LINGAYEN—When regular typhoon forecast said the Ilocos region was in the path of Typhoon Egay, the provincial government quickly went on red alert, ready to respond to emergencies. Fortunately, Pangasinan was spared from the Egay’s wrath, but La Union province was not as lucky. ==================================================== A 16-year old student drowned…
THE last and final stage of the widening of the Manila North Road (MNR) from Rosales to Sison in Pangasinan cannot proceed because more than 700 trees remain standing along the highway. According to Pangasinan Third Highway Engineer Emmanuel Riboroso whose office is based in Tumana, Rosales told newsmen that…
BLACK SAND CONFISCATION LINGAYEN–Inconsistent! This was how Provincial Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued described the decision of the regional office of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) that ordered the confiscation of some 9,588 cubic meters of magnetite sand in Lingayen after affirming earlier that…”there was no mining activity in the…
FOR SHARING EXPIRED CANDIES SAN CARLOS CITY–More than 100 students of Guelew Integrated School were rushed to Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) here last Thursday morning due to mass food poisoning allegedly from sharing boxes of candies sold by a store in front of the school. Dr. Policarpio Manuel, PPH director, said…
LINGAYEN—The war vs. illegal drugs is everyone’s battle. This was the terse message of Governor Amado Espino Jr. as he appealed to his constituents to help in the effort by reporting illegal drug activities in their neighborhood to the police during last week’s meeting of the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council…
BINMALEY–About 31 sachets of shabu and P1,010,000 cash believed to be proceeds from selling illegal drugs were seized by combined police elements in two separate raids in Barangay San Isidro Norte here Monday. Arrested were Marivic Reyes, 40, brothers Dexter and Jordan Castro, aged 25 and 18 respectively after their houses…
XYPHER’S MOTION DENIED LINGAYEN—The complainant in the magnetite sand mining in the coastal barangays here hailed the order of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) denying the motion for reconsideration of a firm over the confiscation of an estimated 9,588 cubic meters black sand extracted to give way to a…
LINGAYEN—The provincial legal officer of Pangasinan wants the regional head of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) “to rectify or cause to be rectified the statement that the black sand recovered in the eco-tourism zone as “illegally sourced”. Lawyer Geraldine Baniqued in a letter dated July 2 addressed to MGB…
PAST JUNE 15 DEADLINE DAGUPENOS had expected to wake up on June 15 to see the city’s rivers finally cleared of fish pens after Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez had announced that she directed City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina that all illegal fish pens should be removed by June 15,…
IRREGULARITIES CITED IN DAIRY PROJECT THE claim published in the advertisement “Cojuangco Updates” published in the June 21 issue of The PUNCH, regarding the Dairy Farm project in Laoac, has rankled the group that filed cases against Alcala officials over the irregular use of the tobacco excise taxes. Members of the Save Pangasinan…
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