LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has softened his earlier tough stance on the controversial revised Real Property Tax (RPT) assessment in the province by proposing a five-year staggered scheme of implementation. Espino made the surprise announcement during a press conference at the Provincial Information Office Tuesday afternoon where he showed a…
LINGAYEN–Just a misunderstanding. This was how Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim described the seeming feud between Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. over the proliferation of jai alai betting stations in the province.
SHOW US!–The province’s police personnel submit their issued firearms for inspection and verification to inspectors assigned by the regional office of the National Police Commission at the PNP headquarters in Lingayen. While every firearm was accounted for, Regional Director Atty. Monday Samson (in blue barong) acknowledged that many police officers…
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin Lim has already tagged the $2.2 million fish processing plant donated by the Korean government a white elephant and has called for a management take over by the city government. But the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which has been tasked to handle the plant’s…
ALAMINOS Mayor Hernani Braganza is filing a libel suit against Ruben Morante, president of Pangasinan Accountancy and Science School (PASS) College, for the latter’s public statements accusing him and the management of Pangasinan State University (PSU) of corrupt practices. “We will definitely sue him,” Braganza said during last week’s Meet…
FOUR of Pangasinan’s women representatives in Congress have endorsed the operations of the Loterya ng Bayan (LNB), which will be launched soon in lieu of the Small Town Lottery (STL). Margarita Juico, chairperson of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), which handles the STL, said she has already held several…
SPLIT OVER JAI-ALAI–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (with microphone) lashes out at Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. during a hastily called press conference to react to the latter’s published statement on the jai-alai betting operations in the province. With the governor are Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan, Police Provincial Director…
ESPINO VERSUS BINCE LINGAYEN–The controversial operation of jai-alai betting stations in practically all towns in the province is threatening to create a split between close allies in the provincial government. Governor Amado Espino Jr. lashed out last week at Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., known to be…
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has come to the defense of the provincial police led by Police Sr. Supt. Rosueto Ricaforte and the mayors for the sudden proliferation of jai-alai betting stations in the province. In a hastily called press conference, Espino lashed out at Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince…
LINGAYEN–All municipal assessors and treasurers in Pangasinan have expressed their full support to the provincial government on the implementation of the revised Real Property Tax (RPT) Assessment. This developed as the provincial government headed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. and members of the provincial board led by Vice Governor Jose…
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