No more jueteng, says Ricaforte LINGAYEN–Believe it or not, jueteng has again been completely stopped in Pangasinan. Newly-installed provincial police director, Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte reported the complete halt of jueteng operations in the province shortly a few days after he was ordered by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to clear…
VETO OVERRIDE–Dagupan City Councilors led by Karlos Reyna approach Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez shortly after voting 9-1 to override the vetoes of Mayor Benjamin Lim on their two ordinances. Councilors Lino Fernandez, Librada Reyna, Jigs Seen Alvin Coquia were joined by minority member Redford Erfe Mejia in voting for the…
WHEN push came to shove, members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, joined by one of the two in the opposition, rallied together and passed a resolution on September 13 overriding the veto of Mayor Benjamin Lim on their two ordinances involving tricycle franchises.
ALAMINOS CITY–The One Pangasinan Alliance (OPAL), composed of seven Local Government Units (LGUs) in the First District, has received a grant from the European Commission (EC) and the German government for the construction of several artificial wetland wastewater treatment facilities.
EXPRESS lanes for dengue patients have been set up in government hospitals around the province to facilitate medical treatment and avoid any more fatalities from the still pressing disease. At the same time, the provincial government issued an order to all hospitals last week to strictly implement the established protocol…
WARM WELCOME HOME— Barbara “Barbie” Salvador, Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism International 2010, with her parents, Dr. Raul (left) and Dra. Bles (2nd from right) are welcomed by their townmates in Pozorrubio led by Mayor Artemio Chan and wife, former Mayor Emma, during a homecoming visit last September 11. Back to…
MUTYA ng Pilipinas Tourism-International 2010 Barbara “Barbie” Salvador, also the reigning Mutya ng Pangasinan, was back in her hometown Pozorrubio on September 11, her first visit since she won the national beauty pageant.
A COP from Pangasinan was named among the ten awardees for the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) Award this year. Senior Police Officer 2 (SPO2) Hermie Soriano Raymundo, a non-commissioned police officer assigned at the Provincial Investigation and Detective Management Division of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, was proclaimed…
Meeting with VM ends in stalemate THE SECOND ordinance passed by the Dagupan City Council on tricycle operations in the city, this time defining the administrative requirements for the granting franchises for the operation of tricycles in the city was also vetoed by Mayor Benjamin Lim last week.
NEW POLICE PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR–Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricarforte (middle) and his mistah Senior Superintendent Percival Barba (left) salute each other as the latter turns over his post as police provincial director of Pangasinan last week. The turnover ceremony was presided over by Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Rodolfo Mabutas (with back to the…
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