THE construction of the Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road and its bridge component in the middle spanning across the Pantal River will be completed on March 15, six months ahead of its September target. Ruperto Daoana, a representative of the contracting firm Toyo/Tobishima Construction, confirmed on Thursday that “we are 37 days away…
MANGATAREM–Cacaoiten, a remote barangay located in the mountainous area near the boundary of Pangasinan and Tarlac, has been given a $33,516 grant by the Japanese government for the development of a water supply system. The project willprovide 90 households or a population of 500 with access to potable water supply,…
ANDA–Mayor Nestor Pulido, leader of this small island town, is furious. His anger is directed towards members of the municipal council led by Vice Mayor Napoleon Celeste who, Pulido thinks, are asking for an “outrageous and irresponsible” share of the town’s budget. “Do you know that the total you’re asking,…
VILLAR SUPPORTS RACHEL—Rep. Rachel Arenas (right) confers with Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr., head of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (left), who joined her press conference last Friday to express his support for her decision to vote for the resolution in the House of Representatives that paved the way for the ouster…
WATER FOR LIFE—Minister Akira Sugiyama of the Embassy of Japan tries a faucet in one of the houses in barangay Cacaoiten, Mangatarem during the inauguration of the water system project in the area. The project is part of the grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects funded by the Japanese…
DAGUPAN BEACHLAND SCAM Based on waivers issued to claimants of foreshore land in Bonuan Binloc, officials of the past city administration may have had a hand or worse abetted squatting in the site. Copies of a waiver from the city hall indicated that the waiver was used ostensibly to enable…
2008 WORK PROGRAM LINGAYEN — Governor Amado Espino Jr. spelled out wide-ranging programs in the province planned for this year in keeping with his campaign promise and plan to boost Pangasinan’s economic and social development. His 35-minute State of the Province Address at the provincial capitol last January 28 centered…
LINGAYEN–It was “win some, lose some” for the Espino administration and the provincial police. Local police arrested two persons, one of them a suspect in a shooting incident late last year, in Sual town on January 28 following an order from Governor Amado Espino Jr. for a vigorous campaign against…
THE Dagupan City government will have its plate full beginning this year implementing various infrastructure projects. On top of the list is the construction of a new city hall, and it will not be at the old MC Adore Hotel acquired by the city from the Privatization Monitoring Office (PMO)….
STO. TOMAS-There’s just another week left to complete the final preparations for the town’s bid to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records. Next Sunday, February 10, the town’s government and residents will attempt to make it to the Guinness’ pages with their planned 4,938-meter long corn barbecue…
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