“THAT’S A blatant lie!” Thus said an infuriated 3rd District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas over the recent claim anew of Galant Soriano that he actually won the congressional race in 2007. A recent column item in a national daily quoted Soriano’s claim that he was declared winner in the 2007…

MEMBERS of local gay rights group in the province were elated by the legal viewpoint expressed by a legislator on their cause. After their petition for accreditation as a party-list was denied by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), members of Ang Ladlad, a national gay rights organization, have found an…

THE merger between University of Pangasinan, the oldest university in Northern Luzon and the Philippine Investment and Management Group (PHINMA) was made public last Sunday with the inauguration of the new University of Pangasinan-PHINMA. Leading the inauguration were Ramon del Rosario, chief executive officer of PHINMA, considered one of the…

POZORRUBIO is chosen the Best Performing LGU in 2009 in Pangasinan for the second consecutive year. The award, given out by the Provincial Development Council chaired by Governor Amado Espino Jr., is based on the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) that rates development initiatives in terms of economy, social…

STANDARD OPERATING  CLAIM OFFICIALS of the National Power Corporation (NPC) insisted no one is to blame but climate change caused by global warming as the main culprit behind the massive flooding that hit Dagupan City and Pangasinan from last month.

The Sanggunian Panglunsod of Dagupan City wants the national government to look for other sources of energy that could replace the 345-megawatt San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project in San Manuel town Short of endorsing the earlier proposal for the decommissioning of San Roque Dam, a move proposed by Urdaneta City…

THE illegal operations of fish pens in Dagupan City have deprived the city government of millions of pesos in yearly income. The city ordinance regulating the operations of fish pens was passed with aim of increasing revenues for the city and to regulate the fish pen operations that began to…

LINGAYEN–While the Gov. Amado Espino Jr. is still making up his mind on who his running mate will be as Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer, the Victor Agbayani-Oscar Lambino tandem will be the team for the Liberal Party. Lambino confirmed that an understanding on the team-up has been reached between him and…

LINGAYEN–“We’ll still give him the benefit of the doubt. Thus said Senior Supt. Percival Barba, police provincial director, when asked if San Nicolas Mayor Leoncio Saldivar III has been determined to be involved with the Alvin Flores Gang (AFG), responsible for the robbery at Rolex Store in Greenbelt 5 in…