WITH ITS P1.67-BILLION LOAN LINGAYEN— Even with a P1.167-billion loan it secured from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), the provincial treasurer said the province is “not heavily in debt”. “Based on our records, our outstanding loan with the LBP is only P409-million,” Marilou Utanes said in an interview….
ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS CAMPAIGN UPDATE OUT of the 511 persons arrested for various drug offenses since January this year, 43 of these were included among the 666 drug personalities in the watch list of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO). Confiscated shabu totaled 875.30 grams with P4 to 5 million street…
AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS FINALLY, after more than 50 years in existence teaching several generations of pupils, Carael Elementary School n Dagupan City has a two-storey classroom it can call its own. Inaugurated last week, Alma Fernandez, officer-in-charge at the school said the 1,041-pupil population and 32 faculty members rejoiced…
OLDEST DAGUPENA — Guillerma Carreon Carino, the known oldest living Dagupeña from Malued at 101 years old, receives a plaque of Acknowledgement from City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, assisted by Assistant School Superintendent Lourdes Servito during the program celebrating Agew na Dagupan last June 20. Joining her at the stage are immediate members of…
FORMER Undersecretary Dante M. Velasco cited the “unsinkable spirit” of fellow Dagupenos, as he urged them to prepare a “sustainable program for the New Normal.” He made the call during the Agew na Dagupan celebration at the CSI Stadia last June 20 even as explained that the “new normal” is…
LINGAYEN—Another outstanding Pangasinense received national recognition, this time from the Sixteenth Congress of the Philippine Senate. Last June 10, the Senate, during their plenary session presided by Sen. Franklin Drilon, former Senate President pro-tempore, Leticia Ramos-Shahani was hailed “for her dedication and excellence in service as legislator, diplomat, educator, women’s…
OUTNUMBERED BY THE ‘ENEMY’–A Philippine Army soldier covers his nose as he bravely stands up knowing he is greatly outnumbered by an ‘enemy’ that grows in strength by the tons every day right inside his camp in Binmaley town. Fortunately, for him, there are signs that the enemy will…
OVER GARBAGE, SALVAGE ZONE BINMALEY-The Philippine Army found itself in a tougher war in Binmaley town, not over presence of insurgents but of the town’s wastes and salvage zone. The local government has been dumping its garbage inside the 19.1 hectare Andres Malong Army Reservation in Barangay Caloocan Norte since…
WAR VS. ILLEGAL DRUGS THE government now seems to be winning the war against illegal drugs in Pangasinan. The police are arresting an average of nine drug pushers a day after targeting 10 major drug personalities in each town of the 48 towns and 4 cities. This was disclosed by…
BAYAMBANG SCHOOL TRANSFER BAYAMBANG–The Court of Appeals’ Seventh Division sustained the writ of preliminary mandatory injunction issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of San Carlos City ordering the Department of Education through then Pangasinan I Division Superintendent Alma Torio to desist from defying the executive order issued by the town mayor directing the…
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