BAYAMBANG— Here is a typical example of slow and inefficient bureaucracy can make lives miserable for a community. As of June 19, or six days after a powerful tornado wrought havoc in 13 villages, no relief assistance still appeared forthcoming from the local government that displaced 88 families comprising of 351 persons…
TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNANCE “THIS is where your taxes are spent” used to be a familiar sign one reads in a project site posted randomly by local government officials. In Dagupan City, Mayor Belen T. Fernandez took her transparency policy in governance a step further. She had a huge tarpaulin prepared…
THE ONLY DRUG–FREE TOWN STO. TOMAS— As the campaign against illegal drugs in the province continues, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has determined that this town is still the one and only town in Pangasinan to be drug-free and decided to honor its officials and residents with an award. In…
LINGAYEN—The relations between the provincial government and the Philippine National Police has reached an all-time low after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) expressed its disappointment and disgust over the current policy of the Philippine National Police in designating officer-in-charge (OIC) – provincial director (PD) of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO)….
GOV. Amado T. Espino, Jr. minced no words when he wrote Deputy Director-General Leonardo Espina, Officer-in-Charge at the Philippine National Police, to decry the latest changing of the guards at the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office after only three weeks. Board Member Alfie Bince read the letter of Mr. Espino dated May 11,…
PANGASINAN HISTORY BOOKS–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim acknowledge the books on Pangasinan written by Dr. Cecilia Beltran Daranciang (middle) during the 117th Philippine Independence Day celebration in front of Provincial Library. The books will be distributed to the province’s municipal librarians and Department of Education district schools. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)…
117th INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION LINGAYEN– “Let us be free from the things that bother us or us being ‘unFilipino.’” Governor Amado Espino Jr. told the audience that gathered at the Provincial Library where he led the province in joining the rest of the nation in celebrating the 117th Philippine Independence…
FREEDOM IS IN THE AIR. The Dagupan City officials, led by Mayor Belen T, Fernandez, prepare to release the ceremonial while balloons at the end of the official program celebrating the 11th Independence Day at the city plaza, signifying the freedom the city enjoys to attain progress for the people….
CELEBRATION IN DAGUPAN MAYOR Belen Fernandez said the proclamation of Philippine Independence should always remind all Filipinos of the country’s inspiring history, the self-less sacrifice of Filipino heroes, and their determination to assert their right to chart the Philippine’s destiny as a nation. Leading the celebration of the 117th Philippine…
THE six members of the Sangguniang Bayan of Bayambang who are facing an administrative case for grave misconduct and dishonesty with prayer for preventive suspension before the committee on good government and accountability of public officers in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on the complaint of Mayor Ricardo Camacho branded the complaint…
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