LINGAYEN–Pangasinan is the country’s top billionaire province under the 2008 Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) distribution. With a share of P1.36 billion, the province is getting the biggest IRA amount, followed closely by Cebu and Negros Occidental, with P1.33 billion P1.33 billion, respectively. Provincial administrator Rafael Baraan, told regional directors of…
LINGAYEN–Curfew hours will soon be imposed on minors in the town of Calasiao. The proposed ordinance containing the regulation has been approved by the provincial board on first last Monday and it has been referred to the appropriate committee for further review. The ordinance, sponsored by Councilor Emmanuel Manipud, cites…
Expecting strong resistance, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. is ready to defend his decision to issue an executive order canceling all existing tax declarations (TD) issued over parcels of foreshore or public lands in Bonuan. Fernandez said he is anticipating some resistance from the claimants-possessors of TDs as he stressed that…
RECOVERY OF AWAI LAND Just when the city was ready to give up, hope now flickers for Dagupan in its quest to recover the30-hectare property it bought from barangay Awai in San Jacinto. This became apparent after the Department of Agrarian Reform decided to give the letter of the city…
Business-man Jose P. de Venecia III, son of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., will address officers and members of 24 Pangasinan Rotary clubs and their guests including the media on Tuesday, December 11, at the Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City starting at 7 in the evening. Host club,…
NEW OVERPASS—Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Mrs. Gina de Venecia, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez cut the ceremonial ribbon formally opening a newly built overpass footbridge across A. B. Fernandez Avenue in front of CSI Market Square in Dagupan costing P4.5 million funded through the Speaker’s…
MISS DAGUPAN HOPEFULS—Contestants in the Search for Miss Dagupan 2007 display their poise and assets when they were presented to the media during a pictorial at the Leisure Coast Resort in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City last December 2. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DUE TO STORM SURGE, TIDAL RISE, QUAKE GIANT waves fanned by a northeast wind surge, flood caused by the rise of tide and the intensity 5.8 earthquake that shook the city on Tuesday conspired to compel the city council to pass two urgent resolutions to address the calamity. The city…
Rate is industry-based WORKERS in Region 1 will get from P3 to P15 daily wage increase depending on the type of industry where they are employed. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Region 1, headed by Department of Labor and Employment Director Henry John Jalbuena, has approved…
It’s a first, not just in Pangasinan but in the entire Philippines. Thirty inmates at the Dagupan City jail are getting a chance to earn a degree in Bachelor of Science in Information Technology through a collaborative program by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the Commission on Higher…
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