ANDA–Panic has gripped townsfolk here after an 11-month old baby girl has been confirmed to have died from the deadly meningococcemia virus. The local health authorities have since identified relatives and other persons who had prior direct contact with the victim and are now being closely monitored.
Two De Venecias are raring to fill in the shoes of Pangasinan’s political powerhouse 4th District Jose de Venecia Jr. who is serving his mandated last term. His wife, Gina, and son, Joey, have been visible “testing the political waters” around the country evidently preparing to run for public office…
STA. BARBARA–Four policemen here were each awarded Medalya Ng Kasanayan by Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa for the arrest of three heavily armed men packing some 200 ammunition last March 3. Verzosa personally pinned the medals on P/Inspector Ricardo Urbano, SPO1 Alfredo Escorpiso, SPO1 Hilarion Gabrillo and PO1…
REHABILITATED SEAWALL—4th District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. leads local government officials in inspecting the newly-rehabilitated seawall in Sitio Sabangan in Barangay Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez) Back to Homepage
MODEL POLICE EMERGENCY CENTER—Governor Amado Espino Jr. (center), leads the groundbreaking and laying of the time capsule of the PNP Emergency and Assistance Center with Chief PNP Director-General Jesus Verzosa (extreme right) and Sta. Barbara Mayor Reynaldo Velasco (right) last March 11 in Barangay Tebag in Sta. Barbara. The provincial…
WHETHER RICH OR POOR After filing cases against prominent persons found allegedly squatting on the Tondaligan National Park in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, the city government warned it will not hesitate to go after other squatters who stand in the way of development. In an interview at his office on Friday,…
LINGAYEN– The 30-day suspension of Anda Mayor Nestor Pulido has been put on hold by Malacañang after he appealed to the Office of the President on January 29 to reverse the provincial board’s decision. A letter signed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita dated Feb. 18, 2009, a copy of which…
THE Pangasinan airport dream is shaping up. The national government has already allocated P150-million in the 2009 national budget for the construction of an airport in the province. This was confirmed by an exuberant Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, he who first broached the project to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who,…
Finally, barangay officials in the province have been warned that setting up barricades in the middle of highways and roads ostensibly to slow down vehicles is illegal. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office has ruled that road barriers put up by barangays in front of public…
STA. BARBARA–The unique barangay information network organized by the local government is working. A potential violence in the town was averted after three men armed with high-powered firearms, packing more than 200 rounds of ammunition were apprehended by the local police in Barangay Minien. Superintendent Eric Noble, chief of police…
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