LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. reiterated his earlier call for the creation of special courts that will try cases on violations of the illegal drugs law which now clog most Regional Trial Courts (RTCs) in the country, including Pangasinan. Espino, one of the principal authors of Republic Act 9165 or the…
P2.46-B CAPITOL BUDGET LINGAYEN—The health sector is poised to to get the biggest chunk of the Pangasinan budget in 2014 with an allocation of P544. 3 million for the operations of province-run hospitals and P23.34 million for the Office of the Provincial Health Officer. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) finished the…
CAMPAIGNING FOR PWDs–Gov. Amado Espino Jr.(3rd from right) welcomes at his office the three lovely Pangasinenses who represented Region 1 in the recently-held national competition of the Miss Wheels, Signs and Visions Philippines. The group is led by Arjhessa Espiritu (3rd from left), from Bautista town, who won as Miss…
LBC loading relief goods to the LBC container van By Dindo Orbeso & Romy Zetazate The Filipino owned LBC cargo and money remittance company continue to support the sending of relief goods which were packed and repacked by volunteers at the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church located at…
FOR LACK OF QUORUM TECHNICAL consultants and emergency workers of the Dagupan City government numbering some 300 will have to wait longer before receiving their unpaid wages for the months of September and October. The continued delay is due to the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s failure to pass the proposed supplemental budget…
BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS—Belen Codiamat arranges her parols (Christmas lanterns) for sale, a popular Christmas décor, along the hi-way in barangay Pao in Manaoag. She said sales remain low as of last week but expects trade to perk up in the coming weeks as Christmas nears. (Punchphoto…
THE Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed jointly by the Magic Group of Companies and local government officials on the use of a public property located at the center of Malasiqui town. THE CA Eighth Division previously reversed a 2012 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC)…
COUNCILOR Jose Netu Tamayo, chair of the ad hoc blue ribbon committee of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) in Dagupan, is set to recommend to the city council that the investigation on the case of unliquidated cash advances by some councilors to the Commission on Audit (COA). Tamayo is making the…
WONDER no more why the Dagupan City government is broke. City Budget Officer Luz de Guzman has revealed that right at the start of the year, the city government under former mayor Benjamin Lim already had a beginning deficit of P34 million. The financial shortfall was “cured” by utilizing part…
VARIOUS groups in Pangasinan, including the provincial government, the Catholic Church and from the private sector, have quickly organized to send assistance to victims of the tragic Yolanda typhoon. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) during its regular session on November 11, has allocated P4 million from its calamity fund to be…
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