MALASIQUI—This agricultural town, one of the biggest in the province in terms of land area and population, has claimed the title “Malunggay Capital of Pangasinan”. The declaration, made through an ordinance passed last week by the municipal government, is in line with the national government’s “One Town, One Product” program…
AZARES AT THE CAPITOL—Chief Superintendent Constante Azares Jr. (left), new police regional director for the Ilocos Region, pays a courtesy call to Governor Amado Espino Jr. at the provincial capitol during his first visit to Pangasinan after assuming his post on December 29. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
BINMALEY BEAUTIES—Seventeen young women from Binmaley, dubbed as the “Fishbowl of Pangasinan”, participating in the Search for Miss Binmaley 2010 have a fun time with local lensmen during a pictorial for the media at the poolside residence of Vice Mayor Pete Merrera on Friday. The Pageant Night is set on…
ANOTHER ‘SHOTGUN’ ABUSE LINGAYEN—The barangay chairman of Barangay Poblacion in Labrador town has been arrested and charged for direct assault and illegal possession of firearm after he threatened a prosecutor and a security guard with his government-issued shotgun inside the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office at the Justice Hall here.
URDANETA CITY—The construction of a 16-hectare modern sanitary landfill in Barangay Catablan here finally gets underway in two weeks after a false start when the contractor picked a wrong site. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the project is expected to be finished in four to five months.
TAYUG—With barely half a year left before another elected vice mayor assumes office, Madilyn Cabotaje-Ramirez took her oath of office last week as the duly elected vice mayor of this town after Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Jose Melo issued an order on January 4 declaring an en banc resolution…
VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez has assumed as acting mayor of Dagupan as Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. takes a nine-day leave starting January 6. Mayor Fernandez, however, won’t be on full holiday mode in the United States with his wife as he has scheduled meetings with members of the US-based Dagupan…
STA MARIA—Just a few days before the nationwide implementation of the total gun ban on January 10, a municipal election officer here was shot and wounded by two unidentified armed men on board a motorcycle at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. Juanito Villalba, 60, father of five, was rushed to the Sacred…
AN INITIAL P700 million fund has been allocated by the national government for the rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by last year’s devastating flood in Pangasinan, according to Gov. Amado Espino Jr. Espino told newsmen that he himself lobbied and sought the amount from the national government to finally jumpstart the…
LINGAYEN—Three groups of Korean investors are reportedly keen on investing in various business projects here in Pangasinan. According to Governor Amado Espino Jr., one group is keen on constructing a retirement village for Koreans possibly in Mangatarem or Bolinao.
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