Fake news during the campaign By Leonardo Micua ONE item we missed last week was a clearance issued by the Office of the Ombudsman certifying that as of May 7, no criminal or administrative case, is pending against Governor Amado Ignacio Espino III before the graft investigation body. The clearance…
Crying Baby By MAMI ORIGAMI refers to the Japanese art of folding plain or colored paper into visual art – boxes birds, butterflies, flowers, hearts, etc. But, when kids with their tiny, pudgy fingers can turn out insightful though clumsy interpretation of the things they usually encounter in their small…
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TOBACCO FARMERS PROTEST – The protesting tobacco farmers meet to express their resentment and opposition to plan to increase tax on cigarettes. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TOBACCO FARMERS PROTEST
FROM P35 TAX PER PACK A group of tobacco farmers, including those from Pangasinan, are strongly opposing the passage of a Senate bill seeking to increase tax on cigarettes as “it will kill the industry and the farmers working in it”. Saturnino Distor, president of Philippine Tobacco Growers Association Inc….
Farmers oppose planned P60-P90 cigarette tax
TO AVERT PROLONGED FLOODING THE desilting operations along Dagupan City river system have stepped up with four fully operational dredging machines from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) working in a bid to prevent prolonged flooding in the city. The newly repaired Dredge Visayas I is currently at…
Four dredging machines working double time
ALAMINOS CITY—This city, home of the famous Hundred Islands, has a new mayor possibly the youngest city chief executive elected nationwide in the May 13 polls. Twenty-two year old Arth Bryan Celeste garnered 22,498 votes while his closest rival had 19,452 votes in a three-cornered mayoralty fight. All the candidates…
Alaminos City elected youngest PH city mayor
FAMILIES in Anda and Bolinao who are dependent on the shellfish industry can now return to their trade after the regional office of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the shellfish ban in the two towns’ coastal waters. The lifting of the shellfish ban was contained in the…
Anda, Bolinao already red tide-free
SENATORIAL candidates came and went to wherever they could to woo Pangasinenses votes. On May 13, Pangasinenses responded. The record from the Commission on Elections provincial office based in Dagupan City showed the Pangasinenses preferences: 1. Cynthia Villar (978,845) 2. Grace Poe (930,133)3. Lito Lapid (782, 368)4. Imee Marcos (778,291)5….
Who were Pangasinan’s preferred 12 senators
BOLINAO SUNSET — A mother and child bike around a fish port in Bolinao town as the summer sun sets on the West Philippines Sea over the weekend as public schools prepare for the opening of classes next week. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
BOLINAO SUNSET
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI)-Dagupan Field Office has warned resident foreigners not to transact business with its office through fixers. Christopher John Abella, alien control officer of BI-Dagupan Field Office, said his office does not entertain representations by fixers. Abella said they should directly discuss their concerns with immigration personnel…