MAYOR BELEN’S DEADLINE “TO me, June 15 is June 15.” This was asserted anew by Mayor Belen Fernandez, confirming that June 15 is the final deadline of the few remaining illegal fish pens in the rivers of Dagupan City. In a talk to newsmen after the Independence Day program at the city plaza,…
PPO ALERT LINGAYEN—With the onset of the rainy season, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is already on full alert to guard against a possible dengue fever epidemic. “Naka-alerto na kami ngayon pa lang, kahit hindi pa tayo nasa panahon ng tag-ulan talaga,” Provincial health officer, Dr. Anna De Guzman said….
BAHALA NA! – Images of 6 to 8 schoolchildren finding every space on a tricycle for their regular commute to-and-fro the school have become a common sight on highways and barangay roads again. While there are no statistics on road accidents involving pupils in overloaded tricycles to make parents worry…
MORE PUSHERS ARRESTED LINGAYEN–There is no let-up in the campaign by lawmen against illegal drugs as five more suspects fell in intensified anti-drug operations in various parts of the province. Among those arrested were a notorious drug personality in Mangaldan, a courier of a top drug personality in Dagupan, an…
THE LAST OF THE ILLEGAL FISH PENS THE remaining illegal fish pens in Dagupan’s rivers will go by June 15. Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez echoed the earlier announcement of City Agriculturist Emma Molina that June 15 is the final deadline and said she expects the pen owners to abide…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Is it a fault line or a sinkhole? This is the question being asked of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) whom Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) and residents of Barangay Balete Sur have invited to inspect the sudden appearance of fissures estimated…
THERE was changing of the guards at the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), one of the premier universities in Dagupan and Pangasinan, when former Civil Service Commission (CSC) chairman and Health Secretary Francisco “Pingkoy” Duque III assumed as president of their family-owned institution, taking over from his brother, Dr. Gonzalo Duque. Duque III becomes the fifth LNU president….
WATCH the movie “San Andreas” and learn from it. This was the tact employed by Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez when she decided to convene the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council to assess the preparedness of the city to respond to emergency situations including flooding during the rainy…
MAYORA TO THE SEA –Mayor Belen Fernandez gives the risso dolphin which she named “Mayora”, a motherly caress when she visited it at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (NIFTDC) last May 29. The dolphin was found by fishermen stranded in Sitio Sabangan in Bonuan Gueset last May…
SPM’S SECOND COMPLAINT A SECOND complaint was filed by the Save Pangasinan Movement Inc. last May 26 against a past and present mayor of Alcala and numerous councilors that served differently, again. This time the complaint is for plunder or violation of Republic Act No. 7080 and technical malversation, against 23…
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