The Cracked Pot By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.moralstories.org that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. Author Unknown A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his…
A first for Dagupan: No SGLG By Leonardo Micua THE list of 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awardees released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government sadly did not include perennial winners Dagupan and Urdaneta cities. Why? Only Alaminos and San Carlos cities were in the…
Quakes! By Jing Villamil THIS talks not of the gooey chocolatey fudge which one rams whole and fast into one’s mouth in heavenly but sinful decadence. Rather, this talks of quakes that grumbled, rumbled and crumbled rocks unto uncovered heads, crushing skulls and bodies and homes and workplaces. Once upon…
THE Dagupan City Police has began planning for the implementation of a security plan for the peaceful observance of Undas on November 1. Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Mangelen, Dagupan City chief of police, said all Dagupan PNP personnel, SWAT operatives, and motorcycle operatives will be deployed to secure seven cemeteries, churches,…
BIKING OVER GADGET – Boys in Balungao town happily take to their bicycles along a farm-to-market road over gadgets that most boy in urban cities prefer, validating the thoughts of U.S President John F. Kennedy that said, “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
NO ASF-FREE DECLARATION LINGAYEN–Just as Pangasinan was about to be declared “African Swine Fever (ASF)-free,” blood samples taken from 30 dead hogs bought by a local trader in Barangay Apalen, Bayambang from Camiling, Tarlac, were confirmed on October 16 to have died from AFS. The 30 hogs were among 60…
SITG ESPINO JR. LINGAYEN–The term “last possessor” is different from the term “last registered owner”. With this as his statement, P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, insinuated that businessman Jewel Castro of Baguio City, tagged as one of 22 suspects in the attempted slay on former Congressman Amado Espino Jr….
PANGASINAN police has assured the province that the chain of command in the Philippine National Police has not been affected by the controversy involving the outgoing P/General Oscar Albayalde who has since resigned as PNP chief. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, P/ Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, provincial police…
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan provincial government, along with two cities and 21 municipalities, earned the 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance Awards. This was reported by Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año in a post on the DILG website. As 2019 SGLG awardee, Pangasinan is set to receive P7 million Performance…
THREE towns received failed ratings in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) assessment and validation on the road clearing operation mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG Pangasinan officer-in-charge Randy dela Rosa, in an interview Wednesday, said Tayug and Mangatarem received 65% rating, while Natividad got 60%. “The DILG…
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