CAMPAIGN FRENZY TAKES A BACK SEAT ELECTION fever will have to give way in Dagupan starting this week as the Bangus Festival 2010 reels off on April 16 with preliminary events scheduled two days earlier. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who is seeking re-election, said as chairman of the festivities she…

“Today, we make history! At long last, Pangasinan has a birthday!” This was the pronouncement of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. to a large multi-sectoral crowd who gathered at the Capitol Plaza last April 5 during the Opening and Commemorative Program of the 430th Agew na Pangasinan.

LINGAYEN–The provincial government opened another window of opportunity to Pangasinenses with the groundbreaking of a 300-hectare eco-tourism zone last April 5 in Barangay Estanza here, some 14 kilometers west of the provincial capitol. The groundbreaking rite was spearheaded by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., along with former President Fidel Ramos…

LINGAYEN–Water level in the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam Project (SRMDP) remains critical with the current El Niño phenomenon significantly reducing the volume of water flowing in from the upper stream of the Agno River. Nonetheless, Tom Valdez, vice president on corporate responsibilities of the San Roque Power Corporation, said there…

RE-ELECTIONIST Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. finally spoke out against former mayor Benjamin Lim, his lone opponent in the mayoralty race in the May 10 election. Lim castigated Fernandez labeling the latter as “absentee mayor” after filing his certificate of candidacy last year but Fernandez kept mum on the attack saying…

SOLDIERS’ DEPLOYMENT HIT ROSALES–Political tension is building up in the 6th District. Army soldiers have reportedly been deployed in at least eight villages of the district, ostensibly on a mission to go after Private Armed Groups (PAGs) or private armies.