DISALLOWED TRANSACTION MANGATAREM – The Commission on Audit (COA) sent a second notice to the town’s mayor, Ramil P. Ventenilla, after failing to return the disallowed expenditure amounting to P2,839,285.72 for violating government rules in acquiring equipment using government funds in 2017. Last April 8, 2019, COA sent the second…
LINGAYEN–Agents of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PACC) are in Pangasinan to investigate cases of corruption involving local and national government officials, unsolved murder cases, illegal drugs, among others. This was disclosed by PACC Chairman Dante Jimenez who has mobilized different government agencies, including the Philippine National Police to help them…
THE office of the election supervisor of Pangasinan confirmed that it has been receiving reports of rampant vote-buying in many towns and cities. Lawyer Eric Oganiza, officer-in-charge election supervisor of Pangasinan, said right now as the campaign is into the homestretch, said it is the usual complaint reaching various Commission…
PVOTE-rich Pangasinan’ 1,946,682 registered voters are expected to troop to their respective polling precincts for the May 13 polls. Lawyer Eric Oganiza, officer-in-charge election supervisor of Pangasinan, said there are 12,190 established precincts in the 1,364 barangays of the province, out of which are 2,632 group/clustered precincts or 1,195 voting…
FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS –Policemen show their painted palms before posting them on a wall to express their support for peaceful polls during Lakad Pangasinan Unity Prayer and Walk staged in Dagupan City on Saturday May 4. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN–P/Col. Wilson Lopez, police provincial director, revealed that the search warrants being applied for before the courts and served against suspected firearm holders and other suspects were based on validated intelligence reports reaching the police. This was bared by Lopez in reaction to one of the allegations of Alaminos City…
SAN FERNANDO CITY–The province of Pangasinan joined the rank of the least poor provinces of the country based on the first semester data of 2018 released by the National Statistics Authority (NSA) regional office. This according to Danites Iñigo, OIC of Statistical Operations and Coordination Division of NSA Region 1,…
FROM MAKATI TO BOLINAO – Steel bars and other materials recovered from the dismantled Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge in Makati arrive in Bolinao town for the provincial government’s planned Santiago Bridge. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN– The construction of the planned bridge to connect Santiago Island in Bolinao to mainland Pangasinan may finally start. Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Danilo Lim on May 9 led the ceremonial turnover of materials recovered from the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge in Makati City, to jumpstart the construction of Santiago…
LINGAYEN — The 18th Regional Skills Competition (RSC) spearheaded by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) opened on May 7. TESDA Director General Isidro Lapena, who traces his roots in Urdaneta City, exhorted the participants from affiliate institutions in the region to do their best in the regional finals…
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