PARENTS, GUARDIANS ACCOUNTABLE THE Dagupan City government will soon start strictly enforcing the 2003 ordinance imposing curfew for minors from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the following day, ahead of the planned nationwide curfew that the incoming-Duterte administration announced it would do. City Ordinance No. 1771-2003 directs parents, guardians, owners of boarding houses…
BULLYING BY CHINESE COAST GUARD STOPPED INFANTA—The town’s fishermen no longer fear going out to fish again at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Reason? The Chinese Coast Guard no longer harasses them. Fishing boats like this in Barangay Cato, Infanta, Pangasinan are now free to fish…
CAUSED BY NEAPTIDE AND POLLUTION BOLINAO—At least P40 million worth of milkfish (bangus) died in a massive fishkill that broke out anew along the Caquipotan Channel in Bolinao and Anda towns. The new fishkill, however, is at least not as big as the one that broke out along the Caquipotan…
UPON her arrival from a weeklong vacation in Spain, Mayor Belen Fernandez immediately met with members of Task Force Bantay Ilog to map out all-out demolition of fish pens, targeting structures that are still standing in rivers. Noting reports from the task force that 47 illegal fish pens have already…
TO make sure that all the products reaching the city are all safe for human consumption, the Dagupan City government is strictly requiring fish traders bringing their fish products to sell at the Dagupan Fish Market to produce auxiliary invoices. Mayor Belen Fernandez also ordered City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina…
THE VIEW FROM HEAVEN — The scene inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan City from the church’s loft presented a splendid view of the solemn proceedings of the Episcopal Ordination of the Most Rev. Enrique V. Macaraeg as Bishop of Tarlac Diocese held last May 24,…
UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR DUTERTE THOUGH the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has yet to issue a statement at presstime on the recent critical statements of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken Archbishop of Nueva Segovia took the cudgels, defended the Church and gave his own unsolicited advice. “It is…
NO “P-I’s, PLEASE! ABSOLUTELY no cussing or expletives on TV or radio will be tolerated, including possibly those from President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. This was stressed by officials of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) during the KBP forum last week. MTRCB Board Member Jojo Salomon told local…
POST-ELECTION MUDSLINGING LINGAYEN– Outgoing Gov. Amado Espino Jr., congressman-elect of the Fifth District, filed a criminal complaint for libel before the Provincial Prosecutors Office here against Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) Chairman Amadeo R. Perez Jr. Mr. Espino’s three-page complaint against Perez was received by Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Nicolas Reintar…
BAYAMBANG ELECTION SAN CARLOS CITY–Despite losing to their respective opponents by wide margins in the May 9 elections, Bayambang Mayor Ricardo Camacho and his wife Zenaida Camacho still filed election protest against their opponents. The Camacho couple, who ran for vice mayor and mayor, respectively, filed their election protest on May…
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