BARBARA “Barbie” Salvador, Pangasinan’s representative to this year’s Mutya ng Pilipinas pageant, came home with the crown as Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism International. Salvador, daughter of Drs. Raul and Bles Salvador from Pozorrubio, is a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University.
PNEUMONIA, rather than dengue, is currently the bigger threat to the province this rainy season, according to an official of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC). Dr. Michael Canto, spokesman of R1MC, said in August alone, they have admitted 268 patients suffering from pneumonia.
COMMENDABLE VOLUNTEERS–Task Force Kalikasan volunteers dismantle illegal structures constructed along the Binmaley-Lingayen River unmindful of the fickle weather that switches from scorching heat to sudden downpour every so often. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed last week a resolution commending the efforts of the task force, composed of representatives from the provincial…
Guv directs filing of cases LINGAYEN–Illegal structures that have recently been torn down by Task Force Kalikasan under the provincial government’s river clean-up program are creeping back.
GOT FUNDS?–Assistant City Budget Officer Virgilio Tangco cites the sources of funds for the proposed supplemental budget of P7.2 million requested by Mayor Benjamin Lim to fund wages for emergency workers, costs of fuel for the city’s garbage trucks and other emergency needs of the two-month old administration of Lim….
Department heads continue to snub council THE RELATIONSHIP between the Mayor’s Office and the Sanggunian Panlungsod continues to be strained despite earlier assurances of cooperation between them by Mayor Benjamin Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez.
TO be considered malicious, the libelous statements must be shown to have been written with the knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of whether they are false or not. With this as a guiding principle, the City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the libel complaint against editors and staff of The…
LINGAYEN–The Dagupan City government has extended the deadline for the dismantling of all fish pens and other illegal structures along rivers in the city from September 1 to the 30th. Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim said the one-month extension is intended to let fish pen owners recover part of their investment…
RIVER CLEAN-UP–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. leads Pangasinan’s mayors, regional officers, provincial government officials and employees, and various stakeholders in the covenant signing for the province-wide clean-up drive of rivers and waterways held August 24 at the Sison Auditorium. (PIO photo) Back to Homepage
Pangasinan leaders ink covenant LINGAYEN–Environmental protection is dictated by “common sense and conscience”. This was the message of Gov. Amado Espino Jr. as he led regional, provincial and municipal leaders on August 24 in the signing of covenant for a province-wide clean-up drive of rivers and waterways.
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