LUY: “NO SARO BUT….” LINGAYEN– “I did not participate in any such kind of transaction. Honestly, I do not know anybody of them. I do not know Luy. I do not know Napoles.” A bewildered Governor Amado Espino Jr. bristled at the inclusion of his name in the series published…
LINGAYEN–The bolt from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) hatched by five of the nine provincial board members affiliated with the party failed to snowball. Those who have signed the resignation letter so far are Board Members Alfonso Bince Jr. of the 5th District, Danilo Uy of the 5th District, Angel Baniqued…
LINGAYEN—Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. of Urbiztondo town is facing yet another administrative case, the fourth filed by the same complainant. The new complaint, filed last May 16 by former municipal treasurer Loida Cancino, was for grave misconduct in office, dishonesty, dereliction of duty, violation of the National Health Insurance Act…
HARASSING THE PUNCH FAMILY—-The PUNCH’s staff members cited as respondents in the libel case filed by Citystate Savings Bank troop to the regional trial court in Dagupan City to surrender voluntarily and to submit their P130,000 cash bond. The case stemmed from the publication of news story last year about…
FIRST BLOOD DRAWN FORMER Fifth District Congressman Mark Cojuangco fired the first shot early this year to signal the start of a political scramble for power when he announced his bid for the governorship post that Gov. Amado Espino Jr. will vacate. But it didn’t take long for Espino’s allies at…
UNITED WE JOG, DIVIDED WE RUN IN 2016—-What appears to be a jovial group jogging around the Capitol Complex and the Lingayen beachfront with Vice President Jejomar Binay, is likely a picture of political posturing by wannabes in the 2016 local elections. With the Vice President are Gov. Amado Espino Jr.,…
THE provincial chapter of the Nationalist Peoples Coalition (NPC) is far from being described as a sinking ship. While the provincial board members have made their sentiments known publicly by resigning their memberships in the party, the municipal mayors take a different view. Most municipal mayors of Pangasinan are inclined…
FINALLY, of the 68 fish pens allowed to operate in Dagupan’s rivers until April 30, only 25 remain to be demolished this week after Task Force Bantay Ilog headed by City Agriculture Office (CAO) completed the demolition of 43 structures. The city government ended up doing the dismantling of 68 fish…
DREDGING BEGINS—-The brand new Water Master III and the aging Dredge Visayas, both owned by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) start dredging the heavily silted and shallow Calmay River. A third dredging machine still moored near the Jose R. de Venecia Expressway Extension is set to joint…
OTHER towns may not be concerned but the Dagupan City government is not taking any chances. Learning from the ‘Yolanda‘ experience that saw countless deaths of residents in many communities, the city government is gearing itself for the possible occurrence of a similar calamity, the city being a coastline community….
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