LINGAYEN–“I had nothing do with that.” Thus said former Dagupan City Administrator RafaelBaraan, finally breaking his silence on the Awai deal issue in which the 30-hectare land bought by Dagupan City in San Jacinto for landfill site was entirely lost to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Baraan, now provincial…
NATURE may have provided the reason to finally implement the much heralded redevelopment plan of the Tondaligan Park, Dagupan’s biggest park covering 72 hectares at the Bonuan Blue Beach. With about 70% of the standing cottage and picnic sheds, doubling as residential houses and videoke pubs at night, destroyed by…
LINGAYEN–An airport in Alaminos City will be just fine, says Governor Amado Espino Jr. The governor, who had earlier expressed support for the construction of an airport in Sta. Barbara town, has clarified that he is not against the choice of Alaminos as site of an international airport.
CARSON, Califorinia — Pangasinan Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. lamented what he described as Pangasinan’s dismal development betraying its old premier status in his addresses before Pangasinenses during his visit here recently. Addressing twice a large group of Pangasinenses in Lakewood and Carson in Los Angeles country, Espino deplored that…
STORM AFTERMATH—The sea wall in Bonuan cracked virtually to pieces as a result of high waves spawned by a storm surge that battered the shore in Dagupan on Tuesday and Wednesday, wiping out 70% of cottages and picnic sheds in the area. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
SEA OF UMBRELLAS—The Dagupan City Plaza literally turned into a sea of umbrellas when the laity flocked to the Christ the King Celebration in the late afternoon of November 25 during a rain shower as a result of the then fast approaching Super Typhoon “Mina”. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
FIL-CHINESE COMMUNITY ALARMED 2 girls kidnapped, released after 2 days WHEN the police was not looking, supposed members of a Kidnap-for -Ransom (KFR) gang struck in Dagupan, victimizing two daughters of a Fil-Chinese businessman in another town. The incident reportedly happened in the afternoon of November 15 somewhere in Bonuan…
IT’S AGAINST THE LAW THE request of stallholders at the Malimgas Public Market for a reduction in rental fee could not be granted by the new city administration as this is prohibited under the law. Councilor Jesus Canto, chairman of the market committee, dashed the hope of vendors as…
MANAOAG–The provincial and municipal governments as well as barangays have been losing millions in potential income from quarry operations around the province. Local government officials recently called the attention of the provincial government and Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has vowed to institute the reforms even as corrective measures have already…
AN advocacy alliance of higher education institutions (HEIs) has been signed between the Association of Private Schools Colleges and Universities (APSCU) and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU). The signing took place during the APSCU biennial convention last November 15 and 16 at the Leisure Coast Resort in…
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