TILAPIA FINGERLINGS—Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. distributes tilapia fingerlings from the province’s various fish hatcheries to barangay officials for dispersal in their communal waters as part of the provincial government’s program to intensify fish production in Pangasinan during a ceremony at the provincial nursery in Sta. Barbara last May 24….
SECRETARY Antonio Villar Jr., chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), has called for the harshest punishment against persons engaged in manufacturing and trading illegal drugs to address the problem in the country. Speaking through DDB Executive Director Jorge Necesito during the opening of the five-day National Youth Congress on Drug…
BINMALEY–Former Mayor Simplicio Rosario of this town revealed he is being hounded in Manila and in the province by unidentified men whom he suspects are hired guns contracted to kill him. “I learned that an initial P200,000 was already paid to hired guns for a job to eliminate me,” said Rosario, …
THE majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) have kissed and made up. So says at least one of the councilors who signed the controversial resolution giving authority to Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate for the sale of the MC Adore and a 10-hectare property in Calasiao during a controversial special…
STARTING this issue, The PUNCH is reviving its early format promoting the Pangasinan language among Pangasinenses with weekly features written by the province’s foremost writers and authors, namely Santiago Villafania and Mel Jovellanos, alternatingly. The two noted authors in Pangasinan are forerunners of the Ulupan na Pansiansay Salitan Pangasinan and…
ILLEGAL DUMPING–Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez listens as Waste Management Division’s (WMD) Teddy Villamil explains his side during the dialogue held between the WMD and residents of Barangay Bonuan Boquig on the issue of the illegal garbage dumping at two private lots in their area. (Punchphoto by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING OF GARBAGE THE Dagupan City government is liable under Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological and Solid Waste Management Act for transferring wastes extracted from the dumpsite to any other location. This was stressed by Rodolfo de Ocampo, environmental management officer of the Department of Environment and…
CITY Administrator Vladimir Mata has clarified that the delay of the release of the midyear bonus and cash gift of the city government employees was not due to the inaction of Mayor Benjamin Lim who went on leave for a personal trip to Switzerland. Even as Mata explained that the…
MANGALDAN—Four officials of the municipal government here are now facing administrative investigation for dishonesty in connection with the discovery of the Commission on Audit of unliquidated balance amounting to more than P7 million in the town coffer last year and up to early this year. Mayor Herminio Romero said the…
FLAGS DOWN—Nature takes part in the celebration with a lightning beaming through the sky as the regional flags are lowered during the closing ceremonies of the Palarong Pambansa 2012 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen on May 12. Seventeen regions around the country participated in the…
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