LINGAYEN—San Fabian Mayor Irene Libunao has expressed support to the proposition of merging her municipality with its neighbor Dagupan City if her townsfolk would agree. “Kung gusto ng aming constituents at kinakailangan, bakit hindi?” Libunao said during a talk with the press after the Public Briefing on the Use and…
GEOHAZARD MAP—Senator Loren Legarda (right) and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Regional Director Carlos Tayag (left) turn-over a geohazard map of Pangasinan to the provincial government on Tuesday at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen town. Cities, municipalities, and the barangays will receive geohazard maps to help in disaster preparedness and…
LINGAYEN— The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) will conduct a series of workshops for the 1,333 barangay chairmen in the province to educate them on the use of geohazard maps for disaster preparedness. MGB Region 1 Director Carlos Tayag said it is crucial to bring the information to the community…
SAN FABIAN–Some 200 first and second year high school students are now taking their lessons under shades of trees after a fire gutted a school building that housed five classrooms and the library of the Anonang Elementary School Wednesday dawn. The fire broke out at about 1:00 a.m. and reportedly…
A new auditor has been assigned to Dagupan effective last week. Virgilio Quinto was designated by the Commission on Audit central office to replace Ofelia Celi who is reportedly deemed overstaying in her post. Quinto was quoted as saying he “won’t tolerate any hanky-panky and will apply the full force…
LINGAYEN–After a more than three-year posting in Dagupan City, Dr. Alma Ruby Torio is back to her previous post as Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) of the Department of Education (DepEd) Pangasinan I Division. “…this reassignment order is a regular personnel movement in our department so wala pong ibang dahilan…hindi lang…
EXAMINATIONS for fire officers and civil service eligibility have been set and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) is urging interested individuals to file their applications early. The Fire Officer Examination is scheduled on March 10 and the deadline for application is January 24, while the civil service exam for professional…
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO–Chief Superintendent Ricardo Marquez formally assumed office as new Police Region 1 Office (PRO 1) director vice Chief Supt Franklin Bucayu starting January 10. Marquez, formerly assigned at the Directorate for Operations in Camp Crame, was already actually installed as the new PRO1 director last January…
LINGAYEN—All administrative cases pending before the provincial board’s Committee on Good Government and Accountability of Public Officers, except in the case of the mayor of Urbiztondo, will be declared moot and academic as the legal period for a decision have lapsed. The law requires that hearings on administrative cases filed…
A SHOT FOR THE GUN BAN-–Commissioner on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes (left), with Commissioner Armando Velasco, fires the ceremonial first shot during the 7th Commissioner Armando Velasco Cup (Invitational Shooting Competition), also dubbed “Last Bang Before the Ban”, at the VPADSAI Firing Range in Villasis to highlight the gun ban…
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