GOOD GOVERNANCE IN 4TH DISTRICT—Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia (3rd from right) and the newly elected mayors of the district meet to discuss the economic agenda for the entire district where they agreed to wage a common battle against corruption and to initiate reforms that will usher in good governance….
MAYOR Belen Fernandez is bracing for rough sailing in her administration’s first six months in office in the face of a measly P12 million left in Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) funds left by the previous administration. “Baka hindi lang yan,” said Fernandez, noting that the P12 million left…
LINGAYEN—Even with the election gun ban lifted, the barangay chairmen around the province won’t be automatically getting back the shotguns issued to them by the provincial government due to a new law requiring new permits. Senior Supt. Marlou Chan, police provincial director of Pangasinan, pointed this out in a reply…
The PUNCH’s former editor-in-chief Gerardo E. Garcia, 87, passed away last July 2, 2013 after a period of lingering illness. He was rushed to the Nazareth General Hospital unconscious from Basista town where he resided in retirement after complaining of difficulty in breathing.
LINGAYEN—Philippine National Police (PNP) Director for Personnel and Record Management Catalino Cuy and Region 1 Director Ricardo Marquez expressed their optimism that the case filed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. seeking for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order (TRO) against incumbent provincial director Senior Supt. Marlou Chan will be resolved…
FIRST ELECTED WOMAN MAYOR OF DAGUPAN—Mayor Belen Fernandez, joined by her family and Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia, takes her oath before Civil Service Commission Chairman Francisco Duque III at CSI Stadia in Dagupan City on June 28. (Photo by Mitz…
ONLY P12 M MOOE LEFT IN COFFER HOW much can the newly installed Fernandez administration in Dagupan City do and how far can it go with only P12 million to run the city until December? This question is uppermost in many city hall observers and the new occupants after Mayor-elect…
GUV’S THIRD TERM—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. takes his oath of office before Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Teodoro Fernandez for his third and final term of office last June 28 at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. With him are his wife Priscilla, their children and grandchildren. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back…
LINGAYEN–“This moment did not come easy.” Thus said re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. in his inauguration speech after his taking his oath at the Sison Auditorium on June 28, 2013. “In order to get here, we had to endure, and survive, all kinds of psychological pressures, mental agony, and many…
LINGAYEN—Following a confusing weekend when the scheduled turnover ceremony for the provincial police director was suddenly and inexplicably cancelled, the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters eventually published the post last week as “vacant”. PNP Region 1 Director Ricardo Marquez confirmed that he saw the Pangasinan position included in the list…
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