THIRTY priests from the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese have so far signed a statement of support for retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz and at the same time condemned the pronouncement of members of the Provincial Board against him. The priests’ statement is in response to the provincial board members’ earlier manifesto throwing their…
THE dismantling of illegal fish pens and other structures in Dagupan is now in full swing with 86 fish pen units and other aquaculture structures removed in the first three days of operations. After the dismantling, which is part of the city government’s river clean-up program, a one-year moratorium on…
THE Dagupan City government is considering to set one day of the week as “no plastic, no styrofoam” day as part of efforts to help save the environment, if a total ban is not possible. Councilor Jesus Canto, author of a proposed ordinance seeking to ban the use of plastic…
UNSTOPPABLE RECLAMATION–A backhoe spreads mounds of gravel and sand at an area being reclaimed by Mangaldan-based 888 Dagupan Properties Corporation in Calmay River, near the Jose R. de Venecia Expressway Extension, despite the cancellation of the Environmental Compliance Certificate earlier issued to it by the Environmental Management Bureau. Back to…
POLICE MATTERS—Police Superintendent Harris Fama (holding microphone) tells local media that jueteng operations in Pangasinan have completely stopped. He also gave an update on police policies on checkpoints and monitoring of barangay and sangguniang kabataan election-related activities when he guested at the KBP forum in Dagupan. Also in photo are Provincial…
RICAFORTE TO KAPITANS LINGAYEN— No way you are going to keep the shotguns. This was the gist of message of the police provincial command to the more than 1,300 barangay chairmen of Pangasinan have been given until Monday, October 4, to turn over their issued shotguns to their respective police…
Repeat of 2009 flooding nil THE victims of Typhoon Pepeng last year need not fear about a possible repeat this year of last year’s deadly flooding as a consequence of huge water releases from the San Roque Dam. This assessment was gleaned from the present the water elevation of 251.49…
PANGASINAN’S NEWEST PRIDE–Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism International 2010 Barbara Salvador reacts to the enthusiastic response of the crowd to her acceptance speech during the World Tourism Week celebration at the Capitol where she was conferred he Outstanding Achievement Award by Governor Amado Espino Jr. Ms. Salvador is a native of Pozorrubio. (PunchPhoto…
IF a covenant is worth the signatures inked on it, Dagupan City can yet look forward to a revitalized river system in the years ahead. Stakeholders in Dagupan’s aquaculture industry recently inked their commitment to cooperate and share in the responsibility of taking care of the city’s river system.
“TRIPLE no ang jueteng sa Pangasinan”. Deputy Police Provincial Director for Operations Harris Fama made this statement to emphasize that there is absolutely no more jueteng, an illegal numbers game, anywhere in Pangasinan.
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