LINGAYEN–Teachers in Pangasinan have been given new guidebooks covering different subjects as part of the provincial government’s program to improve education. Considered as a first of its kind in the country, the guidebooks are a product of a one-year research and that involved 128 educators from the province’s two school…
STA. BARBARA–As the senate investigation on public works anomalies rages on, Senator Panfilo Lacson visited this small agricultural town last week to inaugurate classrooms that stand proof to honest governance. Lacson, who came on the invitation of Mayor Reynaldo Velasco, hailed how the local government was able to construct classrooms…
LINGAYEN–Guns-for-hire are thriving. At least five groups having some 50 members are known to be operating in the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, according to the police provincial director. Senior Superintendent Percival Barba, in his first report to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) since assuming office five months ago,…
STA. BARBARA–Full-grown marijuana plants cultivated along a riverbank in Barangay Poblacion here have been uprooted by police and anti-illegal drugs agents last week following a tip from a member of the community. Superintendent Eric Noble, the town police chief, said the discovery was part of a buy bust operation conducted…
ALL ABOUT PANGASINAN—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (2nd from right), with Vice Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas behind him, turn-over to Lawyer Armando Aquino, Pangasinan II schools division superintendent, copies of guidebooks for teachers in Pangasinan about the province, its culture and history during simple ceremonies in Lingayen on February 4. (Punchphoto by…
MODEL CLASSROOMS—Senator Panfilo Lacson stops to view a newly built classroom with its own comfort room during a tour of a community school’s facilities in Sta. Barbara. Lacson was invited by Mayor Reynaldo Velasco (right) to show that classrooms can be constructed at practically half the cost estimate of the…
FIRE RESPONSE—City Administrator Alvin Fernandez (second from right) briefs Philippine National Red Cross chairman Senator Richard Gordon about response measures being undertaken by combined city and volunteer firefighters who responded to the blaze at the Maya Emporium on Thursday. Also in photo is businessman Ashok Vassandani. (CIO photo) Back to…
PROCESS UPHELD THE Pangasinan Mayors League (PML) is taking a hands-off stance on the one-month suspension ordered by the provincial board on one of its members, Mayor Nestor Pulido of Anda. Mayor Mojamito Libunao of San Fabian, PML secretary-general, said the league, headed by Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. of Binalonan,…
Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., in his State of the City Address, declared that Dagupan remains “strong”. At the same time, he rallied officials and the people to “rise to make this city better than we have known”. Fernandez, speaking on January 26 before the Sangguniang Panlungsod presided by Vice Mayor…
A GRANDER Dagupan Bangus Festival is now being planned by the city government as part of a strategy to stimulate economic activity in the midst of the financial crisis. The executive committee in charge of organizing the event, headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, has started consulting various sectors, including…
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