POOR SECURITY IN SCHOOLS LINGAYEN— More than the computer equipment lost by a number of public schools to robbers over the last six months, the schools in Pangasinan lost the opportunity to have their computer laboratories upgraded this year. Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary, Bro. Armin Luistro, informed Vice Governor…
CALASIAO—Two young salesmen who returned a Php100, 000 cash they found along the road were commended by their barangay last Monday, June 22. Barangay Chairman Mahadeva Das Mesina, of Barangay Longos said they awarded Noel Gille, 29 years old and Jervis Uson both residents of Longos, certificates of appreciation and…
LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved the P46,735,500 supplemental investment program (SIP) no. 3 of the province of Pangasinan for calendar year 2015. The supplemental budget covers other priority programs, projects, and activities that were not included in the approved 2015 provincial annual investment program (AIP). Per the endorsement of…
LINGAYEN—The provincial health officer has warned the public not to eat wild mushrooms that suddenly grow in their backyard. He issued the warning after 16 persons were confined in hospitals in the province due to food poisoning caused by mushrooms they ate with their meals. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de…
CITY Mayor Belen Fernandez reiterated her call that future school buildings to be built in Dagupan will henceforth be two, three or four stories on account of Dagupan’s low topography and prone to flooding. Ms. Fernandez directed her call to the Department of Education (DepEd) and to the private sector that regularly donate…
OIC’S DILEMMA LINGAYEN—When P/Sr. Superintendent Rolly Saltat, newly designated officer in charge at the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office, said “I don’t know how long I am going to stay here,” he was merely being realistic. But if given a chance to stay longer, he said it would give him a…
LINGAYEN–Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Gerard Mosqueda will deliver the keynote address during the recognition rites for members of Campus Integrity Crusaders (CIC) on Tuesday at the Robert B. Estrella Sr. Memorial Stadium in Rosales town. The CIC program is a corruption prevention project of the Office of the Ombudsman, which seeks to engage…
URBIZTONDO— Finally, the town has its police station building. Second Disgrict Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, Mayor Martin Raul Sison II, and chief of police Inspector Wilfredo Cabanayan led the inauguration of the Urbiztondo Municipal Police Station located in the town’s poblacion. According to Sison, the P4.1-million, three-storey police building was a joint project of the…
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA ISLANDS LINGAYEN—A little known fact in the continuing reclamation and sovereignty issue with China in the West Philippine Sea is the revelation of ASNA Outstanding Pangasinan awardee that the contested islands and shoal are part of the province of Pangasinan. The 87-year-old book author Dr. Cecilia Daranciang…
THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) confirmed that only a dry spell was felt in Pangasinan from March to May unlike in the three other provinces in Region 1–La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte—that experienced drought during the last three months. But NIA Regional Manager John Celeste said that being close to the drought-hit…
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