SAN MANUEL—With two typhoons – ‘Pedring’ and ‘Quiel’ – pummelling Luzon and dumping heavy rains within one week, the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project (SRMDP) here opened one of its six spillway gates by one-half meter at 12 noon of September 29.

AFTER a man was caught on September 21 hauling illegal lumber in Infanta town, the provincial government asserted that the incident was an isolated case and that illegal logging has been eliminated in Pangasinan.

THE planned Tri-City Tourism Development involving the cities of Alaminos and Dagupan in Pangasinan and San Fernando in La Union will finally push through with the recent go-signal from the Regional Development Council (RDC).

WHO OWNS IT? THE Dagupan River Cruise is hailed as a good tourism project, but the process in which it is being set up appears highly irregular.   This was voiced by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), as she announced that the council has…

WERE the jai-alai betting stations around the province still legally operating as of last Friday? The provincial police did not know and in their uncertainty, chose to simply keep the status quo.

SMOKERS in Dagupan beware. The campaign in Metro Manila against smoking in public areas may soon be duplicated in the city after the city government launched on Monday the Smoke-Free Philippines Run and Health Covenant Signature Campaign seeking to ban smoking in the city’s public places and advocate a healthy…

THE STORY OF TWO DAMS A NEW dam called San Angel Small Reservoir Irrigation Project located in the eastern town of Rosales will be operational by November, providing irrigation to rice lands and a soon a fish farming facility.

WHO got the P3.1 million fund intended for the cleaning of drainage canals in the barangays? The bigger question is – who spent it, and for what? According to City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara the P3.1 million fund allotted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) for the barangays of Dagupan for cleaning drainage…