A restraining temporary order has been issued by the court last Thursday, December 14, to Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim stopping him from proceeding with the sale of the MC Adore International Palace on Monday, December 17, 2012. Judge Emma Torio, acting presiding judge of Branch 40, Regional Trial Court…
LINGAYEN—The development of the 18-hole golf course is finally expected to resume after the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) cleared the provincial government of having committed any irregularity in its construction. Carlos Tayag, Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional director, went further in its clarification pointing out that the extraction and…
LINGAYEN—The vice mayor and eight councilors of Binmaley town, who filed counter charges against each other before the provincial board, have decided to withdraw their respective complaints and settled their differences. Vice Mayor Pedro Merrera III, however, stressed that he wants “genuine reconciliation” and is waiting for the councilors to…
LINGAYEN—The province, spearheaded by the provincial government, held a memorial service in honor of the late former Governor Cipriano B. Primicias Jr. who was described as “one of the illustrious and recognized political leaders of the Province of Pangasinan”. The memorial, held at the provincial Capitol December 10, included a…
ON PANGASINAN “HIGH-RISK” TAG LINGAYEN—Armed with resolutions from the mayors’ league and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), provincial officials are headed to the office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary to call for the delisting of Pangasinan among the 15 election “high-risk”. The SP Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved…
NATIVITY IN BINMALEY—A little girl walks up to the statues of the Holy Family for a closer look at the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling Baby Jesus while St. Joseph watches protectively. The Nativity scene in a native scenery in front of the Binmaley Presidencia is attracting crowds nightly. (Punchphoto by…
UNSHAKEN by the furious reaction of local government officials, the police and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) remain pat on their position that it’s alright for Pangasinan to be included in the list of “areas of concern” for the May 2013 polls. Police Supt. Mateo Casupang, deputy provincial director for…
PANGASINAN remains one the top three vote-rich provinces in the country. The official number of registered voters in Pangasinan as approved by the Election Registration Board is 1,651,814. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said the number was finalized last week after representatives of the Information Technology Department and the…
“AN old harassment suit repackaged as new.” This was how Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza described the charges filed against him by 11 barangay kapitans before the Office of the Ombudsman several months ago for alleged non-release of funds and confiscation of vehicles. Braganza, who is running for governor in…
THE ELEVEN kapitans who filed the complaint against Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza and four city officials told in a press conference they called Friday in Dagupan that all they are asking is “fairness in treatment among barangay captains, councilors and other government officials” of the city. Tagged as “Magdalo…
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