LINGAYEN–The police scored major hits this week with the arrest of four leaders of organized crime groups involved mostly in cattle rustling. In a press conference Wednesday, Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, provincial police director, said the separate arrests were carried out by provincial police forces in tandem with the Ilocos…
ONLY less than two months in office, the administration of Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. was already compelled to adopt belt-tightening measures, specifically on energy consumption. City Administrator Alvin Fernandez issued a memorandum on Monday directing all offices at the city hall to switch on their air-conditioners only from…
SANS ORDINANCE, DOCUMENTS AFTER stopping the construction of an P84 million tourism-commercial building at the former Magsaysay Park by MetroState Realty Corporation, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has thrown a monkey wrench at two other controversial contracts entered into by his predecessor. Fernandez has ordered to stop the collection of parking…
LINGAYEN– Where there is smoke there is fire. Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez, in a news conference held Monday, admitted they have received reports that drug and jueteng money are now being used to buy votes in the forthcoming elections for president of the League of Councilors of…
URDANETA–The city of Urdaneta is optimistic about moving up from second class to first class status soon. Buoyed by the city’s encouraging economic prospects and citing the benefits that can be derived by its central location as a crossroad from east to west and from north to south in Pangasinan,…
THE contract entered into by former Mayor Benjamin Lim with MetroState Realty Corporation is not binding as it was not ratified by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). This was the retort of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. to reports that the city’s move to stop the construction was contrary to law. Nonetheless,…
LINGAYEN–Pay up, please. This appeared to be the tone of the resolution passed by the provincial board authorizing Governor Amado Espino Jr. to enter into an agreement with the National Power Corporation (Napocor) for the settlement of its P179.7 million in unpaid real property taxes (RPT). The approved resolution, authored…
HIGH TIDE IN DAGUPAN—With Dagupan City’s elevation at one meter below sea level, flooding on Arellano Street fronting the Region 1 Medical Center, spawned by high tide and rain is a common occurrence. The residents of adjacent Dior Village (below) bear the brunt of the flooding like what happened last…
POLICE FAILS TO ARREST SUSPECTS Mapili refuses to surrender 3 bodyguards LINGAYEN–The police is prepared to throw the books at Mayor Carlos Mapili of Tayug if he continues to coddle his three bodyguards believed involved in the slaying of a passenger van dispatcher and the wounding of a tricycle driver…
SAN MANUEL– “ Don’t panic.” This was the message of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap to the people in the Ilocos region over the dry spell being experienced in the area over the last few weeks. Yap, in a talk to newsmen during his visit of the San Roque Dam Monday,…
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