AFTER 2-MONTH LULL LINGAYEN—Jai-alai is back with a vengeance all over Pangasinan after a lull of just two months following a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the 6th Division of the Court of Appeals.

EVEN in this day and age of texting, e-mailing and online social networks, there is still a significant amount of paper that passes through the postal service, dubbed snail mail since the dawn of the internet era.

LINGAYEN—Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte reported to the provincial board that the peace and order situation in Pangasinan today is better than last year.

FIRST, the good news. The province was ranked 5th out of the ten top performing provinces in the country in 2010 by the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) based on its latest state of performance report on local government units.

IF YOU are wondering why the Jose R. de Venecia Expressway Extension has been plunged into darkness at night over the past weeks making travel through it dangerous, it’s because a gang of still unidentified cable thefts had stolen the underground electric wires for the highway lights.

LINGAYEN—Two school children from separate towns of Pangasinan died of meningococcemia recently, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Dr. Ma. Ana de Guzman, provincial health officer, said the fatalities were aged 9 and 12 from Dasol and Sison towns, the latest victim coming from the latter.

WRATH OF MINA NON-STOP rains brought by Typhoon “Mina” left 21 towns and three cities flooded last week as well as caused landslides, which resulted in the death of two children.