CDRRMC CLEARS RIVER TO EASE FLOODING—Personnel of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office remove water lilies under the Magsaysay Bridge before they clog the Pantal River and cause damage to the bridge and spawn flooding in the city. (CIO photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has dismissed with finality two separate administrative cases filed against the mayor of Binmaley town allegedly for grave abuse of authority and grave misconduct. The decision of the SP’S Committee on Good Government and Accountability of Public Officers chaired by Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr….
LINGAYEN— Pangasinan woke up last Monday, August 4 to find another officer-in-charge (OIC)-provincial director at the Provincial Police Station. P/Sr. Supt. Sterling Raymund Blanco was suddenly relieved from his post by P/Chief Supt. Roman Felix, regional director. In a text message to The PUNCH, Blanco, read “my reign as OIC…
RE-REGULATING POND SAN MANUEL– Farmers in 10 towns and one city in eastern Pangasinan and towns in Tarlac can begin to look to more bountiful harvests given finally a steady irrigation from the San Roque Dam. The P4.3-billion irrigation component of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Hydropower Dam, known as the…
GOV. ESPINO CONFIRMED LINGAYEN—The question: Will “Pogi” run for Pangasinan governor in 2016? Governor Espino’s answer: “It’s a go for Pogi (Espino)”. The consequence: Political lines within NPC are drawn. This is the new political scenario in the province after Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr.finally broke his self-imposed silence on…
ROW ON HELMET LAW MAYOR Belen Fernandez views with serious concern the two contending positions vis-à-vis the implementation of the amended ordinance in the city that impacts on the helmet law in the country. Fernandez, who was recently appointed chairperson of the Regional Peace and Order Council, said while there…
LINGAYEN– The provincial government recently secured a P1-billion loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to fund various developmental projects described in the province’s Annual Investment Plan. This was confirmed by OIC-Provincial Accountant Arturo Soriano who witnessed the signing of the loan agreement last Thursday at the Urduja…
SAVED FOR NOW—The remaining uncut trees standing in the way of road-widening projects are spared by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the sanggunian panlalawigan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
NO PERMITS FOR TREE-CUTTING ROAD widening projects of the district engineering offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the province hit a snag due to suspension of cutting of trees along areas traversed by construction sites. At the recent KBP Forum, the district engineers confirmed that…
THE brother of a former mayor of San Fabian town was arrested for dealing illegal drugs in Dagupan City. P/Supterintendent Christopher Abrahano, city police chief, told The PUNCH that Salvador Magliba alias ‘Ablast,’ 59, resident of Barangay Nibaliw Magliba, San Fabian town and brother of former Mayor Romulo Magliba was…
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