MESSAGE By Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas: Light has pierced the deep darkness! Mercy has conquered sin! Hope has burst the bubble of depression and we are new again! The sign of hope is a young mother carrying a lovely Child, The light of the splendour of God is all…
SOCE PROOF—Governor Amado Espino Jr. shows documents duly certified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Provincial Office in Dagupan City to local media to prove that he submitted his statement of election contributions and expenditures (SOCE) last June 10 contrary to the announcement of Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes that the…
CERTIFIED TRUE COPY IS PROOF LINGAYEN—Someone tried to dupe the Commission on Elections. This became evident that contrary to news that made national headlines, Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. has shown proof that he submitted his Statement of Election Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) on time and the chairman of the…
NOT so fast. This was the stance of the Arcinue family as they reiterated their commitment to give the P250,000 reward to the informant who gave a lead that resulted to the arrest of the gunman who shot former Lingayen vice mayor Ramon Arcinue and his wife Zorahayda while seeking…
WHO CARES ABOUT A PERMIT?—Shielded from public eye, renovation work reportedly continues to be undertaken daily inside the MC Adore hotel property in Dagupan City by the new owner, Amb ALC Holdings & Management Corp., even without a building permit from the City Engineering Office as required under the law….
DAGUPAN Electric Corporation (Decorp) may be the top business taxpayer in the city, but that is not stopping the local government of Dagupan from suing the company over the transfer and use of a electric meter. City Administrator Farah Decano has recommended to Mayor Belen Fernandez legal action against Decorp…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez has ordered an investigation into the rampant and indiscirminate issuance of tax declarations by the City Assessor’s Office even on portions of land near rivers that are already underwater and therefore form parts of the public domain. Fernandez expressed urgency on the matter saying Dagupeños may wake up…
LINGAYEN—The provincial government of Pangasinan is again extending help to Typhoon Yolanda-ravaged Leyte province, this time by sending a medical and construction teams to assist in relief and reconstruction efforts. Governor Amado Espino Jr. announced last week that 110 personnel of the provincial government headed to Dulag, Leyte on December…
BACK IN TOWN—Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. holds a press conference at the town hall on December 4 after he was released from a one-week custody under the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Manila during which he was accompanied by his son, town councillor Voltaire (left). The firearms and…
AFTER ONE-WEEK ORDEAL URBIZTONDO– Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. is back in his town after seven days in the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) but the 21 firearms and hundreds of ammunitions seized from his possession remain on hold at the agency’s main office in Manila. “They (guns…
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