AT least 80 kilometers of the river systems in Pangasinan have so far been cleared of illegal structures that used to obstruct navigation, impede the flow of water, and render these bodies of water unsightly. The ongoing clean-up is being undertaken by Task Force Kalikasan, a group of volunteers formed…
PHASE III SUSPENDED LINGAYEN–The completion of the Agno River Flood Control Project faces the possibility of being delayed interminably after the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has reportedly pulled out as funding source for the project’s Phase III. Board Member Ranjit Ramos Shahani, in a privilege speech last Friday before…
LINGAYEN–Police Provincial Director Rosueto Ricaforte has given his guarantee that the police will not allow jueteng to resume in the province, including the guerrilla operations of the illegal numbers game. Ricaforte said while the provincial police force have their hands full with other matters, monitoring jueteng operations remains a top…
TYPHOON “Juan” left Dagupan City with P31 million damages worth of damages in agriculture and fisheries, and prompted the evacuation of 219 families consisting of about 2,000 people. The city could have availed of national assistance and affected families and property-owners would have been entitled to file for calamity loans…
ELECTIONS IN DAGUPAN–Voters stream in and out of the West Central Elementary School, the designated polling place for Barangay1, during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections last October 25. Only 12 barangays were able to hold the voting as scheduled that day after 40,000 ballots went missing. The 19 other…
THE elections in all the 31 barangays of Dagupan may have eventually been done with last week, but investigation is still ongoing at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila on how some 40,000 ballots and paraphernalia for the city got lost and had to be replaced. Dagupan City Elections…
OLD FAMILIAR FACES IN DAGUPAN SEVENTEEN incumbent punong barangays in Dagupan City will continue for another term after winning a fresh mandate in the last Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections held October 25 and 27. Also elected are seven former punong barangays and seven former kagawads in their respective barangays.
SAN CARLOS CITY–Two candidates in barangay Turac here got 573 votes each but they know too well that only one will sit as barangay chairman. As neither candidate is ready to concede, their individual fate as winner and loser will finally have to be determined by a “draw-by-lot”.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATERS–Voters of Lasip Chico wade in knee-deep floodwaters to cast their votes last October 25 for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Others who did not want to stay soaked for long, hang around at an adjacent house as they wait their turn to vote in…
IN WAKE OF JUAN’S FURY LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has passed a resolution declaring the entire province of Pangasinan under the state of calamity two days after super typhoon Juan wreaked havoc in the province. In a special session called by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. last Thursday, the resolution…
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