THE proposed tri-city ferry service that will link three cities in the Ilocos Region is not dead in the water as critics want others to believe. In fact, it is proceeding according to its set timetable. This was pointed out by Dagupan Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. as he confirmed that…

AGNO Pangasinan–The municipal mayor of Agno Pangasinan was shot dead by a lone gunman at 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2 in a friend’s house in Poblacion, Agno, some 80 kilometers west of Dagupan City. The fatality was identified as Mayor Arthur Cabantac who was shot with an automatic rifle…

ENVIRONMENT GUARDIAN—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (left) takes his oath before Environment Secretary Lito Atienza as Special Environment and Natural Resources Officer of the province, giving him increased authority on matters relating to the protection of Pangasinan’s natural resources. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)

RESTORING THE BANGUS INDUSTRY—Dagupan Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. (right) holds up one of the plastic bags containing bangus fry distributed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) through BFAR to the city’s fish-farm operators whose structures were damaged by Typhoon Cosme. Fish-farm operators in several towns in Pangasinan were also provided…

SHABU LABORATORY INVESTIGATION HEADS will roll when the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the task force created by Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Romeo Hilomen complete their investigation into the trillion peso shabu laboratory raided by lawmen on July 9. The CIDG has started its formal investigation on P/Supt….

ITS still ‘all systems go’ for the construction of the Seafood Processing Plant this year in Dagupan despite initial setbacks on account of the refusal of squatters in the target venue to leave and be relocated. According to City Engineer Virginia Rosario, chairman of the Task Force on Housing and…

SAN CARLOS CITY–Frustrated over the still unresolved killing of his father, Mayor Julier Resuello has now appealed to Philippine National Police Chief Director-General Avelino Razon Jr. for help. Resuello told local newsmen on July 22, the 56th birth anniversary of his father, the late Julian “Jolly” Resuello, that the last…

Two heads are better than one. This seems to be the policy being adopted now by police superiors for the Dagupan force following the relief of P/Supt Dionicio Borromeo who has been implicated in a major drug case. P/Supt. Mariano Luis Versoza Jr. has been designated on Tuesday as supervisor…

CALASIAO– All’s well that ends well. The rifts between Governor Amado Espino Jr. and some of the mayors and as well as among the mayors themselves have been ironed out following a “no holds barred” meeting in a restaurant here. The falling out stemmed from a meeting by 12 mayors,…

SAN FABIAN-The usual quiet evenings in this town was disrupted by huge flames on Thursday night as two buses of Five Star Bus Company were set on fire at its terminal in barangay Tempra Guilig. The suspects, both armed, introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army before they…