LINGAYEN—The provincial board has expressed its trust and confidence in Department of Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan III amidst reported news items insinuating his involvement in the alleged bribery of prosecutors n the controversial Ampatuan case. Sixth district Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., author of the resolution, cited Baraan’s impeccable public…
MRT DEAL LINGAYEN—The provincial accountant who was implicated in the alleged anomalous transaction of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) in connection with its maintenance contract with the PH Trams has been named as among those who will be investigated by the Ombudsman. However, Arturo Soriano, whose niece is the wife…
MANGALDAN – The Mangaldan police station (MPS) has called for volunteer civilians who can partner with them as members of the ‘Night Riders’ volunteer group to help in maintaining peace and order and preventing crimes in the town. P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, chief of MPS disclosed that the idea of having…
LINGAYEN– Two persons died separately due to drowning at the height of typhoon “Luis” reportedly after being carried away by rushing floodwater. According to the Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), it was not known where the two were originally situated before their bodies were found. Edmundo…
STRATEGIZING ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG CAMPAIGN — Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (right) describes the strategy of the provincial government to intensify its campaign at the grassroots level Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) chairman Antonio “Bebot” Villar (left) during the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) meeting at the Urduja Conference Hall in Lingayen last week. (PIO-MVS)…
BLANK DAILY TIME RECORD LINGAYEN—The municipal accountant of Lingayen is in hot waters after the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) discovered that he was able to collect his salary for January and February this year even if his presented daily time record (DTR) was blank. Councilor Judy Vargas disclosed that the issue…
THE Espino administration lashed back anew at former Congressman Mark Cojuangco’s continued defiance of the provincial government’s decision to uphold both the resolution of the sanggunian panlalawigan and the memorandum of agreement that opposes the cutting of trees along the Manila North Road (MNR). Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraan questioned…
CATHOLIC Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, lauded teachers who have committed their lives to the teaching profession and described them as “heroes and missionaries”. In a pastoral letter in praise of Holy and Heroic Teachers in time for the Teachers’ Month (Sept. 5 to…
MEMBERS of the Lyceum Northwestern University Research and Development Management Team led by Dr. Perla Legaspi, Director, LNU-Foundation on Local Governance, were briefed on the implementation of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Citizen Satisfaction Index System (CSIS) program. The CSIS program is a set of date…
LINGAYEN—Soon, all adult entertainment establishments within the two-hundred-meter radius of the Pangasinan Provincial Capitol and the entire stretch of Daniel Maramba Boulevard in the capital town of Lingayen will be ordered to relocate. Proposed provincial ordinance 12-2014 authored by Second District Board Member Nestor Reyes said that since the Provincial…
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