ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE RAVE TAKE the ALS-ice bucket challenge if you must but first, know this. The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas is making donors aware that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research could involve the use of embryonic stem cells, in…
THE decision of the Dagupan City Engineering Office to stop and suspend the construction of school buildings being built under the Public-Private Partnership for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP) program has prompted the Department of Education (DepEd) to initiate its own investigation. Reacting initially to 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia’s…
NO WAY, HIGHWAY LINGAYEN– The earlier request of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to allow it to remove dead trees that pose hazard to motorists was granted but the latter warned that any further cutting of trees along the national and provincial…
FOR OPPOSING TREE CUTTING CALASIAO—The controversy over the cutting of trees along the Manila North Road is far from over, not a by a long shot. Former fifth district Congressman Mark Cojuangco said the provincial board must be held liable if the P100-million fund for the road-widening of MNR that…
URDANETA CITY—Honesty pays. This old adage became true to a tricycle driver who had no second thoughts about turning over an expensive laptop left by his passenger to the police station. P/Superintendent Jeff Fanged, city police chief, said Mayor Amadeo “Bobom” Perez IV and the police decided to honor Ogie…
ALAMINOS CITY—A heart-pumping 456-meter long zipline ride beats a walk down the aisle after a wedding anytime. This was the sentiment of the first couple that exchanged marriage vows at the breathtaking Governor’s Island view deck at the world-famous Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) who had no second thoughts about…
DEFECTIVE STRUCTURES THE new classrooms being built are not safe. This was the initial finding of the City Engineer’s Office that prompted City Engineer Virginia Rosario to order the suspension of the construction of 58 classrooms in 11 school sites to be undertaken by BF Construction under the Public-Private Partnership…
NO TRO ISSUED MOTORCYCLE riders passing through the city’s main streets are now subject to the enforcement of the helmet ordinance of Dagupan City. After meeting resistance initially from the regional office of the Land Transportation Authority and the filing of a civil case against the city government, the Dagupan…
BLOODY SUNDAY—Police investigators scour the area where Dagupan Indian-Filipino businessman Kiram “Raja” Mirchandani lay lifeless and bloodied, for more evidence after he and his driver were inside the Castro Sarmiento Village in Brgy. Bolosan, Dagupan City. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
WITH no established suspects to pursue, the investigators looking into the killing of ambush of Dagupan businessman Kiran Michandani, 33 years old, and his driver and bodyguard Edwin Ferrer are facing a blank wall. Michandani was shot to death by still unknown suspects in Castro Sarmiento Village at barangay Bolosan…
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