ILLEGAL drugs, mostly the synthetic shabu reportedly originating from Cavite and Metro Manila, continue to reach users and dealers in Dagupan City. Superintendent Romeo Caramat, officer-in-charge of the Dagupan police, in a report to the city council on June 29, tagged five barangays in the city as drug-affected. These are Bonuan…
PARTYLIST Abono is set to file a civil case against the National Power Corporation (NPC) for the wanton destruction wrought by the flood in October last year after the latter released big volumes of water from the San Roque Dam at the height of typhoon “Pepeng”. Rosendo So, an engineer…
FISHKILL remains a big threat to the fish industry in the province unless local government units contain the continued unsustainable fish-raising methods of farmers and the uncontrolled proliferation of fish pens. This was the assessment of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) after successfully correcting the cause of…
A SECOND TERM FOR GOV. ESPINO–Reelected Governor Amado Espino Jr. takes his oath before RTC Executive Judge Georgina Hidalgo in the presence of his wife Priscilla and children during his inaugural and oath taking at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen last June 28. Back to Homepage
BSL AT THE HELM ANEW–RTC Judge A. Florentino Dumlao administers the oath of office to Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim accompanied by his wife Celia and children Councilor Marc Brian Lim and Irene at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome last June 30. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka). Back to Homepage
LANDMARK ORDINANCES–Outgoing Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and then Acting Vice Mayor Farah Decano lead the signing of three landmark ordinances passed by the city council pertaining to women, gender equality and global Dagupenos. They are joined by Councilors Librada Reyna, Lino Fernandez, Fred Quinto, Alfie Fedrnandez and Karlos Reyna and City…
BOLINAO–When will fish farmers and local government units ever learn their lesson? Some P50 million worth of milkfish died in a new fishkill that broke out along the Caquipotan Channel between Bolinao and Anda due to low dissolved oxygen in the water mainly caused by the congestion of fish cages…
TO COUNTER SUMMARY EXECUTIONS LINGAYEN–Under pressure from Governor Amado Espino Jr. to stop the growing number of summary execution by armed suspects riding in tandem on motorcycles, Police Provincial Director Percival Barba has reactivated Task Force Hagibis, a special team of policemen trained to shoot moving targets while also on…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan, with Acting Vice Mayor Farah Decano as presiding officer, passed a landmark ordinance establishing the Magna Carta of Women in Dagupan City. Ordinance No. 1954-2010 is the local version of the Magna Carta for Women passed by Congress last year and is considered as…
SAN CARLOS CITY–The South Korean government has expressed willingness to lend Pangasinan as much as US$50 million for the construction of a modern medical center in the province. Governor Amado Espino Jr. made the announcement in an interview when he celebrated his birthday last June 20 by visiting patients of…
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