SECOND District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, chairman of House committee on veterans’ affair and welfare, vowed to continue to campaign for the approval of his bill seeking to increase the P5,000 monthly pension of war veterans to P20,000 for the medicine and other basic needs of the veterans. He added that…

ISSUES 300 CARDS DAILY TO cope with the processing of 21,000 backlog of licenses on file and new applications, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) district in Dagupan City is working double-time. To enable it to process and release 300 licenses daily, it operates as early as 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on…

DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez has ordered City Veterinarian Dr. Michael Maramba to resume the vaccination of dogs in all the 31 barangays of the city on February 1 to ensure that residents, particularly children are protected from rabies. Her directive was in consonance with her Executive Order No. 55…

SUAL— Grade 6 students of Sual Central School will no longer have to put up with leaky roofs, broken windows, dilapidated blackboards, and rickety armchairs. Their classes are now held inside the newly constructed school building built through the partnership between TeaM Energy Foundation, Inc. (TEFI) and Philam Foundation. The…

DAGUPAN CITY — Some 400 street children were rescued last year by the city’s Task Force for the Prevention and Protection of Street Vulnerables. Leila Natividad, head of the task force, said the street children were not only from Dagupan but also from other towns who were stranded in the…

THE local government of Pozorrubio is desperately looking for regular source of water for the residents of upland residents of Barangays Malukiat, Casenfernandoan, Nantangalan, Balacad and Maambal (or referred to as the Overseas Barangays) Mayor Ernesto Go said POWAD supplies the drinking water of the residents in lowland area but…

ALL towns and cities in Pangasinan will soon have a fully equipped standard fire station. This was confirmed by F/Inspector Richard Santillan, information officer of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Pangasinan, who told the KBP Forum last week that fire stations are currently being constructed in towns that…

LINGAYEN—Two persons drowned in separate incidents while another almost drowned too while swimming on New Year’s Day, according to the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). Joven Canuela, 16, a Grade 10 student, drowned at about 3:30 p.m. while swimming with his brother in Barangay Baquioen, Sual. Joven was dragged down by strong…

THE eye center at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Arellano St., Dagupan City is set to open possibly in March. Dr. Roland Joseph Mejia, R1MC director, said they will wait for the availability of President Rodrigo Duterte who will lead the inauguration. “It will be the beginning of…