95:5 RATIO FOR POLICE PRESENCE COMMUNITIES in Pangasinan will soon be seeing more uniformed policemen patrolling their streets. This was the assurance given by P/Senior Supt. Rolie Saltat, officer-in-charge at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, to the sangguniang panlalawigan as he cited a new directive from the national headquarters to assign at least 95 percent…

PANGASINAN-NUEVA VIZCAYA THE long-standing boundary-dispute between the province of Pangasinan and Nueva Vizcaya was resurrected with the scheduled construction of the Villaverde Road that would link San Nicolas, Pangasinan to Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya. This became apparent following the announcement of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 Assistant Regional Director Ronnel…

DAGUPAN CITY—Frequent coordination meetings are already being held between and among provincial officials from the Commission on Election (Comelec), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as they prepare to beef up security preparations for the coming 2016 polls, initially with the filing of…

LINGAYEN— A police officer is now in a serious condition after the Philippine National Police (PNP) patrol vehicle he was driving fell off road along Barangay (village) Tomana West in Rosales town along the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) last Friday.  The driver identified as PO3 Gregorio Abalos, was with PO1…

LINGAYEN – -The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) distributed P256,000 as financial assistance to 55 families who were affected by tornado, monsoon rains, and typhoons last July. Five families (one each from the towns of Bani, San Fabian, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao, and Urdaneta City) who suffered deaths due…

SUAL—Between the lack of government funding and the numerous requirements of foreign investors, further delay in the completion of the Sual International Seaport  is inevitable.  This is the lament of Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue who had earlier expected to hold the groundbreaking of the international seaport project this year. “Negotiations…

NEW CITY ORDINANCE THE Dagupan City School Board has been empowered further by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). Without its imprimatur, no new public school building can be built in the city! SP passed the ordinance on Sept. 8 requiring all contractors, architects and engineers to first submit plans for planned school buildings…

MANGALDAN—Sixty-five dengue cases and average of three to five sore eyes cases were recorded daily by the municipal health office (MHO). Ofelia Rivera, municipal health officer, said the dengue cases increased from 63 for the whole year of 2014 to 65 from January to August this year. “We are addressing…

LINGAYEN—The two district hospitals in the province are set to receive additional hospital equipment.  The provincial board authorized Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. last week to sign contracts with Allied Hospital Supply International Corporation and Efotoxpress Philippines Corporation for the provision of hospital facilities and equipment under public-private partnering scheme…

SISON–Town and barangay officials of Sison, joined residents of Barangay Esperanza in expressing their opposition to the planned transfer of the Esperanza Integrated School to a new site from its present location during a public hearing held at the school complex last Sept. 3, 2015. In a signed resolution they presented during the public…