THE acting police chief of Sto. Tomas Town was relieved following the action taken by the municipal council declaring him persona non grata and requested for his transfer. Mayor Timoteo Villar III told the KBP Forum that P/Captain Freddie Lorenzo has been relieved from his post effective Sept. 20 upon…
TRANSPORT groups in Pangasinan, including Dagupan City, will join the nationwide strike on Monday. Last Thursday, September 26, the Alliance of United Transport Organizations Province-wide (AUTOPRO) – Pangasinan Thursday morning, pledged to join the massive strike to protest the phaseout of jeepneys. AUTOPRO-Pangasinan president Bernard Tuliao, in an interview, however,…
Transport groups set to to join Sep 30 nationwide strike
BINMALEY–Some 100 property owners in Binmaley are set to go to court to protest the impending demolition of their houses and other structures to give way to the ongoing road clearing by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the local government. Butch Merrera, a retired government official, said…
Landowners protest road clearing in Binmaley
STILL NO ARRESTED SUSPECTS—P/Brig. Gen. Joel Orduna, police regional director, gives a quick update at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office in Lingayen on the investigation of the ambush on the two-vehicle convoy of former Cong. Amado Espino Jr. last September 11. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
STILL NO ARRESTED SUSPECTS
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TASK GROUP UPDATE LINGAYEN—More than a week after the slay attempt on former governor and former congressman Amado Espino Jr., the Special Investigation Task Group formed to track down the gunmen and the plotters has not seen a significant breakthrough into case after identifying the owners of the…
PNP still clueless about Espino’s ambushers
PANGASINAN remains free from African Swine Fever (ASF). Dr. Jovito Tabajeros, provincial veterinarian, confirmed there are no reports reaching him about the incidence of unusual deaths of hogs cdue to illness in the province. In an interview Friday, Tabajeros said swine stakeholders and livestock handlers were gathered late last week…
Pangasinan remains ASF-free
PANGASINAN’S TOP DESTINATIONS LINGAYEN—The Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag continues to be the province’s top tourist destination but the Provincial Capitol Complex in Lingayen has overtaken the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) as second with the most number of tourist arrivals last year. This was announced by Provincial Tourism…
Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag still No.1, Capitol complex, 2nd
IT WILL BE RESTORED – Engr. Tatum Grace L. Manzano of DepEd Dagupan shows the perspective of the completed restoration of the Home Economics Building to Councilors Joey Tamayo and Dennis Canto during the committee inquiry at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
IT WILL BE RESTORED
IT is confirmed. The MacArthur Bldg. was not demolished but prepared for restoration work. And after a heated, emotional debate over the suspected demolition of the Home Economics Building, now known as the Mac Arthur Building at the West Central Elementary School of Dagupan, participated in by various sectors during…
All’s well that ends well for MacArthur Building
VIGILANCE FOR HERITAGE — The Jayceekens, local heritage advocacy group, stand in front of the historic WCES H.E. Bldg. now known as Gen Douglas MacArthur’s Headquarters after reaching an accord with the Committee on Arts and Culture of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod and the DepEd working committee on Gabaldon conservation, for the proper restoration of…




