MURDER CHARGES VS. ESPINO, CELESTE STANDING by its candidates in the province, the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) slammed political rivals for resorting to “political harassment and machinations” after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed a complaint for murder against its party stalwarts Governor Amado Espino Jr. and 1st District…
A GROUP called Pangasinan Muna identified with Liberal Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate Hernani Braganza, Espino’s opponent in the May election, said in a press statement that the NBI witness is “very credible.” The press statement quoted Justice Secretary Leila De Lima in an interview on national television saying “According to…
LP insists witness is credible
DAD TELLS DOJ ALAMINOS CITY–A petition for habeas corpus is set to be filed by the parents of the 16-year old boy from Bayambang, the reportedly the witness who claimed he had knowledge of the involvement of Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and First District Rep. Jesus Celeste, presently in the…
“Give us back our son!”
HOSPITAL GROUNDBREAKING—Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim (second from right) assists Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo (in Barong Tagalog) in dropping the time capsule containing the blueprint of the Maternal and Children’s Hospital during last Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony inside the Juan Guadiz Elementary School. Witnessing the ceremony (from left) are Dr….
HOSPITAL GROUNDBREAKING
NO approval yet has been handed down by the Department of Education (DepEd) on the proposed transfer of students of the Juan P. Guadiz Elementary School but the administration of Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim is already creeping its way into the property that it plans to use for a controversial…
No DepEd okay yet on Guadiz pupils’ transfer
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THE Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan celebrated its golden anniversary on February 16 with a mass at the Cathedral of St. John The Evangelist in Dagupan presided by the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto. About 50 archbishops and bishops of the Philippines attended the event, which…
Father Soc, Papal Nuncio trace archdiocese history
MAJOR DRUG BUST IN DAGUPAN A RAID in a Muslim community in Pag-asa Village, Barangay Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan city Friday yielded 215 grams of suspected shabu estimated to fetch about P1 million in the streets that led to the arrest of 17 suspected drug dealers. The raid was conducted…
17 suspects arrested, P1-M worth of shabu seized
BALOONS FOR PEACE—Participants in the Unity Walk and Interfaith Rally last February 8 in Dagupan led by Archbishop Socrates Villegas (middle), Pastor Jun Centino of Hope Christian Fellowship and Imam Uztad Kadir of the Muslim community release white balloons at the end of the event to signify hope for peaceful…
BALOONS FOR PEACE
GINA DE V AND BELEN FERNANDEZ ATTEND A UNITY Walk and Interfaith Rally organized by the Dagupan Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government Friday to promote Safe and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2013 proceeded well even if only a few candidates attended. Noticeably absent were re-electionist Dagupan Mayor…
Lim family snubs unity walk, rally
DESPITE REPORTED SALE THE resolution of the petitions and complaints filed over the sale of the MC Adore hotel property is far from over. Judge Emma Torio of Branch 40 on Friday gave the lawyer of Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Secretary Ryan Ravanzo Ravanzo 10 days within which to submit his reply…




