A TOP official of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has confirmed that the construction of an international seaport in Sual remains a priority of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. DOTC Undersecretary Dante Velasco told local newsmen on June 20 that the seaport project, whose construction already…
TAYUG—Two teachers of the Tayug National High School (TNHS) have been directed to take a leave of absence for the rest of the school year following their failure to comply with administrative requirements of the school the previous year. The two are Remedios Alcaneses Bergado, a teacher in technology livelihood…
DEMOLISH THE FISHPENS—After the series of massive fishkills that hit the province, Task Force Kalikasan has been ordered to step up its operation in demolishing the structures in all rivers and tributaries in the province after Gov. Amado Espino Jr. ordered them banned. (PIOPhoto-Bob Sison) Back to Homepage
NEW ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY LINGAYEN–Following his initial call for a moratorium on fish farming along the Caquiputan Channel, Gov. Amado Espino Jr. decided on a more drastic action by ordering the immediate implementation of a “No Fishpen Policy” in Pangasinan.
JUETENG? No. Jai-alai? Yes. Dagupan’s chief of police, Superintendent Romeo Caramat, admitted before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last week that, indeed, there is jai-alai off-fronton betting operation in the city, but it is not being used as a cover for the return of the jueteng, an illegal numbers game.
LINGAYEN—If negotiations succeed, an original 1954 oil painting titled “Urduja”, created by mural artist Antonio Gonzalez Dumlao, one of the internationally-acclaimed Filipino painters in the 1930s, will find a permanent home in Pangasinan.
BOOSTING SALES–Fish traders in Dagupan, reeling from slow sales following the fishkill incident in Anda and Bolinao, take the lead in a second ‘boodle fight’ in the city where more than a thousand bangus and other fish were grilled and shared to show that Dagupan seafood is safe to eat….
THE old adage “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” has found new relevance in the recent fishkill in Pangasinan. Local government units picked up the ‘boodle fight’ tradition at the Philippine Military Academy as an opportunity to prove that the local fish produce harvested from their fish…
AS expected, Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim has vetoed the ordinance approved by the city council on higher tricycle fare rates in the city. In a letter to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Lim said while he “fully recognizes the need to increase the fares in consideration of higher operating costs and…
WHERE have the students gone? The predicted increase in student enrollment in public schools this year fell short of expectation, according to officials of the Department of Education (DepEd)-Pangasinan Schools Division.
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