ESTRELLA ENDS DEBATE LINGAYEN–The contentious debate over the actual site where General Douglas MacArthur first set foot in Pangasinan when he returned to liberate Luzon during the World War II is finally over. The general waded ashore for the first time in Lingayen, not in Dagupan.
THE VETERAN’S SALUTE –Retired US Army Sgt. 1st Class Glicerio V. Valdez, Sr. from Alcala, honored as the oldest living World War II veteran in Pangasinan at 100 years old, executes a snappy salute as the national colors pass by, held aloft by a corpsman of the Philippine Army during…
VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), reiterated her call anew to Mayor Benjamin Lim to allow department heads to attend the hearings for Dagupan’s 2011 proposed budget and defend their respective budgets.
NO TO HEALTH BUDGET CUT– Dagupan Councilor Jesus Canto takes the podium during the January 3 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod to register his protest over the reduction in the allocation for health services in the proposed 2011 budget of Dagupan. Also in photo are Councilors Jeslito Seen, Alvin Coquia, Red Erfe Mejia and…
“OBVIOUS political reasons”. This, according to Dagupan Councilor Marc Brian Lim, minority floor leader, is the reason why the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has been “dragging its feet” on the city’s proposed budget for 2011.
POSTHUMOUS AWARD–Sixth District Rep. Marlyn Agabas pins the Kagitingan Medal of the Philippine National Police on Mrs. Cristina Ballesca, widow of SPO2 Roderick Ballesca who died January 8 in an encounter with suspected guns-for-hire in Barangay San Mariano, Santa Maria town. With Agabas are Police Regional Director Franklin Bucayu, Police Provincial…
LINGAYEN–The implementation of the ‘two-strike’ policy of the Pangasinan police which seeks the relief of police chiefs whose areas of jurisdiction registered at least two unsolved shooting incidents within a month period, gets the nod of the regional headquarters in La Union.
LINGAYEN–Leaders in the province joined together in paying homage to the late Nancy Q. Sison, the first elected woman vice governor and acting governor of Pangasinan and in the Philippines, in a necrological service held at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall on January 10.
RARE PHOTOS OF GULF LANDING–Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas views the rare photos on the Lingayen Gulf landing taken by Charles DeMay, a member of the 131st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion that landed in Lingayen as part of the liberation forces led by General Douglas MacArthur on January 9, 1945. Unveiled during…
IN REGION I THE labor sector in Region 1 has been granted a daily wage increase of between P5 to P8 in a wage order promulgated by the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Region 1, set to become effective January 20. The new minimum daily wage rate…
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