DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim’s State of the City Address (SOCA) has been moved to February 14 as the mayor intends to attend the State of the Province Address (SOPA) of Governor Amado Espino Jr. on February 7.
LINGAYEN–How does a patrol unit pursue criminal elements if it does not have a patrol unit to its name? Hire privately-owned motorized boats.
Boat-less maritime cops finally get own boat
DON’T welcome job recruiters who come knocking on your door. This was the warning issued by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) following reports of illegal job recruiters who go on house-to-house calls.
POEA: Beware of illegal recruiters
LINGAYEN–Digital Telecommunications of the Philippines, Inc. (Digitel) insinuated it has incurred extensive losses amounting to millions of pesos over the years due to rampant cable theft.
Digitel bares heavy losses from cable thieves
TAKE 3 FOR THE BUDGET–Councilor Maybelyn De la Cruz-Fernandez points to more errors in the 3rd draft of proposed 2011 budget of Dagupan as presented in a tarpaulin in lieu of printed copies for the councilors during the continuation of the budget hearing last January 28. The presentation was rejected…
TAKE 3 FOR THE BUDGET
NEW ERRORS, LACK OF DOCUMENTS MEMBERS of Dagupan City Hall’s finance committee came in full force and ostensibly prepared last week for the continuation of the hearing on the proposed 2011 budget before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), only to find out that their presence was not good enough to compel…
City budget stalled anew
CAN the Sangguniang Panlungsod discuss other matters in its regular sessions even if it has yet to approve an annual budget for 2011? Councilor Brian Lim, son of Mayor Benjamin Lim and minority floor leader of Dagupan City, insists that under Section 323 of the Local Government Code, the SP…
Debate on city budget rages
LINGAYEN—Finally, the two-strike policy implemented by the Police Provincial Office (PPO) claimed its first casualty. The chief of police of San Fabian was relieved from his post on Wednesday.
San Fabian cop chief axed; 11 others reshuffled
SAN NICOLAS–Another barangay chairman was shot and wounded here on the night of January 22, just two days after the kapitan of barangay Tokok in San Fabian town was shot and killed on January 20.
Another kapitan and wife shot
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr.’s dream is to make Pangasinan, the third most populated province in the country with the second largest number of voters, the top-ranked province in economic and social development.




