THE health advocates were happy but not the tobacco farmers’ group that was dismayed at the Congress’ passage of the bill increasing the excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. In a Bombo Radyo Dagupan interview, Saturnino Distor, president of Philippine Tobacco Growers Association Inc. from the tobacco-producing town…
WAR ON DRUGS SCORECARD HOW is Pangasinan PNP fairing in the war on drugs? New police provincial director, P/Col. Redrico Maranan, who vows to continue the unrelenting fight against illegal drugs in Pangasinan, has established what lies ahead for him by confirming that out of the 1,364 barangays in the…
LINGAYEN—There will no let-up in the campaign and investigation into the seizure last week of P124.5 million worth of shabu in Urdaneta City and the arrest of five Chinese nationals. This was the assurance made by P/Col. Redrico Maranan, 45, new newly designated police provincial director of Pangasinan vice P/Col. Wilson…
THE new police provincial director received first marching order from Gov. Amado Espino III even before he could pay a courtesy call on the latter. P/Col. Rederico Maranan said he was told to establish order in the province. “The governor is right,” Maranan said. “If order has been established, the…
A MURAL TO BEHOLD IN BOLINAO — The mural on the ceiling of the St. James the Great Parish Church in Bolinao town is now a favorite destination for Catholic devotees and tourists. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
ST. JAMES THE GREAT CHURCH IN BOLINAO VISITORS who enter this four-century old parish church in Bolinao town are immediately in awe and will likely have deeper devotion after contemplating the inspiration behind the massive artwork painted on its ceiling. Canonically erected by the Augustinian Friars in 1609, the St….
RACE VS RAINY SEASON THE determined efforts of the Dagupan City government to mitigate the impact of flooding in the city owing to its location as catch basin of central Pangasinan gets a boost with the arrival of another dredging machine to augment the continuous desilting operations of the city’s…
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)
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….
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…
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