REMEMBERING THE PAST—Four year-old Christian Daniel Ibasan joins Dagupeños in a silent prayer during the commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the July 16, 1990 killer earthquake that devastated the Dagupan. (Punchphoto by Cesar S Ramirez) Back to Homepage
JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG? SAN CARLOS—The mystery behind the allegedly stolen P9 million fund from the coffers of the San Carlos city government has finally been uncovered. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has found cashier-designate Leny Fermin and City Treasurer Arturo Mandapat as the primary suspects behind the…
19 YEARS AFTER THE KILLER QUAKE WHEN the clock strikes 3:26 pm on July 16, the siren atop the public market in Dagupan will blare for 30 seconds to remind residents to pause and say a prayer as they remember the tragedy that struck the city 19 years ago. Mayor…
DAGUPAN Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez has thrown in her support to the suggestion of CityAdministrator Alvin Fernandez that the district jail in Bonuan, which has been polluting the Lingayen Gulf, be moved out of the city. Abandoning an earlier idea to build an extension facility for the over-crowded jail, the…
URDANETA CITY–A modern overpass is being built across the MacArthur Highway here to further stimulate trading at the public market and step up the city’s economic status. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the P6-million structure will connect the eastern side of MacArthur Highway to the second floor of the public…
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Arturo Lomibao, launched in Dagupan City on July 4 his agency’s national road safety campaign. Lomibao handed out posters exhorting drivers and pedestrians to exercise discipline to avoid accidents that cost time, finances, and lives.
LINGAYEN–The Department of Health (DOH) Region 1 office announced that only three persons out of 44 tested were confirmed positive for A (H1N1) influenza as of Wednesday, of which two are in Pangasinan. DOH Regional Director Eduardo Janairo said of the 44 suspected cases, 86%, including the three who tested…
DISASTER-PREPAREDNESS— Mayor Al Fernandez Jr., city agriculturist Emma Molina, and POSO chief Robert Erfe-Mejia show emergency preparedness plans and reports to evaluators for Gawad Kalasag national search following Dagupan’s nomination after the city was adjudged regional winner. (CIO Photo) Back to Homepage
OUTSTANDING PANGASINAN COP— President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo congratulates P/Supt. Eric Noble, chief of police of Sta. Barbara, for being chosen as one of the 2009 Country’s Outstanding Police in Service (COPS) during the awarding ceremonies in Malacañang Palace last July 7. Behind PGMA is Aniceto Sobrepena of Metrobank Foundation, main sponsor…
SITE FOR PROCESSING PLANT READY PEACE and quiet finally reigns in Dagupan City’s Sitio Russia in Barangay Bonuan Binloc after it was finally cleared of illegal settlers. But it was not achieved without another clash between the remaining squatters on one side, and the policemen and demolition team on the…
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