Honesty is still and will always be the best policy. A boy of eleven who comes from a poor family believes this and did something about it. He turned over to the Dagupan City police a bag he found containing P18,000 cash. The young boy, Gicoven Abarquez, a resident…
URDANETA CITY–A second-class city and only on its ninth year of cityhood, Urdaneta bested seven others in the Ilocos region in terms of resource management, according to the 2006 financial report of the Commission on Audit (COA). Urdaneta posted the biggest total income at P423.25 million, but placed second to…
THE UL TIGERS ARE CHAMPS AGAIN–University of Luzon Golden Tigers’ team manager Councilor Luis Samson Jr. receives the championship trophy from PRISAA-Dagupan president Art Tangco after defeating the University of Pangasinan Webczars, 86-80, in their deciding third game last Monday in the Dagupan City-PRISAA Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship at the Don…
MEETING THE HONEST DAGUPEÑO– House Speaker Jose de Venecia takes a break from his hectic schedule in Congress last Thursday to commend 11-year old Gicoven Abarquez for his good deeds and honesty. Abarquez found and returned to the Dagupan City Police Station the P18,000 cash that he found while collecting…
FULL-BLOWN TRIAL SOUGHT THE city government of Dagupan is bent on going to trial on the controversial MetroState case. City Legal Officer George Mejia has filed an opposition asking the court to deny the petition filed by MetroState Realty Corporation for summary judgment on the civil case for mandamus with…
ALL OVER RP LINGAYEN—A report on the Financial Highlights of local government units (LGUs) for 2006 issued by the Commission on Audit listed Pangasinan as number nine with Substantial Amount of Cash in Bank, sixth with Highest Gross Income and fifth among LGUs with Highest Net Income. Former Governor Victor…
The going has been rough for political neophyte Rep. Rachel Arenas of the Third District. In an interview with The PUNCH, Arenas said interrelated developments at the House of Representatives have been hampering development programs that she wants to immediately implement in her district. Arenas said the senate investigation and…
BURGOS–If you want to see some giant turtles, come visit this town at this time of the year. During the month of October, various species of giant turtles such as Olive Ridley and Leatherback come ashore at the white sand beach of this scenic coastal town to lay eggs. Mayor…
JOSE Mariano Cuña, a businessman from Dagupan who sold a 30-hectare land in barangay Awai, San Jacinto to the Dagupan City government for P16 million on April 11, 2002 is now on the spot. City Legal Officer George Mejia said Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has directed him to write Cuña…
THE search for the missing contract is far from over. JLD Motors and Towing Service, which was supposedly commissioned to tow and clamp vehicles in the city during the administration of then Mayor Benjamin Lim, will be investigated by the current administration of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. Fernandez, through City…
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