1990 QUAKE–A poignant scene of tilted buildings, a truck buried in the mud and the whole stretch of Perez Boulevard after the July 16, 1990 earthquake. (Photo contributed by John Bolinas)
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HONORARY DEGREE— Dr. Gina de Venecia, wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia, is conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities honoris causa by the Pangasinan State University during the university’s 14th Biennial Convention last Friday with Commission on Higher Education President Carlito Puno leading the ceremony along with PSU…
HONORARY DEGREE
FOR HAVING NO BUILDING PERMIT Company tried to defy Mayor Al THREATENED with an iron hand by the new administration of Mayor Al Fernandez, defiant MetroState Realty Corporation was finally compelled to stop the construction work on the controversial P84 million tourism-commercial project at the former Magsaysay Park. An incensed…
MetroState construction grounds to a halt
LINGAYEN–“Use your imagination.” This was what Governor Amada Espino, Jr. told the provincial police upon issuing his directive to finally put an end to cattle rustling. “If you don’t know how to use your imagination, come to me and I will teach you how,” he added during his first-ever dialogue…
Governor directs police to end cattle rustling
Win some, lose some. Four of the material recovery facilities (MRFs) put up during the past city administration of Dagupan are not functioning but a few others are doing well and are actually performing above par beyond the expectation of residents. This was the assessment of City Waste Management Officer…
Four MRFs in city successful
IT’S not an issue of legality but the absence of building permit. City Legal Officer George Mejia made this clarification Friday to justify the action taken by City Engineer Virginia Rosario in stopping MetroState Realty Corporation’s construction at the former Magsaysay Park and in response to a letter sent by…
CLO: No building permit, no construction
Agbayani defends disbursements LINGAYEN–Two weeks into his new post and Governor Amado Espino Jr. believes he has unearthed anomalies in the use of provincial funds. Espino, in his inaugural address before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Monday afternoon at the provincial Capitol here, already noted that there have been “irregular disbursements or…
Espino suspects misuse of P300 Million loan
LINGAYEN–The Philippine National Police (PNP) in the province is short of 3,434 men based on the ideal police-population ratio of 1:500. The provincial office currently lists 1,891 officers only and 115 new recruits are being processed. Notwithstanding the wide gap, the crime situation in the province is generally deemed stable…
Pangasinan PNP scores high despite manpower shortage
CITY’S FINAL ULTIMATUM—The construction activities of MetroState Realty Corporation at the former Magsaysay Park across city hall finally ground to a halt Thursday morning on the strength of a stop order issued by City Engineer Virginia Rosario. (Below) Rosario is interviewed by newsmen after giving MetroState workers on site a…
CITY’S FINAL ULTIMATUM
GOVERNOR’S FIRST SALVO— Governor Amado Espino (before podium) bares alleged irregularities in the disbursement of P300 million loan obtained by the province from Land Bank of the Philippines in his message before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday. — (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
