MALASIQUI—The Court of Appeals (CA), reversing a decision by a lower court, has ruled to stop the Malasiqui municipal government and the Magic Group of Companies from executing a contract for the lease of a 1,100 square meter prime property located at the center of town. “All parties in this…
SAFE NEW YEAR BLAST—Firecrackers strung from the Pogo Grande barangay hall up to the intersection of Pogo and Lasip create a three-minute blast during the barangay’s annual New Year event of lighting up all the unused and unsold firecrackers at noon of January 1. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to…
TRENDING AT THE INTERNET BARANGAY Pogo Grande in Dagupan, known as a firecracker-producing community, has drawn a bigger crowd this year in its traditional New Year’s Day noon fireworks spectacle, thanks to online publicity. “I talked to balikbayans who said they have watched the high noon blast in YouTube and…
MANGALDAN— Former Vice Mayor Bernardo Abalos took his oath as the new mayor here, replacing the late Mayor Herminio Romero who died of heart attack on December 23. After being sworn in, Abalos ordered all Philippine flags in the town to be raised at half-mast in honor of Romero, who…
NEW YEAR BABY—Melanie Sanchez from Barangay Pantal in Dagupan City holds and presents her newborn Maczynn in the morning of January 1, 2013 at the Region 1 Medical Center where she gave birth at the stroke of midnight of December 31 through normal delivery under the care of Dr. Catherine…
PEOPLE never seem to learn and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is incensed at the reported high number of patients treated in various hospitals around Pangasinan for injuries from firecrackers during the New Year celebration. Monitoring will continue until today, January 6, but as of January 4, there were already…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City will be undergoing major expansion with the construction of a P1.6-billion earthquake-proof, 11-storey building complete with a helipad beginning within the first half of this year. Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia, RIMC chief, said the project is funded by the national government…
ALL IN THE FAMILY—Dagupan Councilor Brian Lim, son of Mayor Benjamin Lim, laughs heartily after he and his mother, Celia, signed their certificates of candidacy substituting for Alex Siapno as city vice mayoralty candidate and for Mario Lim as candidate for representative of the 4th District, respectively, at the provincial…
PNP CHIEF CLARIFIES PANGASINAN’s inclusion in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s election watchlist areas does not mean the province is a “hot spot”, according to newly- installed Philippine National Police Chief Director General Alan Purisima. Purisima, who visited the region last Thursday, clarified that the list that also…
LINGAYEN—Just a week after a new police chief was assigned in Pangasinan, yet another has been appointed effective December 26 and it is possible he could be out again by January. Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan, a native of San Quintin town, has been named officer-in-charge (OIC) police provincial director, replacing…
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