MANAGEMENT OF SEAFOOD PLANT IT was a “no” go for the scheduled signing last Tuesday of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) that was set to pave the way for the joint management of the Seafood Processing Plant in Barangay Bonuan Binloc by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)…

LINGAYEN—The rains this year have pushed dengue cases up to 2,550 patients with 11 deaths recorded by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) as of August 31. The cities of Urdaneta and San Carlos had the most number of cases at 212 and 210, respectively. Capital town Lingayen had 197, followed…

DAGUPAN continues to be an area of concern for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as it remains a transshipment point of illegal drugs for Northern Luzon. PDEA regional director Roybel Sanchez made this statement as he presented two women drug couriers who were arrested by PDEA agents Tuesday evening…

LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalwigan will look into on alleged irregularities in the selection of beneficiaries in the province for the national government’s 4Ps poverty-alleviation program. Pantawid Pampamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) also known as the Conditional Cash Transfer Program.

OVER MC ADORE, CALASIAO LAND SALE RESOLUTION THE Dagupan city government led by mayor Benjamin Lim will have to put on hold its eager plan to sell the MC Adore property and lot in Barangay Talibaew, Calasiao. A Special Civil Case has been filed by Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Secretary Ryan…

14 DEATHS LINGAYEN–The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has declared a province-wide red alert status for leptospirosis as the number of cases from various towns continued to rise in the rainy month of August. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said there is a significantly high number of confirmed leptospirosis…

MANGATAREM and eight other towns are now under tight watch for suspected illegal logging activities, according to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO). The other municipalities are San Nicolas, San Quintin and Umingan in eastern Pangasinan; and Sual, Labrador, Infanta, Dasol and Mabini in western Pangasinan.

LINGAYEN—Two Pangasinenses bring pride to the province for being among the winners in the 2012 Search for the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service or COPS, joining the elite roster of outstanding police officers of the country. The two are Police Superintendent Belli Bagaas Tamayo who won as outstanding policeman under…