DESPITE SUIT NOTWITHSTANDING the special civil suit filed by Sangguniang Panlungsod Secretary Ryan Ravanzo against Mayor Benjamin Lim and nine members of the council, the mayor is set to pursue the sale of the MC Adore property. In a press statement, Lim said there is “nothing irregular or anomalous in…
HAPPY but could be happier. Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque, president of the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), expressed elation over the decision of the Regional Trial Court declaring portions of the Dagupan City Revenue Code of 2005 as null and void but quickly added this is only a “partial victory” on…
ILLEGAL FIREARMS—Assorted high-powered firearms and ammunition confiscated by combined elements of the regional and provincial police operatives in two separate houses in San Manuel were presented to the media September 12 in Lingayen. The firearms were suspected to being be used by a private armed group identified by the police…
NOT in my barangay. The chair of Barangay Herrero-Perez in Dagupan, Salvacion Bravo, has set her foot down against online gambling and promptly recalled a business clearance inadvertently granted by her secretary to a company proposing to establish online gambling in her jurisdiction.
THE Dagupan city school division confirmed Thursday that it has not received communication from the Department of Education central office ordering the relocation of pupils of the Juan P. Guadiz Elementary School on A. B. Fernandez Avenue West to another site. This was clarified to the PUNCH in an interview…
CAN local government units (LGUs) use public fund to finance fiesta-related activities? No, says the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2011 audit report for the municipality of Binmaley. The audit report, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH, indicates it is not legal to use LGU funds…
ANOTHER CASE FOR THE OMBUDSMAN A SECOND case has been filed against Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim and the first against City Administrator Vladimir Mata before the Ombudsman for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. This time it’s in relation to the alleged misuse of calamity funds in 2010.
AFTER filing criminal and administrative complaints against Mayor Benjamin Lim and Jose Mariano Cuña before the Ombudsman, petitioner Leo S. Angeles is now seeking Lim’s preventive suspension to ensure that the investigation can be carried out without undue interference and influence from the mayor.
SILVER DELIGHT—Rows of delicately aligned small jack species locally known as pingka are laid out and dried in the sun on the side of the main highway in San Fabian town catch the attention of PUNCH lensman Willie Lomibao. The work of art seen through his lens may help convince…
PARTIAL VICTORY FOR SCHOOLS THE Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) scored a victory over the Dagupan City government as Regional Trial Court Judge Genoveva Coching-Maramba declared as null and void Section 109 (h) and (i) of the Revenue Code of Dagupan City of 2005, which was being used as basis by city hall…
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