THE 1,200 megawatt Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant in Pangasinan resorted to an emergency shutdown of its unit one after a leak was found in its boiler tube last Friday. Greggy Romualdez, head of the external affairs of team energy Sual Power Corporation (SPC) which operates the plant, disclosed that the unit was originally…
MOTHER BANGUS—-Sabalo, mature milkfish breeders, are released into the sea on the eve of the 67th “Agew na Dagupan”, by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas and Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez to signal the start of the city government’s intensive development and promotion of the “Dagupan Bangus” in the world market. (Punchphoto…
DAGUPAN 67TH ANNIVERSARY IN celebration of the 67th charter anniversary of Dagupan, known as the “Bangus Capital of the World”, an initial 13 mature breeders called sabalo were released into the sea just off the city’s coast last June 19, the eve of Agew na Dagupan. Mayor Belen Fernandez, along…
LINGAYEN—Key actions on security have been implemented in Pangasinan, prompted by the brutal gunslaying of Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong, his police aide and a civilian in broad daylight. On June 13, just when another shooting incident involving a barangay chairman in Dagupan City took place, the permit to carry firearms…
MAYOR BALOLONG’S SLAY Hunt on for mastermind LINGAYEN—The Balolong murder is still not solved. Even after two men have been arrested and charged for the brutal slaying of Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. and two others last June 7, the police do not consider the case solved and continue to…
MURDER SITE—-President Benigno Aquino III gets a briefing from P/Sr. Insp. Michael Bautista, officer-in-charge Urbiztondo police chief, and Senior Supt. Sterling Raymund Blanco, officer-in-charge Pangasinan police, during his visit on June 13 at the site where Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong, Jr. and two others were gunned down.. They are joined…
URBIZTONDO—President Benigno Aquino III flew into the province last June 13 to personally give his condolences to the family of slain Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr., who is a fellow Liberal Party member and reportedly close to the country’s chief executive. Aquino, in black polo shirt, first had a closed door…
OF the more than 400 illegal fish pens that suddenly proliferated in various rivers in Dagupan City just before the May 2013 election, three remain for demolition pending the resolution of legal questions. This was bared Wednesday by Task Force Bantay Ilog, tasked to demolish all illegal fish pens built…
116TH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION WITH the Philippines in the midst of a longstanding tension against China over ownership claims in the West Philippine Sea, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza reiterated and explained the country’s stance during the 116th celebration of Philippine Independence Day in Dagupan City last June 12. In a speech…
FREEDOM AND THE PRESS—-A representation of the Philippine flag made of 195,216 pages of recycled newspapers is on display at SM City Rosales after it was unveiled during the 116th Independence Day celebration last June 12 in honor to journalists for their role in the fight for freedom. Back to Homepage
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