LINGAYEN– Heightened operations against illegal drugs in the province resulted in more than a hundred percent increase in the total volume seized for the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period last year. In his presentation before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) during the board’s June 16 regular…
DAGUPAN’S HISTORICAL COMMISSION—-City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez signs the copy of the ordinance creating the Dagupan Historical, Culture and Arts Commission (Komisyon na Pangkulturan Tawir) during the 67th Agew na Dagupan celebration last Friday at the CSI Stadia. The mayor is flanked by flanked by Cong. Gina de Venecia and Atty….
THE 67th Agew Na Dagupan will yet be remembered by future generations as the day Mayor Belen T. Fernandez signed Executive Order No. 01, Series of 2014 creating the Dagupan City Historical Culture and Arts Office. The local commission will be chaired by lawyer Gonzalo T. Duque, with Fernandez as honorary chairman….
EVEN without the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from Congress, Dagupan is assured of continued support for the development of its infrastructure by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia said 11 roads, bridges and flood control projects worth P159 million are ongoing…
LINGAYEN—Here’s a piece of good news. Dengue cases recorded by the provincial health office (PHO) from January to June 16 this year decreased by 35% as compared to the same period last year. Dr. Anna De Guzman, provincial health officer, said only 395 dengue cases were documented in the first…
LINGAYEN—Officials of local government units (LGUs) have been called on to increase their disaster-preparedness funds and strengthen their programs that will minimize risks during calamities. At the 10th Disaster Risk Reduction and Multi-Hazard Awareness Forum held at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center here last June 13, Senator Aquilino ‘Koko’…
SAN CARLOS CITY–A two-storey building that will house emergency and operating rooms will soon be constructed in a 720-square-meter lot at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) compound. Dr. Anna De Guzman, provincial health officer, said the emergency room will be at first floor of the building while the second floor…
ANDA– Hundreds of students in the lone tertiary school in this town received a financial grant from the provincial government. Governor Amado Espino Jr. handed over almost P1.4 million in fund assistance to the 368 (first to fourth year college) students of the private Christian school, Asbury College. “Education is…
A BARANGAY chairman in Dagupan City was shot and wounded when a lone gunman barged into his office at the second floor of Tapuac Barangay Hall at 2:45 p.m. of June 13. Kapitan Jake Ignacio Reyes Jr., on his first term as barangay chairman, succeeding his father and namesake Jake Reyes Sr.,…
LINGAYEN—Second District Board Member Raul Sison has categorically denied any involvement in the murder of his town mate, Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr., even as he admitted his family had expected they will immediately be suspected of having a hand in the crime. A teary-eyed Sison, in an interview with…
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