PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte took Pangasinan by a storm and pledged that a government under the Duterte-Cayetano administration will be corruption-free even as he reiterated his assurance that the country will be rid of drug lords. “I guarantee you, it will be a clean government. There…

IF he is elected president in May, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte vowed to double the monthly take-home pay of policemen and soldiers to support his pledge to stop the worsening state of criminality in the country. Mr. Duterte, who made Davao the most peaceful urban city in the Philippines…

ROSALES— Here’s bad news for pork eaters. About 100,000 backyard hog raisers across the country have ceased operations due to unabated smuggling of imported meat, according to the chair of multi-agri alliance of 33 farmers and agri-associations across the country. And, to protest the smuggling, Rosendo So of the Samahan…

LINGAYEN—The campaign to stop illegal drug trading in the province netted 19 top suspected drug pushers in various towns and cities in the province. The top wanted persons for illegal drugs nabbed by law enforcers in February were arrested in Alaminos City, Agno, Dasol, Infanta, Mabini, Binmaley, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag,…

LINGAYEN- – The provincial government prevailed in its long-drawn legal battle with Team Sual Corporation (TSC), owner of the Sual Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant, when the latter was ordered by the court to pay P178 million to the provincial government for local transfer tax. This after the Regional Trial Court (RTC)…

HONEYMOON SAN CARLOS CITY— If you still don’t believe that there is love forevermore in this day and age, the official union of a 73-year old grandpa and his beloved sexagenarian last Thursday in the Kasalang Bayan here is proof. Rodolfo Umangay in his formal barong, and Lourdes Aquino in…

2016 R1AA MEET SAN CARLOS CITY–Defending champion Pangasinan II won its back-to-back title when it posted a commanding lead over 13 other delegations with a harvest of 70 gold, 46 silver and 43 bronze medals in the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet that ended Friday. But the biggest surprise…

LINGAYEN –Who said it only happens at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City? The Lingayen police is set to conduct full-dress investigation to find out how three-heat sealed plastic sachets of shabu managed to be slipped through inside the Pangasinan Provincial Jail here. This after a provincial jail guard found…

A DUTERTE-Cayetano administration will propose the creation of the Department of Fisheries in order that the growing needs of fish farmers can be addressed and given more attention by government. Vice presidential candidate and Senate Majority Leader Alan Cayetano who was in Dagupan City last week for a consultation with…