TICKET TO CHEAPER NFA RICE—Lito Doria (seated) of the National Food Authority (NFA) distributes tickets to families that will allow them to buy two kilos each of NFA rice in an outlet in Dagupan City on Wednesday, May 14. The price of commercial rice remains high, prompting consumers to line…
DAWEL-LUCAO ROAD OPENING—Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Endane Jr. (left) shows Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., with Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura behind them, the distribution of projects under the Urgent Bridges Construction Project for Rural Development shortly after the opening of the Dawel-Lucao Road. (Photo by Butch Uka)
BIG BOON FOR DAGUPAN FINALLY, the Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Road is open. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., who led a simple ceremony on Friday for the “soft opening” of the highway, said this marks a new hope for Dagupan. Also present during the opening event were Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, Public Works and…
Land claimants withdraw AFTER months of procrastination, the Dagupan City government finally showed some teeth by clearing a large portion of the accreted area in Bonuan Binloc of claimants now preparing to take possession of the property they bought from local sellers. Demolished in a two-day operation were temporary sheds,…
LINGAYEN-The provincial board has granted Gov. Amado Espino Jr. the authority to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Power Corporation and the provincial government of Benguet for the sharing of the national wealth tax obligation in the operation of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Power Plant and…
LINGAYEN–Prompted by another accident at the Lingayen Airfield, the provincial board is set to conduct a probe into the operation of a flying school that uses the airfield and has been the subject of a complaint by residents of a nearby community in Binmaley. Second district Board Member Von Mark…
LINGAYEN–Prompted by another accident at the Lingayen Airfield, the provincial board is set to conduct a probe into the operation of a flying school that uses the airfield and has been the subject of a complaint by residents of a nearby community in Binmaley. Second district Board Member Von Mark…
ROSALES-“Instead of the police just going after juvenile offenders, this time they become big brothers!” This, according to Mayor Ricardo Revita, himself a former police major, will be the direction of the enhanced “Pulis Ko, Titser Ko” program of the Ilocos Region police office, extending its benefits to out-of-school youths…
MORE government rice, please. This was the call of residents who noted that the rice being allocated by the National Food Authority to its three Bigasang Bayan outlets in Dagupan is simply not enough. This was noted on Wednesday when many of those who lined up to buy rice from…
BLACK PROPAGANDA BLAMED China funding eyed instead URDANETA CITY—It’s goodbye finally to the proposed P2.5 billion re-regulating pond below the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project in San Manuel after the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) had a change of heart. National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Regional Director John Celeste confirmed that…
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