NOT A RIVER—Adults and children alike turn to boats as the preferred mode of transport in Calasiao, one of the hardest hit towns by Typhoon Maring, where streets such as this at the approach of Barangay Lasip have gone deep underwater. Calasiao is one of the municipalities that declared a…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) opted not to declare Pangasinan under a state of calamity, citing the several towns that already went ahead in placing themselves under the calamity state through resolutions passed by their respective legislative bodies. Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., chairman on the committee on laws,…
TALK OF PORK—Senator Alan Peter Cayetano (front, right), who visited the province Friday afternoon, met with Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (front, center) at the Capitol and discussed various issues, including the hot pork barrel fund, which a few hours earlier was declared by President Benigno Aquino III to be due…
PORK BARREL SCAM LET’S prove the innocence of our mayors. This was the stance made by the president of the Pangasinan Mayors League (PML) as he expressed support for an investigation on alleged corruption involving the Malampaya fund, part of which supposedly went to four towns and one city in…
RAIN or shine, Mayor Belen Fernandez is not budging from the August 31 deadline she set for the dismantling of illegal fish structures in the rivers of Dagupan. “Like what I have said, the cut-off is end of August,” Fernandez said during the KBP forum on Aug. 22.
BOY RESCUED—A member of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) (left) rescues a boy who is among the 24 individuals at sitio Fishery in barangay Malued who were evacuated by the local government to the People’s Astrodome due to incessant rise of floodwater in the area…
COA INQUIRY STARTED IN 2012 ALCALA—Mayors – some former, others incumbent or in another position – of towns that supposedly received P10 million each in 2009 from the now scandalous Malampaya fund for agricultural assistance have denied receiving any money for their municipality and attested that their signatures were forged…
FIESTA FUND MESS WHAT financial assistance? This was asked by Councilor Jesus Canto, executive chairman of the 2010 City Fiesta, who finally broke his silence to clarify his involvement in the fiesta fund mess. He said he was not aware of a “financial assistance” being given regularly by the city…
EWs PAYDAY—A terminated emergency worker at the city hall, one of verified legitimate 481 EWs, personally receives her unpaid wage for the month of June, in cash from City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara (right) last Wednesday at the City Museum. Mayor Belen Fernadez has since ordered that salaries be paid directly…
NO PROOF, NO PAY EMERGENCY workers (EWs) in Dagupan City hired under the previous administration will finally get their unpaid wages for the month of June, but only if they have submitted the documents proving that they actually rendered service. However, last week 481 EWs already received their unpaid wages.
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