REVIVAL OF RIVER CRUISE WATCH out for Dagupan City’s Island Tours, to replace the defunct Dagupan River Cruise introduced by the Lim administration. The new Island Tours program, designed to promote the city’s island barangays and boost the local tourism industry, will be launched during the Bangus Festival 2014 scheduled…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) has assured the public that leprosy cases are minimal and patients are under medical care. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, PHO chief, said 114 persons are on record in Pangasinan to be afflicted with leprosy and all of them are undergoing treatment.
GIVE ME BACK MY GUNS—Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. tells local newsmen in a press conference on Friday how he feels vindicated following a local court’s decision ordering agents of National Bureau of Investigation-Manila who raided his house, piggery and poultry farms last year to return his seized firearms and…
URBIZTONDO—A judge from a local court has ruled in favor of this town’s mayor, ordering the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to return his firearms on the ground that the search and seizure warrants are void.
The quality of water in Dagupan City’s rivers and tributaries will be regularly monitored until December this year to ensure their continued habitable condition. This was assured after Mayor Belen Fernandez signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with various government agencies and the Philex Mining Corporation for the conduct of water…
LINGAYEN—Solar-powered lights will soon be brightening evening strolls at the Lingayen Baywalk with help from the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC). Second District Congressman Leopoldo Bataoil, prime mover of the baywalk project, said the company has responded positively to his request for assistance through SRPC’s Tom Valdez.
DAGUPAN CITY HISTORICAL CULTURE AND ARTS OFFICE – Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 4 for the new Dagupan City Historical Culture and Arts Office located at the City Museum. The office is headed by Lyceum-Northwestern University President Gonzalo T. Duque (right). Joining them are University of…
DAGUPAN’s crackdown against colorum tricycles will continue and will be enforced with more teeth by the city’s traffic enforcers of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) deputized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO). LTO Regional Director Teofilo Guadiz III was in Dagupan last week to inform Mayor Belen Fernandez…
DETAILED GEOHAZARD MAPS LOCAL government units can now plan and prepare better against natural calamities with more detailed geohazard maps from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB). Engr. Carlos Tayag, regional director of MGB, said the maps have now been narrowed down at a scale of one is to 50,000…
LINGAYEN—The health condition of the two patients involved in the false “flesh -eating disease” report are now getting better, according to Dra. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, provincial health officer. De Guzman reported last March 11 that Alex, the male patient from Villasis, who was diagnosed with psoriasis and arthritis…
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