MALASIQUI—Sen. Teofisto Guingona III said the Senate will conduct next month a probe on the alleged scam regarding Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) fraudulent claims by some accredited eye clinics/centers that conduct eye operation on patients even if these are unnecessary to exact fee from this government agency. Guingona, chairman…

LINGAYEN– In line with the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program, the Department of Education (DepEd) ordered teachers to use electronic class record beginning school year 2015-2016. The DEPED provides an Electronic Class Record Template free for use by all public school teachers downloadable from the DepEd…

BIGGEST VOTING POPULATION WITH 2016 elections just around the corner, wonder no more why presidential wannabes have started visiting Pangasinan. The province has the biggest number of voters with biometrics registration for the 2016 elections. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election officer, said the province is already tagged as number one…

LINGAYEN –Is it safe to have a nuclear plant in Pangasinan? Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla’s response – Yes and No. “Nuclear energy is relatively safe. Pero isang aksidente ka lang, hindi ka na makakabawi.” The question was posed to him during a press conference held on May 30 for…

FOR NEW TEACHERS THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-Baguio Regional Office has started to conduct mobile outreach services in Pangasinan to process initial registration of teachers who passed the recent licensure exams. Mobile outreach services was held last June 12 at Nepo Mall atrium in Dagupan City and the next will be held…

ADOPTED SON OF DAGUPAN THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution in its regular session last Tuesday expressing its condolences to the bereaved family of the late Dr. Fernando La Sama de Araujo, minister of State of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, who passed away on June 2 in that…

PANGASINAN couples preferred to be married in January, not in June for the vaunted June bride, or February during the so-called love month. The Philippines Statistics Authority (formerly National Statistics Office) in Calasiao, Pangasinan, recorded 2,579 marriages in January last year, the biggest in the rest of the year. This…

ALAMINOS CITY– The city government of Alaminos now provides a birthing facility for expectant mothers. The Alaminos Birthing Facility is set to be inaugurated on June 23. The birthing facility is considered a breakthrough in the field of maternal health of the city and is considered the biggest, so far,…

WITH the much-anticipated national elections next year, the vote-rich province of Pangasinan has become a favourite destination for politicians who expressed — outspokenly or sparingly — their desire to run for the highest office of the land. Whether the visit came with an official function or just testing the waters, Pangasinenses know they are…

SENATOR Grace Poe was in town last Tuesday, barnstorming and acted every bit as a presidential wannabe –engaging the local media on the prospects of her being a candidate, after a round at the fish market with Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez, distributing farm inputs to farmers and tracing the roots…