TENSION is rising and a violent confrontation is threatening to happen between residents of Sitio Russia and the Dagupan City government after city hall officials engaged in a tug-of-war battle over the barriers erected by the settlers blocking to their community. City Administrator Alvin Fernandez was firm in his order…

Pozorrubio is now a 1st class municipality with an average income of P70 million over the last four years. Prior to the re-classification, the still 2nd class town was awarded in early November as the Provincial Champion for the Best Local Government Unit-Local Government Performance Management System for2008, besting all…

FIVE congressmen of Pangasinan voted against the fourth impeachment case against President Gloria Arroyo. The impeachment case was filed by Jose de Venecia III and five others, and endorsed by his father, former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., 4th district representative. Those who voted against the impeachment, however, stressed…

ILLEGAL GAMBLING IN MANGALDAN MANGALDAN — Mayor Herminio Romero, stung by the collective action taken by the town’s barangay chairmen deploring the proliferation of illegal gambling in the town, led the police in destroying confiscated illegal gambling machines in public. He presented to the public six video karera machines seized…

TERRORISM SPREADS TO PANGASINAN Attackers hurt 6 cops in firefight LINGAYEN–The bus terminal of Victory Liner here was attacked late evening of November 26 by still unidentified men who left five buses completely torched, one employee and six policemen wounded in a shootout that ensued. Police are still investigating the…

LINGAYEN–As the police carries out its manhunt for the armed men who attacked the Victory Liner bus terminal here, security in the company’s other stations around the province is being beefed up. The police, working in coordination with the company’s private security, fielded personnel in the four other stations around…

SOME 120 motorcycle riders have surely learned their lessons after being arrested on Tuesday, the first day of implementation of the Helmet Ordinance in Dagupan. The driver is slapped with a P500 fine and each back-rider is also fined P500. Those who could not pay the fine on the spot…

MANGALDAN–Tension is brewing between the mayor here and 26 of the 30 barangay chairmen over the rampant illegal gambling in the town despite past assurances by the town’s political leaders and police that these would not be tolerated. The Liga ng mga Barangay, headed by Melchor de Guzman, barangay chairman…

LINGAYEN–“Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” This, according to Governor Amada Espino Jr., is the Catch 22 he finds himself in on the issue of jueteng, which he described as a social cancer.