ONLY three congressional districts of Pangasinan from the present six would be recast or reconfigured in order to create a new legislative district for Pangasinan under House Bill No. 4267 originally authored by Reps. Arthur Celeste, Victor Agbayani and Rachel Arenas. To be re-districted are Celeste’s first district; Agbayani’s second…
DIVIDE PANGASINAN NOW—Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. bares a plan to sponsor a resolution in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan reviving the 40-year old proposal seeking to divide Pangasinan in two, as Eastern Pangasinan and Western Pangasinan. (Puncphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
TEST FIRING—A range master positions Barangay Captain Susan Carlos of Poblacion East, Alcala during the actual test firing held in Sto. Tomas town. The activity is part of the “No training, no actual firing, no shotgun” policy of the provincial government for the shotgun distribution program aimed at maintaining peace…
IT’S BACK TO SQUARE ONE RESIDENTS of Sitio Russia in Bonuan Boquig refuse to buckle down despite a Regional Trial Court order issued last week telling them to go back to the negotiating table with officials of the Dagupan City government. Instead, the residents filed an amended complaint on August…
BOLINAO—Ten Koreans, two of them Baguio-based, died when their Hyundai van crashed into a concrete wall of a business establishment along the national road in barangay Sampaloc here Wednesday noon. P/Sr. Inspector Rizalde Dalope, Bolinao chief of police, said the blue green van, with Plate No. RBN-423,and driven by Lee…
WERE various sectors first consulted by the provincial government before it distributed pump shot guns to each of the province’s 1,330 barangay captains? Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. of the fourth district posted this question back when asked to give his reaction on the distribution of shotguns to barangay chairmen…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources has stopped a Pangasinan-based corporation from undertaking a supposed reclamation project in the Calmay River near the new Dawel-Pantal Lucao Road. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. confirmed this report and noted that the company has not only turned the Calmay River narrower but has…
MALASIQUI–No different from a political election. The recent election for a seat in the board of the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco), one of the biggest energy cooperatives in the country, was allegedly marred by fraud and massive cheating.
TRAGIC END—A policeman views the heavily-damaged van that crashed into a concrete warehouse wall along the national road in barangay Sampaloc, Bolinao on Wednesday afternoon after encountering mechanical trouble, killing everyone on board, ten Korean nationals. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
ILLEGAL RECLAMATION—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has stopped the unauthorized reclamation project along the Calmay River in Dagupan City shown on left side of the new Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Road in the absence of an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) and other permits from the city government. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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