ON WOMEN’S MONTH IN observance of the International Women’s Month, the Dagupan Cty government launched Hotline VAWC (Violence against Women and Children). The hotline number to call or report any incidence of violence against women and children is 0947-508-8888. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez said the launching of the hotline underscores the…

NEWS REPORTS REFUTED LINGAYEN–There is no black sand mining behind the high walls along the shoreline adjacent to the golf course project in the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen. This was the conclusion of an inspection team led by the regional head of the DENR – Environment Management Bureau (EMB) after…

LINGAYEN—The provincial government has given its nod for the removal of dead tress that remain on the shoulders of the Manila North Road (MNR) along the Urdaneta City-Binalonan-Pozzorubio-Sison but remains steadfast in its decision to ban any cutting of live trees. The letter of Governor Amado Espino Jr. dated March 5,…

INTERESTS ON LOANS WAIVED AN out of court settlement for some 300 borrowers who reported to the Dagupan City government to have been allegedly deceived by a lending company looms after the latter agreed to forego the collection of compounded interests on the defaulted loans. Representatives of the lending company…

WHILE MAYOR BELEN WAS OUT THE Dagupan City Council here passed a resolution  during its regular session on March 2 seeking sisterhood agreement between Dagupan City and  Makati City, with one caveat – the city mayor will have to agree as well. The resolution was passed during the visit of Vice President…

PERYAHAN INSIDE CAMPUS BAYAMBANG — Concerned parents of students in Bayambang Central School are set to file a case in the Ombudsman against the mayor here and a barangay captain over the operation of peryahan (amusement and gaming center) inside the old school’s compound and for demolishing a span of…

BAYAMBANG–The fears of members of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) over the alleged instability of the newly built Bayambang Central School (BCS) in barangay Magsaysay here appear to be without basis. A joint technical inspection conducted by engineers of fhe Department of Education (DepEd) regional and central offices along with personnel of the…

DISCRIMINATION against homosexuals is contrary to the Gospel spirit but condemns same-sex union as a lifestyle. This is the view enunciated by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, in his capacity as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Phillippines (CBCP). “Persons with homosexual orientation are sons and daughters of God;…

NBI AGENTS BEHIND SCAM? REMEMBER the shooting rampage at the Lingayen National High School (LNHS) perpetrated by a policeman sometime in September last year for the failure of some teachers to pay their loan payments? A similar incident may have been averted in Dagupan City after some 300 defaulting borrowers, all…