BUGALLON—The pupils in the town of Bugallon were shown the benefits good health practices by the Lingayen District Hospital Inter-local Health Zone last week as part of the latter’s child health advocacy programs. Different lectures on child health advocacy programs such as on essential health care (handwashing, toothbrushing, deworming), common…

ALL IN THE FAMILY THE incumbent chairman in Barangay Poblacion Oeste in Dagupan City, 82-year old Julita Vallejos, is facing her 41-year old son, Councilman Joseph Vallejos, in her re-election bid during the October 28 poll. The younger Vallejos said he is pushing through with his candidacy against the advice…

BINMALEY—The Commission on Election (Comelec) provincial office organized a briefing last week for some 50 members of the 702nd battalion army brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who have been posted in Pangasinan as augmentation force for the October 28 barangay election. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election…

LINGAYEN—To boost the boy scouts movement in the province, the provincial government built a two-storey building in the town as headquarters of the BSP Pangasinan-San Carlos City Council. The building located at the Maramba Boulevard was finally inaugurated last week. Officials of the provincial government and Boy Scouts of the Philippines…

A PETITION has been filed before the Regional Trial Court Branch 40 to declare 13 local media practitioners in contempt of court in connection with their induction last month before Governor Amado Espino Jr. purportedly as elected officers of the Pangasinan Press Club Inc. (PPCI) despite a status quo ante…

LINGAYEN–Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim and members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) decided they will go to Benguet to call on their counterparts and convince them to agree on a dialogue on the boundary dispute between the towns of Sison, Pangasinan and Tuba, Benguet.

ALL illegal fish pens that mushroomed in Dagupan’s rivers beginning March this year have finally been dismantled and Task Force Bantay Ilog is now on monitoring mode to ensure that these are not re-installed. Ronie Cayabyab, task force action officer, said all the 156 illegal fish cages in Dagupan marked for…

BOTTOM-UP BUDGETING BARANGAYS in Dagupan will be playing an active role in the city’s development planning with Mayor Belen Fernandez’s bottom-up budgeting (BTB) program. Under the BTB, barangay consultations will be held to prioritize the concerns within the communities.

CALASIAO—After more than a year of delayed rehabilitation work that has taken an economic toll on this town, the Villamil Bridge here will finally be re-opened before Christmas. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Engineer Marietta Mendoza of the 3rd Pangasinan Engineering District said the bridge is now 80 percent…