The construction of a P100 million Seafood Processing Plant in sitio Russia, barangay Bonuan Binloc through a grant extended by the Korean government is now facing serious delays after residents filed a petition for a writ for preliminary injunction and/or temporary restraining order against the Dagupan City government before the…

LINGAYEN–Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. has added his voice to the growing clamor for better police response to the series of killings of local political leaders. “Are we not disturbed? Is this normal life enjoyed in an environment of what we have been bandying about as “generally peaceful’?”…

NO TO CHACHA BEFORE 2010?—Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., described the move of the Arroyo administration’s renewed call for charter change as ill-timed because of the divisiveness it will cause as the country faces numerous crisis, particularly the oil and rice crises. He is shown with his wife Gina, Dagupan…

THEY HAVE TO GO —Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. tells local media of his determination to relocate the remaining squatters in sitio Russia, Bonuan Binloc, while adopting maximum tolerance and observing all legal processes. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)

The State of the Province Remarks by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. to the Province of Pangasinan, January 28, 2008 We gather here today, a few days after the completion of our almost seven months in office and I thank all of you for your support as I and my…

IT’S back to the drawing board for the Dagupan City government in its bid to recover the 31-hectare lot in barangay Awai, San Jacinto that it bought in 2002, and its chances of succeeding are not getting any better. This after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) regional office denied…

LINGAYEN–Great strides have been made in only 365 days to make Pangasinan truly a premier province where investments can be profitable, and a better quality of life can be enjoyed. This was gleaned from the report delivered by Governor Amado Espino Jr. to his constituents in his state of the…

LINGAYEN–A policeman from San Quintin is now under custody in connection with the slaying of Mayor Arthur Cabantac of Agno on the night of August 2. The name of the policeman is still being withheld by Police Provincial Director Sr Supt. Isagani Nerez who formed Task Force Cabantac to go…

LINGAYEN–The province’s mayors are worried and the governor is mad as hell. Governor Amado Espino Jr. wants the hired killers and those responsible for the deaths of Agno town Mayor Arthur Cabantac and other public officials, arrested and brought to justice.