LINGAYEN–Pangasinan added another feather to its cap by bagging the prestigious TOFARM 2012 Award for its “Ilog Ko, Bilayen Tan Aro Ko” program. TOFARM, or the Search and Award for the Ten Outstanding Farmers of the Philippines, is given out by the Junior Chamber Philippines, Inc. (JCP) and Universal Harvester…
WHAT PLUNDER CASE?—Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, in a press conference in Dagupan last Wednesday, clarifies that there is no plunder case filed against him before the Ombudsman but merely a request for investigation. (Photo by Cesar Ramirez) Back to Homepage
CLAIMS BLACK PROPAGANDA A REQUEST for investigation, not charges for plunder. This clarification was made by Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza last week in a press conference he called in Dagupan City after local and national media reported that a plunder case has been filed against him before the Ombudsman…
VG CITES ELECTION LAW GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr., who is facing a plunder case before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly receiving bribe money from the operations of the illegal numbers game jueteng in the province, may no longer be slapped a suspension order by Malacanang Palace since the…
ST. THERESE RELIC—Hundreds of Catholic faithful pack the Divine Word Academy of Dagupan gymnasium during the two-day visitation of the sacred relic of St. Therese of the Child Jesus from Lisieux, France last January 15 and 16. The relic is currently on a nationwide visit to 48 archdioceses and dioceses….
WHO says that the case filed against city officials led by Mayor Benjamin Lim on the sale of the MC Adore property is over and that the subsequent bidding and selling is legal and binding? Not Regional Trial Court Judge Emma Torio, acting judge of Branch 42. Proving that nothing…
ACTION FOR PRIORITY AREA OF CONCERN LINGAYEN—Members of the police Special Action Force (SAF) have been deployed here to augment the more than 2,300-man provincial police force in line with the May elections. More than 60 SAF officers arrived January 12, the day before the official start of the election…
OVERTURNING an earlier declaration by the Philippine National Police (PNP) that Pangasinan is among the election “high-risk” areas in the country, the Provincial Elections Office announced last week that it is not considering to classify any of the towns or cities in the province as an area of concern. Provincial…
LNU’S TAX EXEMPTION THE LIM administration suffered a new legal setback when its motion for reconsideration on the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in favor of Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), under petitioner Educational and Medical Development Corporation, over business taxes being collected from the latter was denied by…
LIM CONFIDENT “SELLOUT” IS LEGAL THE controversial MC Adore issue further sizzled when the disposal committee formed by Mayor Benjamin Lim, and to which he appointed himself chair, proceeded with the sale of the property on January 7, two days before Acting Judge Emma Torio of Branch 42 of the…
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