25 TOWNS, 3 CITIES TO GO THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), as head of the regional oversight committee, recently declared Lingayen as the 19th drug free town in Pangasinan. Last February 21, PDEA Region 1 Director Brian Babang led the signing and declaration of drug cleared municipality witnessed by…
LINGAYEN— The suspension order issued by the Ombudsman against Pangasinan State University (PSU) president Dexter Buted and Marcelo Gutierrez Jr., executive director of the PSU campus in Binmaley town could not be implemented by the PSU Board of Regents (BoR). Reason? The BoR failed to have a quorum each time…
BINALONAN’S SAF – Meet the four members of the Small Action Force: Rogelio Ochinang, Clifford James Ianamu, Crisanto Naces and Elmer Cabotaje, whose height ranges from 4’2″ to 4’5″. (Punchphoto by Eva Visperas)
SMALL ACTION FORCE (SAF) BINALONAN—If Snow White had seven dwarfs to help her in Walt Disney world, the mayor here has four jolly midgets as his bodyguards. They are called as the Small Action Force (SAF) of this town and for Mayor Ramon Guico III or Mayor Monmon to his…
LAOAC—You want to know more about different species of trees here and overseas? Make a trip to a four-hectare lot in Barangay Botigue in this town where the first and only tree library in the country stands and where foreign and indigenous trees can be found, arranged according to species….
A BILL was filed in Congress by Fourth District Rep. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia seeking to regularize the positions of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and barangay tanods in the country. Calling the grassroots workers as unsung heroes, De Venecia stressed the need to finally give long overdue recognition to BHWs and tanods who often…
LINGAYEN–Construction of the Daang Kalikasan linking the province of Pangasinan to Zambales is now in full swing. In his update to the local newsmen, Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil said that the work started by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) last year on the Pangasinan side continues while…
AT the city hall’s request, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) will come to Dagupan to help design and operate an integrated traffic management plan for the city. This was bared by Transportation Undersecretary Tim Orbos Thursday afternoon after his meeting with Mayor Belen Fernandez and other senior officials of the city government…
PANGASINAN mayors can secure funding for their projects if the projects are aligned with the Philippine Development Plan. This was the advice of Laoac Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr., president of the Pangasinan Mayors’ League (PML) to the league’s members, saying it is actually a lot easier for municipalities to source funds from…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office has recorded a total of 942 cases of acute gastroenteritis in the province. Seven have died. Based on the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the PHO, the reported cases were from January 1 to February 19, 2018. Dr. Anna Maria Theresa De Guzman, provincial health…
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