LINGAYEN—Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. of Urbiztondo town has again been put on a 60-day preventive suspension by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Committee on Good Government and Accountability of Public Officers in the face of an administrative case filed against him. Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr,. chair of the…
2013 COA REPORT A TOTAL of P105.2 million in public funds extended by the Dagupan City government from 2010 to 2013 to barangays, non-government organizations (NGOs), People’s Organizations (POs), and individuals, including committees for city fiestas and Bangus Festivals from 2010 to 2013 remain unliquidated as of Dec. 31, 2013,…
WE ARE TEACHERS—Some 30 ESL (English as Second Language) teachers of the total 130 working at the Kame Hachi Corporation tutorial center located in Avenida West, Poblacion, Lingayen troop to the office of Provincial Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued’s (left) to seek legal assistance as they prepare to file charges against…
NOT CYBER SEX WORKERS LINGAYEN—“We are teachers, not prostitutes.” This was the assertion of 15 employees of Kame Hachi Corporation, an online tutorial center, here that was raided last March 17 as they prepare to file legal charges against operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-National Capital Region (CIDG-NCR)…
EVEN after the settlement of the dispute over fish cages crowding Cabalitian Bay near the Sual power plant, bad blood seems to linger between the local government of Sual and the management of the Sual Power Plant. Mayor Robert Arcinue , speaking during the KBP forum on Thursday, decried being…
NEW PMA GRADS—Gov. Amado Espino Jr (6th from left) and Pangasinan Rep. Leopoldo N. Bataoil (center) flash the number one sign with Philippine Military Academy’s Top 5 graduate Noel DV. Raguindin (extreme left) of Dagupan City together with the 13 other graduates of the PMA Siklab Class of 2014 from…
PMA HONOR SYSTEM LINGAYEN—Amid the controversy that recently rocked the Philippine Military Academy, Gov. Amdado T. Espino, Jr., had this to say to the 14 Pangasinenses who recently graduated from the institution and paid him a courtesy call last week: “Take the Honor System, the code that binds us together,…
DAGUPAN and Alaminos cities, along with 12 municipalities, will experience a nine-hour power cut beginning at 7 a.m. on March 25. The towns that will affected are Labrador, Sual , Mabini, Burgos, Dasol, Infanta, Agno, Bani, Anda, Bolinao, Calasiao, Sta. Barbara.
WHAT STARTED IT ALL—-The above PUNCH file photo taken on April 20, 2012 shows the nine Dagupan City councilors who showed up for the special session called by then Mayor Benjamin Lim, voting unanimously in favor of the resolution authorizing the city mayor to sell the MC Adore hotel properties….
THE GHOST OF MC ADORE SALE REALLY now? This was the initial reaction of Mayor Belen Fernandez to radio reports that Amb.ALC Holdings & Management Corporation has supposedly filed charges against her and City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the non-issuance of a…
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