THE Dagupan City government will implement the new city ordinance mandating waste segregation at source in six pilot barangays. Councilor Librada Reyna, principal author of Ordinance No. 1929-2009 which seeks to establish a comprehensive solid waste management program in the city, said the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)…

JEEPNEY STRIKE—Vehicular traffic was light with public utility jeepneys nowhere to be seen along a portion of A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan on April 3 as drivers kept off the streets to protest a new Land Transportation Office policy increasing the rates of penalties for driving offenses. The tigil pasada,…

TEACHERS’ GUIDEBOOK CONTROVERSY Aquino, Torio to go LINGAYEN–Beleaguered Pangasinan II Schools Superintendent Armando Aquino and Pangasinan I Schools Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio are keeping mum on the controversy surrounding them, leaving the fight in the hands of the provincial government. Aquino, however, has reportedly filed his terminal leave since he…

Thirty-four local government units (LGUs) have confirmed their participation in the Festivals of the North street dancing competition on April 27, one of the highlights of the Dagupan Bangus Festival 2009. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Dagupan Bangus Festival, said among the participants are LGUs from Pangasinan, La…

SUMMER has set in and heat stroke looms as the biggest health threat. According to Dagupan Councilor Jesus Canto, former director of the Region 1 Medical Center, while everyone could be at risk, old people are more susceptible and advised them to stay indoor as much as possible. He advised…

LINGAYEN–The governor will not be seen and heard in campuses during graduation rites, not this year anyway. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has declined invitations to be the guest speaker during graduation ceremonies following the order of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus banning politicians from appearing in these school-end events.

STO. TOMAS–President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the release of P2-billion for the repair, rehabilitation and restoration of neglected irrigation systems in the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle (NLAQ) during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday here. The President’s instruction was in response to the presentation of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, an NLAQ…

STO. TOMAS–Biskeg Pangasinan, the only home-grown political party in the province accredited by the Commission on Elections, is set to reorganize next month in preparation for the 2010 local elections. Undersecretary Antonio Villar, Jr., Biskeg founder and currently chief of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG), said the party intends to…

PRESIDENTIAL VISIT—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (center) is met by Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (right) upon her arrival in Sto. Tomas for the cabinet meeting. The governor briefed the President on the various programs and projects being undertaken by the provincial government to cushion the impact of the global financial crisis….

MAYOR’S GRANDSON KIDNAPPING MANGALDAN–A driver and one former bodyguard of Mayor Herminio Romero were among the three suspects arrested and charged for the kidnapping of the town chief’s grandson last March 11. Cedric Chua Romero, 8, a grade 2 pupil of the Cinderella School here, was found unharmed in Barangay…