THE scheduled October 5 hearing for the special civil case filed by Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Secretary Ryan Ravanzo on the controversial resolution passed by the SP on April 20, 2012 has been reset to November 9 after the petitioner and his lawyer failed to appear before the court. Only Atty….
Sunday Punch 6 October 2012 9:30pm THE filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) in Dagupan CIity yesterday was uneventful until someone in Comelec noticed late afternoon that there were two “Belen T. Fernandez” that filed for the mayoralty post. It turned out that the “new” candidate was a 66-year old…
NEWSBREAK: The majority in the Dagupan sanggunian, led by Councilor Brian Lim, finally succeeded in having the resolution “affirming and confirming” the controversial resolution adopted at the special session 6 months ago during the regular session today October 1 in a bid to preempt the hearing called by Judge Emma Torio…
MAYOR’S SON INCENSED A RESOLUTION introduced by the new majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod seeking to affirm and confirm their earlier controversial resolution approved in a special session on April 20, 2012 and to ratify all legal procedures pursuant to the sale of the MC Adore property was foiled by…
ONLINE CASINO IS OFFLINE—T2 RAF Electronic Station set up shop at the The Ragtime Bldg on Perez Boulevard in Dagupan City for an online casino operation after it was issued a business permit by the Office of Mayor Benjamin Lim in early September. The permit was revoked last week following…
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim acting on the complaint of Archbishop Socrates Villegas of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese, ordered the immediate revocation of the business permit issued to T2 RAF Electronic Gaming Station owned by Rafael Tabora for the operation of an online casino shop in Dagupan. Archbishop Villegas, spearheading the…
BINMALEY—Eight councilors here and the vice mayor, who chairs the Sangguniang Bayan (SB), have taken their battle before the provincial board. Administrative charges have been filed by the two parties against each other before the provincial board’s Committee on Good Governance for grave misconduct in office over the contentious council…
PROTESTING THE FILM—An all-women delegation of the Muslim community in Pangasinan hold their placards denouncing the anti-Islam film during the protest march in Dagupan City that ended in a public rally at the city plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
SOME 750 Muslims from all over Pangasinan gathered at the Dagupan City plaza early Friday to express their condemnation of the anti-Islamic film entitled “Innocence of Muslims”, which has sparked worldwide protests. The rally held from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. was peaceful and orderly as the city police, boosted…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) will achieve a medical milestone tomorrow, October 1, when its doctors perform the first kidney transplant in the government-owned hospital. The transplant from a living donor to a recipient will be performed by a team of R1MC doctors trained by the National Kidney and…
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