LINGAYEN–The provincial government has expressed full support to the Alaminos City government’s plan to beautify and improve the facilities at the Hundred Islands. Governor Amado Espino Jr. gave this assurance when he joined Alaminos City Mayor Arthur Celeste in inspecting the tourist site last August 3, while the demolition of…
LINGAYEN—A waste of taxpayers’ money. This is how 6th District Board Member Ranjit Ramos-Shahani regards the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s (SP) moves to push for the redistricting of the province as he pointed out that this is a job for Congress.
BUSINESS PLATES TO WASTE—A Dagupan city hall employees digs out some 5,300 unusable business plates produced by two suppliers for issuance by the One Stop Shop Business Center for the anticipated 2013-2015 Lim administration. The plates would have cost the city P.709 million or P.407 million more if the anomaly had…
MORE OF THE SAME ANOTHER anomalous transaction involving officials of the past city administration over a P.4 million deal for the supply of business permit plates was uncovered last week. The anomalous transaction came to light after the company ElJohn, the company that produced the plates ordered by a company called…
THOU shall not ask. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas told his Catholic flock that this should be their guiding principle when relating to politicians as a major scandal hounds Congress over the use of the pork barrel, formally known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
TAKING THE VOTE SERIOUSLY—Adult and youth voters patiently await their turn outside the Dagupan City Astrodome on July 31, 2013, the last day of the 10-day registration for the synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The registration that day lasted up to past 10 p.m. The Comelec reported a voter…
VOTER turnout in the recent registration organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was higher than expected and no major untoward incident was reported during the nine-day activity. Provincial election supervisor Marino Salas told local newsmen during the KBP forum Thursday that there were were122,000 new registrants for the Sangguniang…
MAGIC- MALASIQUI VENTURE THE Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by former Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim et al on the lease contract extended by the local government of Malasiqui for a municipal government property to the Magic Group of Companies owned by Lim.
IT’S final! The Maternal Child Care and Lying-in Hospital planned by the previous city administration has been permanently shelved after the Dagupan City Development Council approved the realignment of its budget to pay for other obligations, including wages of current emergency workers.
BANGUS FESTIVAL AND CITY FIESTA FUNDS FUNDS extended by the past city administration under former Mayor Benjamin Lim as “financial assistance” for the annual Bangus Festival and Dagupan City fiestas have not been fully liquidated, according to City Accountant Teresita Manaois.
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