A SUSPECTED LEADER of a notorious carnapping group in Pangasinan was arrested by the San Manuel police Thursday morning in Sitio Taguipuro, Flores, San Manuel town. Chief Superintendent Ricardo Marquez, Region 1 police director, identified the suspect as Randy Galamgam alias “Sammy”, 23, a resident of San Vicente, San Manuel .
PANGASINAN TOP IN R1 TOURIST ARRIVALS LINGAYEN–Pangasinan remained on top among all provinces in Region 1 in terms of tourist arrivals and the Department of Tourism (DOT) said the statistics could be higher with a better reporting system from lodging facilities. DOT Region 1 Director Martin Valera, speaking during the…
DAGUPAN’S OWN “NAPOLES SCAM” NO MORE of Dagupan’s public money is going to non-government organizations (NGOs) and People’s Organizations (PO). Mayor Belen Fernandez has set her foot down on this following a report from the Commission on Audit (COA) that more than P105 million in funds transferred under the previous…
FOR ILLEGAL FUND TRANSFERS THE Commission on Audit (COA) has confirmed the irregularities committed by the Lim administration since 2010 and recommended the filing of charges against those who were responsible. In a memorandum addressed to Mayor Belen Fernandez, copy furnished City Accountant Teresita Manaois, State Auditor Virgilio Quinto specifically…
BINMALEY—Two local government officers here have been put on a 60-day preventive suspension effective August 27 due to administrative cases for dishonesty and neglect in the performance of duty filed against them. On suspension are Gertrudez Reyes, municipal accountant, and Jeffrey de los Angeles, budget officer.
LINGAYEN–Dengue cases in the province shot up by 40 per cent from January to September 3 this year, reaching 4,352 cases with 17 deaths compared to 3,908 cases with 14 deaths in the same period last year. But Dr. Anna Maria Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, reassured the public…
BANI—The Tourism Month celebration of the province kicked off here last September 3 with the holding of the “Baruy Pangasinan” (Travel Pangasinan) campaign. The campaign was launched with the delivery tourism kiosks to help the towns promote tourism. Bani was the last stop in a three-town ceremonial sortie that included…
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) has asserted that it is constrained to continue charging the electric consumption of a private bank located at the controversial MC Adore building to the city government. “Our assumption is, it (electric consumption of the bank) is being paid by whoever owns the account,” said…
SELF-EXAMINATION AS the nation is gripped by the call for the abolition of the pork barrel in government, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, also the incoming Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president, urged priests to likewise let go of the Catholic Church’s own “P-O-R-K”.
COUNT US IN!—Pangasinenses troop to the Dagupan City Plaza on August 26 to take part in the Million People March organized at the Luneta Park in Manila as well as in most major cities in the country to call for the abolition of the pork barrel and an end to…
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