LINGAYEN — Pangasinan’s great leaders must have a place of honor befitting them. This was proposed by Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr. in a resolution “requesting the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) to recommend a possible relocation site within the Capitol compound for the busts, statutes and monuments…
DAGUPAN’S OSBC CONFIRMS THE Dagupan City government stood pat on its previous claim that the Citystate Savings Bank at the ground floor of the former MC Adore Hotel is operating without a business permit nor the prerequisite building permit for renovating the premises. Carmen Olpindo, chief of the One-Stop-Business Center,…
MISS DAGUPAN 2013 BETS—The fourteen ladies vying for this year’s Ms. Dagupan title are presented to the media at the residence of Atty. Liberato “Ope”Reyna Jr., the Hermano Mayor for Dagupan City Fiesta 2013. The coronation night is traditionally one of the highlights of the city fiesta in December. The…
GONE WITH THE WIND? WHERE have all the huge earnings derived from the trade fairs, food bazaars, sponsorships, flea markets or baratillos in the city streets held under the past city administration in the last three years gone? Definitely not in the city’s coffer, as testified by an official from…
ON ILLEGAL FISH PENS CITY Agriculture Officer Emma Molina denied being remiss in her duties when illegal fish pens mushroomed in Dagupan rivers early this year, explaining that the responsibility of monitoring these structures was removed from her and was assigned by then Mayor Benjamin Lim to another office. Molina…
INJUNCTION VS DEPED BAYAMBANG—Stay put. This was the order handed out by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in the case involving the Bayambang Central Elementary School (B1CES) as it issued a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction last October 31, four days after the lapse of the 20-day Temporary Restraining Order…
AFTER HIRED KILLER’S ARREST LINGAYEN—Following the arrest last week of the lone gunman in the slaying of the former vice mayor here and his wife in March 2012, the victim’s family expressed hope that the mastermind will soon be identified and charged in court. Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue, brother of slain…
WEDNESDAY, November 13, is a non-working holiday in the province in commemoration of the birth anniversary of the late Speaker Eugenio P. Perez. Perez, born in San Carlos City, was the first Pangasinense to become Speaker of the Philippine Legislature (1946-1953) and helped secure the passage of the Bell Trade…
DESPERATE FOR CASH THE cash-strapped Dagupan City government is desperate to get hold of funds to cover the city’s projected P29.68 collection shortfall that will end in a huge deficit at the end of the year. Mayor Belen Fernandez is now looking at “baratillos” organized by the city during fiestas…
THE Dagupan City government is in a dilemma. Should the government pay contractors for completed projects that didn’t go through the required bidding process? How should the unfinished yet unbidded projects be considered? The questions arose after Mayor Belen Fernandez was informed of the pending claims before the city government…
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