SAN CARLOS CITY—The new operator of Small Town Lottery (STL) in Pangasinan snubbed the invitation of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to appear during its regular session to explain its operations and why it has not secured business permit from the city government Officials of the Speed Game Inc., (SGI) that…
MANGALDAN – Several streets in the town will undergo rehabilitation starting March this year, according to a recent advisory issued by the municipal government. Scheduled for widening and rehabilitation are V. Magno St., P. De Guzman St., G. Visperas St., and the Bari diversion road, which is connected to the Pangasinan-La Union Inter Provincial Road. The…
Mangaldan starts road widening projects
DRAFT ORDINANCE FILED A PROPOSED ordinance declaring as public nuisance motorcycles and scooters that emit exceptionally loud, startling and annoying noise that affect public health, safety and peace was filed in the city council. Authored by Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, the proposed measure seeks to impose fines of P1,500 to the violators for…
Crackdown vs. noisy motorcycles, cars underway
CALASIAO — The municipal council of Calasiao headed by Vice Mayor Mahadeva Das Mesina has approved on second reading a proposed ordinance regulating the sale, manufacture, distribution and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices in the town. The proposed ordinance, filed by Councilor Jerald C. Navarro, is in line with the…
Calasiao mulls ordinance regulating firecrackers use
IT was only but a wish last year, and it became a dream come true this year. The city will now have an e-library on Feb. 13. The idea came from 15-year-old Jilian Kay Madison S. Fernandez, young city mayor of Dagupan, who proposed its establishment to the Sangguniang Panlungsod…
Dagupan e-library set to open
THIRD District Rep. Rose Marie “Baby” Arenas denounced the pre-employment medical examinations for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) imposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries. In a privilege speech on Jan. 22, Arenas asked the Department of Health (DOH) to investigate and stop the implementation of the new system which…
Baby A denounces exploitative policy victimizing OFWs
THE coalition of agriculture stakeholders, Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (Sinag), decried the continued failure of government to enforce the anti-smuggling law, almost two years after it was passed. Sinag chairman, Engr. Rosendo So, told the KBP Forum Thursday that not a single person involved in smuggling has been arrested and…
Sinag decries non-enforcement of anti-smuggling law by BOC
BINMALEY—This town, known as the Fishbowl of Pangasinan, celebrated the bounties of its fish produce through its Sigay Festival held on Feb. 3 via simultaneous grilling of 600 kilos of bangus and tilapia. The town ‘s top produce like bangus, malaga, tilapia, lapu-lapu prawns and oysters, all raised and harvested…
Binmaley’s Sigay Festival pay tribute to fish farmers
LINGAYEN – Forty-one jobseekers were hired on the spot during the Mini Job Fair organized by the Provincial Employment Service Office (PESO) at the PESO Compound, here, on January 30. Twelve local companies which include: 3C Industrial Solutions, Inc., DHL Supply Chain, Efrata Management Solutions, Inc., EEI Corporation, HRSI Human…
PESO starts Mini Job Fairs
3rd CHILDREN’S SUMMIT ON JOURNALISM THE participants in the three-day Children Summit on Journalism and exhibits for elementary and high school students from both public and private schools were in agreement that their interaction with renowned journalists have taught them values which otherwise could not be learned from books. The summit…