LINGAYEN—The provincial board declared on Monday four officials of Speed Game Inc. persona non grata for snubbing four invitations of the legislators to appear during its Question Hour and to shed light on the mechanics of Small Town Lottery (STL) operation in the province. Second District Board Member Raul Sison,…
INSTANT LAKE – Farmers cross their rice field completely inundated after the Agno River overflowed. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
FOR VALIDATION AS “DRUG-CLEARED” THE Police Community Relations Branch of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office reported that there are still 16 towns and 3 cities under validation of the Regional Oversight Committee (ROC). The localities under the validation by the ROC are the towns of Asingan, Bani, Bolinao, Urbiztondo, Basista…
HIGH TIDE STRIKES AGAIN — Mothers carefully lead their children to wooden planks to get to the West Central School to get past the flooding caused by the morning high tide. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
REGIONAL PNP EVALUATION LINGAYEN—A week after 13 police chiefs in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and La Union were sacked from their posts due to poor performance, six more from Pangasinan municipal police stations were also relieved on August 8. P/Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, police regional director, ordered the relief of…
DAGUPAN City lost a father and a statesman when former Mayor Alipio F. Fernandez Jr. died early morning of August 9 after a lingering illness. He was 75. Fernandez, who served as mayor of Dagupan City for 12 long years, from 1992 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2010, succumbed to…
TO STUDY, RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod agreed in principle to create a special Anti-Flooding Task Force that will study the causes of the recurring flood in Dagupan and recommend short and long term solutions to the problem. The creation of the task force was proposed by Councilor Jose…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is poised to ask the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to check if individuals or corporations in Dagupan that received Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECCs) are strictly following the conditions attached to their certificates. This was sought by Councilor Nicanor Aquino, chair of the committee on land use,…
LINGAYEN—The members of Sangguniang Panlalawigan vowed to continue to investigate, in aid of legislation, the operations of Small Town Lottery (STL) in the province. This after they grilled Editha Romero, OIC branch manager, PCSO in Urdaneta City, the only resource person who appeared for the Question Hour (QH) on Aug….
KIDS DURING FEEDING MISSION — Pupils at Malued Elementary School in Dagupan City compare the free snacks provided by an NGO for a feeding mission in villages affected by the recent floods. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
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