BINMALEY–Upon seeing that substandard materials are being used to repair schools here damaged by Typhoon Cosme, Mayor Simplicio Rosario has immediately ordered a halt to the ongoing reconstruction work in two schools Rosario, an engineer and a contractor prior to entering public service, said he personally saw, while he…
It is payback time for a community that failed to stop a crime in its midst – electricity has not been restored in the area. Not even an appeal from Councilor Danilo Torio, who appealed in behalf of residents of Sitio Camanggaan, Mayombo who have been without electricity since Typhoon…
THE long wait of some subscribers of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) to hear the sweet sound of a dial tone on phones will soon be over. PLDT has targeted a 30-day restoration of all its damaged landlines in Pangasinan in the aftermath of Typhoon Cosme with…
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union—The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) has approved on May 28 a P10 increase in the daily wage of private sector workers from in Region 1. RTWP Board Secretary Exequiel de Guzman said the increase will become effective 15 days after its publication in…
IT will be a non-working special holiday in Dagupan on Friday, June 20, in celebration of the city’s 61st Charter Anniversary. The proclamation, contained in Proclamation No. 1532issued by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita by authority of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dated June 12, 2008, was issued to enable the…
FREEDOM IN THE CITY—(From left) Councilors Fred Quinto, Alfie Fernandez, Jesus Canto, Mrs. Mina Fernandez, Las Pinas Rep. Cynthia Villar, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., Councilor Farrah Decano, Schools Supt. Aurora Domingo, and Councilor Carlos Reyna release balloons into the sky as they lead the celebration of the 110th Philippine Independence…
SUB-STANDARD MATERIALS—Mayor Simplicio Rosario shows samples of the 9 mm. steel bars issued by the national government for the repair of the Binmaley North Elementary School which he described as sub-standard since these cannot carry the weight of steel trusses and galvanized iron roofing. The mayor has called for a…
RECONSTRUCTION IS ON FULL SWING BUGALLON–Chided for not bringing anything when she first came around, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo returned to Pangasinan on Wednesday to fulfill her promise to help rehabilitate and reconstruct the province in the aftermath of Typhoon Cosme. Accompanied by three of her cabinet members, Arroyo was quick…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Residents of more than 50 percent of the barangays being served by the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelcpo) are still groping in the dark 20 days after Typhoon ‘Cosme’. Of the 429 barangays whose electric lines were cut off or damaged by the typhoon, only 201 barangays have…
At the right time and at the right place. This was the latest vow made by former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. amidst growing calls and criticisms on his seeming reluctance to testify on the shelved ZTE-NBN deal and corruption in general despite his repeated pronouncements for a moral…
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