MULTI-MILLION LAND SCAM COULD there be an organized syndicate operating in cahoots with insiders at the Land Registration Authority (LTA) to grab land from absent owners, particularly Pangasinenses abroad? The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is now looking into the matter following a complaint filed by a Filipino-Canadian woman from…
LINGAYEN—Typhoon Labuyo, the strongest to hit the country so far this year, caused P68 million worth of damages in Pangasinan but the rains it brought were a welcome relief for many farmers of rain-fed land. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported that most of the damages…
HERE TO STAY?–A butanding (whale shark), one of at least seven, frolics in the waters just off the coast of San Fabian town where they have been regularly seen for several months now, the longest period since they were first spotted at the Lingayen Gulf in 2001. There are plans…
LINGAYEN—Whale sharks, locally known as butanding (Rhincodon typus), have been a mainstay at the Lingayen Gulf for months now and the provincial tourism office has started looking into setting up organized sightseeing tours. Ma. Luisa Elduayan, provincial tourism officer, said they are currently in coordination with the Water Search and…
Update as of Aug 13 / 9:00am: Floodwaters in Dagupan have receded. Update as of Aug 13 / 8:00am: Residents in San Vicente, Urdaneta City were evacuated last night and they remain at the evacuation center this morning. Update as of Aug 13 / 7:00am: Floodwaters remain in some low…
MORE PAYROLL PADDING CASES ANOTHER woman whose identity is being withheld by the city hall, has come forward and confessed to DagupanMayor Belen Fernandez that she was one of the Emergency Workers (EWs) listed by the past city administration but did not receive a single centavo of wage.
PROUDLY PHILIPPINES—A proud fisherman on his motorized banca, one among 30 others, welcomes the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16), the country’s second Hamilton-class cutter, by holding up the Philippine flag when it passed him in the afternoon of August 3 in the waters off western Pangasinan en route to its final…
LINGAYEN–Three senior police officers have finally been nominated for the provincial police director post to replace controversial Senior Supt. Marlou Chan. The three are: Senior Supts. Mariel Maniego Mangaway, Ferdinand Ocales Divina and Valeriano Templo de Leon.
SAN CARLOS CITY— Pangasinan is in mourning for the death of Dr. Jackson Dabu Soriano, chief of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH), who succumbed to lung cancer in the evening of August 4, 2013. The 54-year old doctor, who was also previously chief of other hospitals in the region, served…
HUNDRED ISLANDS MAKEOVER—The city government of Alaminos, with support from the provincial government led by Gov. Amado Espino Jr., dismantle illegally built structures on Quezon Island at Hundred Islands National Park last week as part of a beautification program to restore natural attraction of the popular tourist destination. Similar illegal…
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