FISH that died from the fishkill in Anda and Bolinao are surreptitiously getting into Dagupan as several unscrupulous traders have been caught mixing these with newly harvested bangus. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, last week’s acting mayor, asked members of consignacion, the city’s seafood vendors, to help the government protect the…

THE executive and legislative bodies in Dagupan City may clash anew over the ordinance increasing the minimum tricycle fare from P7 to P10 for the first three kilometers and an additional P2 every kilometer thereafter. Members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) said they are determined to override…

NINE Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in Pangasinan have been given the green light by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to increase tuition and miscellaneous fees this school year. Those granted the authority to increase their fees are Colegio San Jose de Alaminos, Divine World College in Urdaneta City, Luna Colleges in…

A PETITION for the recall has been initiated by the town’s mayor, Marcelo Navarro Jr., for alleged “loss of confidence” against seven members of the Sangguniang bayan of Bani. The seven, who compose the majority of the council under the Lakas-Kampi party, are Vice Mayor Filipina Rivera, who sits as council…

FORMER Agrarian Reform Minister Conrado F. Estrella Sr. died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday evening at the family residence in Quezon City. Estrella, known as the “Grand Ol’ Man’ of Pangasinan politics, started his political career as mayor of Rosales town and later became governor of Pangasinan in the mid…

ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTION FORMER Governor Victor Agbayani’s poll protest against incumbent Governor Amado Espino Jr. gets underway as contested ballot boxes from 199 precincts in 32 towns and two cities in Pangasinan are set to be transported to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila on June 3 for…

LINGAYEN–The election protest filed by former Governor and Congressman Victor Agbayani against incumbent Governor Amado Espino Jr. will not affect the ongoing programs and workload of officials and employees of the provincial government.

LINGAYEN–Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, standing firm behind the Catholic Church’s position on the proposed Reproductive Health bill, called for a “return to the voice of conscience” over the controversial issue.

LAKBAY-ARAL MAYOR Benjamin Lim has categorically denied that public funds were used to finance the five-day tour of some city and officials and 30 barangay kapitans in Singapore last week.