORSEMENT STO. TOMAS–Love her or hate her but Pangasinenses should rally behind the possible senatorial bid of their kabaleyan Mocha Uson. This was the initial reaction of former Dangerous Drugs Board chairman Antonio Villar Jr., a local political kingmaker in this vote-rich province to the announcement of House Speaker…

LINGAYEN – The provincial board presided by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. unanimously approved Provincial Resolution No. 1140-2017 entitled “Commending The Municipality of Alcala For Having Been Declared As A Drug-Free Town In The Province Of Pangasinan.” Board Member Clemente Arboleda, Jr., author of the resolution, cited official…

7,650 NEW VOTERS THE resumption of voters’ registration being done by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices in 44 towns and four cities in Pangasinan since Nov. 6 has listed 7,650 new registrants. The number of new registrants has further increased vote-rich Pangasinan’s total to 1,787,701 voters. Eric Austria, election…

THE five Vietnamese fishermen arrested by the Philippine Navy for illegally fishing on Philippine grounds remain in the custody of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Sual. Nestor Domenden, regional director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources confirmed that the Vietnamese have not been released since the investigation on the…

SAN FABIAN – More than a thousand students from three elementary schools in Pangasinan received school and hygiene kits as early Christmas treats from the national government. The Grades 1-3 pupils of Sabangan-Narvarte and Sobol Elementary Schools in San Fabian town and North Central School in Dagupan City were the beneficiaries…

PERSONAL HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ALARMED by the reports of increasing number of teenage pregnancy, drug use by teens, and suicide cases, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) intensified it’s awareness campaign through its Youth Health Summit targeting students in the province. The Youth Health Summit was first launched in Lingayen and…

SAN CARLOS CITY — The Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) will present academic awards to Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (VMUF) for being the first Institution to have Level III Programs Reaccredited Status in the entire Region 1. PACUCOA chairman Dr. Jaime M. Buzar said VMUF…

LINGAYEN — An opinion of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) favors the town of Sison in its claim over Sitio Saguitlang in Barangay Labayug which is also being claimed by the town of Tuba, Benguet. This was contained in a letter to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) from Leila…