AN official of the Human Rights Commission hailed the 1st Children’s Congress and Fair held in Dagupan City last week for being the first of its kind in Region 1. Danilo Balino, information officer of CHR in Region 1, expressed hope that other local government units (LGUs) will follow Dagupan’s…

LINGAYEN–Following the pull out of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from the crucial Agno River Flood Control System, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has summoned officials in charge of the project to give a status report to the council. However, Project Director Resito David, the head of the Department Of…

“70% DAGUPENOS ARE INDIGENT” WHO would have believed that 70% of the roughly 150,000 population of Dagupan City, that would be 105,000 people, are indigents? Not the members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP). Neither the City Hall. But Leila Natividad, officer-in-charge of the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO)…

LINGAYEN–Some 20,000 Catholics from the province’s Districts 2, 3 and 4 and from the towns of Laoac and Bautista, both of District 5, began arriving in Lingayen last Friday to join today’s Christ the King celebration of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese. Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads the celebration, along with 70 priests and…

BRAGANZA OUTRAGED ALAMINOS CITY–It’s all about the provincial government wanting to take over the management of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP). This, a visibly outraged Mayor Hernani Braganza said, is the obvious motive of the provincial government during a press conference he hurriedly called last week after noting how…

LINGAYEN—“The issue is why are there fishponds in the Hundred Islands”. This was stressed by Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan, reacting to the outburst of Mayor Hernani Braganza on the issues raised by officials of the provincial government about the Hundred Islands. “The issue here is why are there fishponds in the area….

NOT true. City Administrator Vladimir Mata flatly denied the accusations hurled against him by City Social Welfare Officer Elsa Santillan and said he will respond to the charges once he receives a copy of the complaints filed before the City Prosecutor’s Office in Dagupan and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) office…

PHONE CABLE THEFTS MANGALDAN–It appears that most, if not all, of the telephone cable wire thefts in Pangasinan victimizing various telephone companies were an inside job. The Mangaldan Police, in coordination with the Mapandan Police, arrested three men on November 9 over cable theft crimes, two of whom are employees…

ALL types of shellfish and alamang gathered from the Pangasinan shores continue to be free from the red tide toxin, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Shellfish Bulletin No. 27 dated November 5 states that shrimps, crabs and seashells like mussels and oysters gathered from the coastal…