THE five-man minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod abstained from voting when the majority passed a resolution echoing the “sentiments” of residents, students and traders affected by the elevation of roads and drainage system on Arellano Street and A. B. Fernandez Avenue East. Councilor Michael Fernandez, majority floor leader, asked for…
SENATOR Imee Marcos urged farmers and fisherfolks to register with the Registry System for the Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) after noting that only a small number are benefitting from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) program providing interventions. In a press conference in Urbiztondo on Aug. 21, the presidential sister…
Sen. Imee Marcos: Pangasinan not benefitting from RSBSA
A capacity building program for local governments aimed at boosting the Board of Investments-Investments Assistance Service BOI-Lokal of the provincial government was held last August 17-18 held at the Provincial Training and Development Center I (PTDC I), Lingayen. The event, anchored on the theme: “Linangin ang Obligasyon at Kakayahan Tungo…
Capitol wants Pangasinan established as an investment hub
FOR the past 11months, nothing has been heard from both Gov. Ramon Guico III and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan about a general direction and programs to boost livelihood of farmers and fisherfolks amid continued rising prices of basic commodities. The provincial government has not submitted a single plan for intervention, neither…
Quo vadis, Guico administration?
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE 7 epaLiFes are at it again, this time obstructing and demonizing the ongoing road and drainage elevation project, a major program of the DPWH in Dagupan City funded by the national government, all because it is being implemented during the Belen Fernandez administration. The…
Another “foot-in-mouth” virus infection
CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO STOP THE five-man minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod abstained from voting when the majority passed a resolution echoing the “sentiments” of residents, students and traders affected by the elevation of roads and drainage system on Arellano Street and A. B. Fernandez Avenue East. Councilor Michael Fernandez,…
SP majority dads slam DPWH elevation projects
DOWN WITH ALL VISUAL AIDS, RELIGIOUS MATERIALS – A teacher at a Day Care Center in Dagupan City carefully removes educational materials including religious images as directed by the DSWD, a directive similar to order issued by DepEd to all public schools. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DOWN WITH ALL VISUAL AIDS, RELIGIOUS MATERIALS
REMOVE ALL IRRELEVANT VISUAL MATERIALS DAYS before the start of classes in public schools in Pangasinan on Tuesday, August 29, not a few grumbling teachers were still busy preparing their classrooms to comply with the directive of Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte to remove all…
DepEd 1 echoes VP Sara’s directive despite grumblings
THE joint security control center, manned by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), was activated for the filing of certificates of candidacy for aspiring candidates for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) that starts tomorrow August 28. Atty. Marino Salas,…
Comelec, PNP all set for COC filing for BSKE 2023
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) will is set to deploy more than 2,500 policemen and other force multipliers to maintain peace and order in the week-long filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) by aspiring barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials. This was confirmed by PPPO provincial director P/Col. Jeff Fanged…