URDANETA CITY—Finally, after silently watching the acrimonious debate on the 700 remaining decades-old trees along the Manila North Road (MNR) in eastern Pangasinan for weeks, the members of the Pangasinan Federation of Non-Government Organizations (PFNGOs) took a stand but not without exposing the deeply divided sentiments of its members. The…
LINGAYEN — Running priest, Fr. Robert Reyes, leading figure of Green Research, an environmental group, led at least 30 members of civil society in an advocacy run to reaffirm their protest against the cutting of trees along the Manila North Road (MNR) in Pangasinan. The priest and the other environment advocates…
LINGAYEN– The online English-as-second-language (ESL) teachers of Kamehachi Corporation were elated over the reopening of their workplace that was raided by law enforcers last March on false charges. Last October 3, the center located along Avenida St., Lingayen formally resumed its operations after a month of reorganizing. One of the…
MORE WOMEN, CHILDREN VICTIMS LINGAYEN – Parents beware. More women and children are being raped these days. This was gleaned from the report of the provincial police to the provincial board last week that the number of rape cases and incidents of violence against women and children in the province…
LINGAYEN– The permit to carry firearms outside of residence (PTCFOR) is still in effect in Pangasinan ever since it was imposed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) following the slaying of Urtbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong in early part of June this year. This was bared by Senior Supt. Reynaldo Biay, officer-in-charge of…
LINGAYEN–The seeming endless supply of illegal drugs being seized from pushers and users is an indication that a big network of syndicate supplying shabu may now be operating in Pangasinan. P/Senior Supt. Reynaldo Biay, officer-in-charge at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), cited this possibility when he fielded questions from members…
THE Balungao District Jail (BDJ) is the Best District Jail in the country! This was announced during the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s (BJMP) 23rd anniversary celebration held in Tejeros Hall, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City last week. J/Chief Inspector Roque Constantino Sison III, jail warden, said the award presented by…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), in a special session last Oct. 1, passed a supplemental budget proposed by the Office of Mayor Belen Fernandez in the amount of P18.8 million funded by savings from personnel services from various offices during the third quarter of the year and last year’s budgetary surplus. Consequently…
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez will address the 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities slated on October 30 at the Crowne Plaza in Hong Kong upon the invitation of the World Health Organization (WHO). Fernandez will deliver a 15-minute presentation on her successful pet program “Alagang Balon Dagupan for the Elderly” (New…
MALASIQUI—Why settle for 18 roses as a debutante when one can get 104 long stemmed roses to celebrate one’s birthday? That’s exactly what 104-year-old grandmother Ceferina Cruz Macaranas received during her grand birthday celebration at the grand ballroom of Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City Saturday, September 27. Relatives and close…
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