CONSOLIDATED jeepney operators in Pangasinan are eager to adopt the transport modernization program but are plagued by the high cost of China-made units. Bernard Tuliao, president of the One Pangasinan Transport Federation (OPTF) composed of some 2,500 traditional jeepneys and other public utility vehicles, said they continue to search for…
NITTY GRITTY OF RICE FARMING — A wife of a farmer in Barangay Naguelguel, Lingayen does her part by pulling the rice seedlings for transplanting in a bigger rice field. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
MBTF TO DAGUPAN SP MAJORITY DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez again wrote the Sangguniang Panlungsod on July 29 to ask for the immediate approval of Supplemental Budget. No. 2 for 2024, which covers P457 million some of which will be for disaster preparedness and response. Projects lined up for funding under…
THREE people were injured after a van driven by Dagupan City Councilor Maria Librada ‘Dada’ Reyna-Macalanda, who reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel caused a serious mishap in Barangay Tapuac in the afternoon of August 7. Police investigation showed the councilor first hit a pedestrian, Pauline Joy Agosto Nuevo, a…
TWO more ordinances filed by the minority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) five months ago were, in fact, copied and refiled by the seven majority councilors to take credit for the initiatives. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez said the latest plagiarized proposals were Draft Ordinance No….
THE P150 million fund allotted by the Department of Health for the establishment of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in Dagupan City will revert to the national coffers by the end of the year unless utilized soon. DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco, speaking during the formal opening of Dagupan’s Super Family…
BASED ON PRO-I MONITORING THERE are no Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the entire Ilocos Region, according to P/Brig. Gen. Lou Evangelista, Philippine National Police-Regional Office 1 (PRO1) director. Speaking at a forum held last week at the at the PRO1 in La Union, he said his office immediately…
A known jingle composer and chiropractor was shot dead on August 6 around 6:50 p.m. along the Binmaley Baywalk . The victim, Tony Joe Coquia, 33, a resident of Barangay Libsong West, Lingayen, was shot multiple times by Billy Jay Esguerra, 24, a land surveyor from Paras St., Barangay Bonuan…
DESPITE existing laws against human trafficking, prostitution remains rampant in Region 1, according to Assistant Prosecutor Roderick Aquino from the Department of Justice – Office of the City Prosecutor in La Union. He said 189 prostitution cases were filed from January to June this year, but no breakdown of the…
HALF of a human body, specifically the lower extremity, was found by Bantay Dagat members floating along the shoreline in Barangay Ilio-Ilio, Burgos town around 8:00 p.m. on August 4. They informed the police about the incident, and the remains were later identified by relatives as Eduardo Gille Sr. from…
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