FOR UNOFFICIAL REFERENCE THE Department of Education (DepEd) may have ordered the recall and suspension of the teacher’s guidebook produced by the provincial government but the teachers in the province insist on using it as a reference albeit unofficially. Governor Amado Espino Jr., speaking during the weekly breakfast forum “Kapihan”…
LINGAYEN—In the midst of criticisms over his infomercials on television as a guise for early campaigning, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno confirmed on Friday that he wants to run for vice president in the 2010 election under the merged Lakas-Kampi-CMD. “I want to be the vice president in…
Intensive preparations and well-knit organization disasters paid off for Dagupan City. It was named as having the country’s Best City Disaster Coordinating Council and a recipient of the prestigious Gawad Kalasag Award by the National Disaster Coordinating Council. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., City Administrator Alvin Fernandez and Office of Civil…
Careful, careful. This was how government prosecutors cautioned the policemen on their buy-bust operations on suspected drug dealers. Provincial Prosecutor Segundino Ferrer, speaking during the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) Forum last Thursday, together with Prosecutor 1 Maria Teresa Porlucas, said if policemen are not careful, suspects can…
THREE city councilors favor the planned clustering of barangays in Dagupan but disagreed with the use of the term “deputy mayors” for the head of these groupings. Councilors Jose Netu Tamayo, Farah Marie Decano and Liga ng mga Barangay president Lino Fernandez maintained that the city’s vice mayor is legally…
URDANETA CITY–The city council passed a resolution on Tuesday authorizing Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. to negotiate with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for a P220 million loan for the construction of a sanitary landfill in Sitio Caligo, Barangay Catablan. The resolution was enacted a week after the council…
GAWAD KALASAG 2009—Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., accompanied by Office of Civil Defense director Eugene Cabrera (partly hidden) and City Administrator Alvin Fernandez, receives from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the 2009 Gawad Kalasag Award for Dagupan City for having the Best City Disaster Coordinating Council during formal ceremonies at the Heroes Hall…
CAMPAIGN FOR ME—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. appears to be listening to Interior and Local Government Sec. Ronaldo Puno’s assessment of his bid for the vice presidency in the 2010 election as they walk to the War Memorial Park in Lingayen for the press conference shortly after the latter addressed the…
BUY-BUST PROCEDURES—Prosecutor 1 Maria Teresa Porlucas (left) discusses the legitimate procedures for conducting a buy-bust operation usually undertaken by the police to arrest suspected drug dealers as Provincial Prosecutor Segundino Ferrer listens. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
GUIDEBOOKS ARE OUT—Gov. Amado Espino Jr., the guest during last Wednesday’s Kapihan forum at the Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City, tells local media that the controversial teacher’s guidebook that was ordered recalled by DepEd that teachers insist on using it for their private reference. (Punchphoto by CSR) Back to…
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