PROLONGED LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS DPWH backs city engineer A protracted legal battle over the issuance of a building permit may have just begun. After the Regional Trial Court in Dagupan City issued a writ of mandamus directing City Engineer Ma. Virginia Rosario to immediately issue a building permit to MetroState…
SAN CARLOS CITY–Mayor Julier Resuello is crying out for justice. The young mayor, whose father, former Mayor Julian Resuello, was gunned down at the height of the campaign for the May election, said he is beginning to fear that the killing of his father will remain among the many…
STA. BARBARA–An official here said the study on the feasibility of operating an international airport in this town will continue despite a directive from Malacañang to build one in Alaminos City. Municipal Administrator Albertini de Guzman said the study by the Air Transportation Office (ATO) will push through despite the…
IN DEFIANCE OF COURT RULES TAYUG–A judge of the Regional Trial Court in Pangasinan defied existing rules to benefit poor respondents. Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 52 departed from the traditional way of fixing bail bonds and instead began imposing what he calls solidary bail bonds to benefit the…
Hardly had the barangay elections smoke cleared up than the race to the association of barangay captains (ABC) and federation of Sangguniang Kabataan leadership in the city has begun. At least, five names were being mentioned as ABC leadership hopefuls namely Angel Gumarang of Barangay Bonuan Gueset, the largest barangay…
SINCE he was a child, Philippine Army Ser-geant Jonathan Bautista has never failed to visit the grave of his dear grandfather at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Dagupan City on All Saints’ Day. On Thursday, as in previous years, the young military officer took time out to honor his grandfather,…
MISS EARTH HOPEFULS—Participants of the Miss Earth 2007 beauty pageant acknowledge the cheers of the crowd that welcomed them during a motorcade in downtown Urdaneta City on Sunday. They are (from top) Nyome Omar (Zimbabwe), Sphiwe Mutale Benasho (Zambia), Patricia Silva Ferreira (Brazil), Ilse Jankovska (Latvia), Sarah Fleming (Wales) Partly…
STANDING STILL–While opposing lawyers seek court relief, nothing is moving just yet inside the construction area of the tourism/commercial project being built by MetroState Realty Corporation on the former site of Magsaysay Park. (PUNCH file photo)
‘BRIBERY’ AT THE PALACE LINGAYEN — Governor Amado Espino Jr., a neophyte governor, swore that he was not among the recipients of the controversial P500,000 supposedly distributed to new governors after a meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang. The League of Provinces of the Philippines, of which Espino…
DUE TO PAST VIOLENCE San Carlos City and the municipality of San Fabian have been declared by the Commission on Election (Comelec) as areas of immediate concern during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 29 Lawyer Reddy Balarbar, provincial election supervisor, clarified, however, that the declaration does not…
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