THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) expressed strong reservation about the planned ‘Tsunami Hill’ in the island barangay of Pugaro in Dagupan City when it was initially presented Thursday by the mayor’s office. However, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, SP chair, clarified that the council is not against the project but that more…
INVESTOR’S PLEA–Korean investor Kim Ming Gil, president of Aqua City Philippines (left), expresses desperation over the current imbroglio on the alleged illegal mining of magnetite or black sand in Lingayen which is derailing his company’s eco-tourism/industrial project during the press conference at the Capitol Resort Hotel. He is joined by his business…
ECO-TOURISM PROJECT AT RISK A KOREAN investor who has committed to build several projects in the 264-hectare tourism-industrial park in Lingayen has appealed for the immediate resolution of the issue over the alleged illegal black sand mining in the area. Kim Moon Gil, president of All Weather Aqua City Philippines,…
IS there a real and present danger of a tsunami hitting Dagupan? The city administration seems to believe so and the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) is actually planning to build a “Tsunami Hill” in the island barangay of Pugaro, which is supposed to serve as a refuge…
FORMER Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. finally broke his silence to deny a rumor that he has entered a sort of modus vivendi with his conqueror, Mayor Benjamin Lim, to pave the way for the for the team-up of their relatives in the 2013 local election. “That’s not true”, Fernandez told…
COUNTDOWN TO THE PALARONG PAMBANSA—Department of Education Undersecretaries Francisco Varela (right) and Rizalino De Vera (center), joined by Vice-Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, give an update on the ongoing preparations being undertaken by the provincial government for the 2012 Palarong Pambansa which will be held in Pangasinan on May 6-12. (PIA…
2012 PALARONG PAMBANSA LINGAYEN–The countdown for the Palarong Pambansa 2012 in May has begun with the arrival here of members of the Special National Management Committee of the Department of Education (DepEd) last February 8. While most of the games from May 6 to 12 will be held at the…
ANOTHER MULTI-MILLION PROJECT DEAL WHERE’S the plan? This, among others, was the question raised by the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on the Maternal and Children Lying-in Hospital proposed by the Dagupan City government. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the SP, said the city council has not received…
LOBBYING FOR HOSPITAL—City Administrator Vladimir Mata (right) and City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell share a light moment before engaging the city councilors in a discussion defense of city hall’s proposed P43 million Maternal and Children Lying-in Hospital during the budget hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod on February 2. (Photo by Mitz…
THE Dagupan City government collected only P251 million in revenues last year, or 11.6% short of the target of P284 million. As a result, Dagupan would have suffered a deficit last year were it not for the increase in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share of the city from P283 to…
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