GIANT FARMER AND CARABAO–The giant statues of a farmer and his carabao towering above residential houses, which are a sight to be behold any day in Bugallon town, provide a convenient shade to the students who regularly take refuge from the sweltering heat of the sun. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY–Another overpass, again financed by the Priority Development Assistance Fund of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., across Arellano Street fronting the Colegio de Dagupan and Nepo Mall in Dagupan City has been completed and opened to pedestrians. (Punchphoto my Ray Zambrano)
CITY NOT GIVING UP ON AWAI Cuña to be asked to return P16 million THE Dagupan City government is not giving up just yet on the 30-hectare land in barangay Awai, San Jacinto, which has been lost to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. ordered City…
Leaves fate to destiny Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. is steadfast in her support of her stepson, Joey, the whistleblower in the controversial National Broadband Network project. Mrs. De Venecia said although they and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are friends, “I also have to…
THE City council on Tuesday held an executive session with some members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Pangasinan chapter in attendance to hear the reports of the of law enforcement agencies on extra-judicial killings and threats to government officials as well as lawyers. The closed-door session came after…
STA. BARBARA-A tug-of-war is brewing over the planned construction of an airport in the province. Governor Amado Espino Jr. is lobbying to have the airport in the town of Sta. Barbara, instead of Alaminos City, given its more strategic location. Espino said he already told President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and…
Hundreds of sari-sari store and restaurant owners, operators, and suppliers of catering services trooped to the first ever Sari-Sari Store and Livelihood Fair at the CSI Jimmy L. Fernandez Center in Dagupan City that opened Friday, for a chance to interact with each other. The three-day event, highlighted by exhibits…
SARI-SARI STORE FAIR—Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., Mrs. Gina de Venecia, chairperson of the Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc., Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and former San Fernando City Mayor Maryjane Ortega (partly hidden) enter the CSI Jimmy L. Fernandez Center for the formal opening ceremonies of the three-day Sari-Sari Store and Livelihood…
LEAP FOR LIFE–The cheering squad of the B.H.C. Educational Institution Inc. of San Fernando, La Union do a split in the air to bag the championship in the cheer dance competition during the opening of the Milo Little Olympics at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen last…
LIM ADMINISTRATION LOST BY DEFAULT Backdoor transactions doomed ownership Just as fast as the Barangay Awai land in San Jacinto was bought by then Mayor Benjamin Lim five years ago, it was immediately lost by the city to the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. The 29.993-hectare property that the Dagupan…
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