THE provincial government is set to create a management council dedicated to preserving and protecting a watershed in the province. Towards this end, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized Governor Ramon Guico III sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with various national, regional, and provincial agencies, as well as stakeholders from Regions…
TO simplify voter registration and encourage participation in future elections, COMELEC Pangasinan recently organized a Provincewide Centralized Satellite Registration of Voters, integrating the Special Registration Anywhere Program (RAP) at Robinsons Place Calasiao for Districts 1-4 and SM City Urdaneta Central for Districts 5-6. The activity enabled 839 residents to register;…
By Gonzalo Duque THE onset of modern communications technology has made our political conversations easier to be appreciated by the public. Many political leaders have fallen and lost their grip on power because it is now easier to call people to assemble and stage a people power. Let’s take the…
GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE PROPERTY? – The two conflicting signboards were installed by DENR-CENRO claiming “THIS AREA IS CLASSIFIED AS FORESHORE/PUBLIC DOMAIN “and not for sale, and the other signboard beside it is installed by “Rael Kitz Corporation” claiming ownership of the same area. To date, there appears no resolution or settlement of who really owns the…
FOR REJECTING ALL SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS SINCE 2022 ALL seven members of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod are liable to be charged administratively for disapproving the submitted supplemental budgets since 2022 and deliberate delay in the passage of the city’s 2023 and 2024 annual budgets. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle…
BINMALEY-LINGAYEN BAYWALK AREA SECOND District Rep. Mark Cojuangco delivered a privilege speech at the Lower House on May 6, calling for a House inquiry into the worsening problem of unclassified lands and informal settlements under his jurisdiction, particularly, along the Lingayen-Binmaley Baywalk area. He wants the Department of Environment and…
EXPECT LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORMS TILL JUNE THE worst is over in Pangasinan for the daily sizzling and gut-wrenching high heat index, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Gener Quitlong, PAGASA weather specialist, said the province will gradually cool down as the peak of the warm dry…
THE Social Security System (SSS) is urging employers to settle their employees’ contributions promptly to avoid penalties and ensure their workers’ social security benefits. Republic Act No. 11199, or the Social Security Act of 2018, mandates employers to report all employees for SSS coverage within 30 days of employment, ensuring…
THANK YOU! — DILG Sec Benjamin Abalos Jr. receives a symbolic office table name plate from Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, PNP Provincial Director P/Col. Jeff Fanged and PNP Regional Director P/BGen Lou Evangelista after joining the BIDA Fun Run and addressing the forum held in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
A FIRE traced to faulty electrical wiring razed 46 stalls in the Bayambang Public Market and part of a residential area near Royal Mall in Bayambang on the night of May 3. Fire Officer 3 Michael Caragan of the BFP-Bayambang, said the fire broke out at 11:43 p.m. and raged on till 4:00 a.m. the following…
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