MAYOR Belen Fernandez spearheaded last week the public destruction of seven gambling machines and ordered Supt. Christopher Abrahano, city police chief, to get rid of all illegal video gambling machines to make Dagupan City “totally hataw-free”. The seven machines, locally known as hataw, were seized by lawmen last Monday from…
MORE than 100 illegal fish pens still need to be cleared from Dagupan’s rivers but City Agriculturist Emma Molina said the dismantling team is determined to complete the clearing by August 30, the deadline set by the mayor. An initial 205 fish pens were identified along the rivers in barangays…
REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR 8 LINGAYEN—The first public consultation for the planned redistricting of the province was held last week and initial discussions point to just the 2nd, 3rd Districts that will be affected by the re-alignment of political boundaries.
CHIKUNGUNYA / LEPTOSPIROSIS ALERT LINGAYEN—Ten suspected cases of chikungunya have been reported in the province, but only one has so far been found positive, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The suspected chikungunya cases were from San Fabian, Bayambang and some western towns.
LINGAYEN–Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil is unperturbed about the possibility of the removal of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) or pork barrel stressing this should not detract congressmen from their main duty of legislation. “It doesn’t matter to me kung ma-retain ‘yon o mawala sa’kin. Naniniwala ako na sa…
NO sacred cows. This was emphasized by the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) when it disconnected electricity from a restaurant and the mansion of a former mayor of Binmaley and the house of a barangay chairman who is also an area director of Cenpelco in Binmaley.
AS WATCHDOGS OF GOV’T LINGAYEN–Starting ‘em young against corruption. This is one of the aims of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) in its Campus Integrity Crusaders (CICs) program, which was launched in the province at the Pangasinan National High School here last July 31.
VOTERS’ QUEUE—Voters line up at the Dagupan City Astrodome for the ongoing registration being conducted by the Commission on Elections for the October 28 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The registration is from July 22 to July 31. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez urged the chief of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) to hasten the completion of the construction of the two dormitory buildings for drug dependents at the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TRC) following the recent release of another P5-million fund from the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).
THREE of the six congressional representatives of Pangasinan applauded the State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Benigno Aquino III last July 22, describing it as both strong and appreciative. Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, a re-electionist, said this year’s SONA was outstanding.
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