LINGAYEN– Gov. Amado Espino Jr. is confident that the election protest filed by his opponent, outgoing 2nd District Representative Victor Agbayani, will not succeed in the face of his landslide victory by more than half a million votes. Espino has yet to receive a copy of the election protest but…
A TOTAL of 52 candidates for provincial and congressional positions beat the June 24 deadline for the filing of certificates of expenditures and contributions during the campaign period for the May 10 election. Re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. spent the most among the candidates, registering a total expenditure of P4.31…
FISHKILL ALL OVER AGAIN–Some P50 million worth of dead bangus are left floating following a new fishkill that hit the Caquipotan Channel between Anda and Bolinao town, a repeat of similar incidents in 2001 and 2008. The fishkill is attributed to the lack of dissolved oxygen in the water (due…
TASK FORCE HAGIBIS RETURNS–Members of the original Task Force Hagibis undergo training on board their motorcycles at the PNP Provincial Office in this file photo taken in 2006 by The PUNCH lensman Butch Uka. The group was reactivated last week to go after armed criminals on wheels. Back to Homepage
AMID CHURCH RESISTANCE URDANETA CITY—In an apparent move to quell a growing protest from the Church and religious sector, outgoing Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. clarified that the resolution of the city council which he approved merely interposed no objection to the establishment of a gambling casino here and should not…
LINGAYEN–The campaign period and the May 10 polls in the province proved peaceful but the post-election scenario has now been marred by the killing of 2 barangay chairmen within eight days of each other. A task force has been created by the police to go after the suspects who shot…
BUGALLON—It was the classic ultimatum – “It’s her or us” – that rocked an elementary school here on school opening day last week. And the majority won. After their parents greeted the opening of school on June 15 with a rally against the school principal, some 700 pupils of the Buenlag…
LINGAYEN–To ensure that there will be no more repeat of the flood disaster that hit Pangasinan in July last year, guidelines are now being worked out for the release of water from the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam. A series of meetings is now ongoing in Manila for the drafting of…
INDEPENDENCE DAY–Dagupan City Mayor Al Fernandez (right), wearing the mason’s apron, is joined by Councilors Jose Netu Tamayob and Alfredo Quinto in releasing the balloons to dramatize the freedom won by the country. The affair was organized with members of the city’s Masonic Lodges and the Knights of Rizal in…
RESCUE DRILL–Rescue workers mobilized by the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council demonstrate their quick response capability in handling a highway accident ‘victim’ in a simulated emergency situation during the 2nd Quarter of Simulated National Earthquake Drill held at the Consuelo’s Hotel Lingayen last June 18, participated in by different agencies. (Punchphoto…
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