AFTER P-NOY’S URGENT STAMP SENATE minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano has urged his colleagues in Congress to ensure the speedy passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill now that the president has certified it as urgent. Cayetano, the principal author of the FOI bill in the Senate during the…

LINGAYEN—A 44-year old overseas civil engineer who came home to welcome the New Year with his family drowned at the Lingayen beach in the morning of January 8 during a family picnic. Edgardo Visperas, a native of Barangay Mamarlao in San Carlos City, was declared dead on arrival at the…

ALAMINOSCITY–At least 3,866 households belonging to the poorest of the poor here have been identified as potential beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Elizabeth Radoc, officer-in-charge of the City Social Welfare Development Office (CSWDO), said the potential beneficiaries were identified under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty…

LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has called on his brother-priests in the archdiocese to preside over one Mass each day of the year in observance of piety in their personal and public lives as ordained ministers. “Please do not allow any day of this year 2012 to pass without celebrating Mass…

KAPITANS REFUSE TO PAY SAN FABIAN—The dark nights in the interior barangays here could end if only the kapitans agree to simply assume the responsibility of paying for the electricity bill using public funds. Municipal Administrator Ben Esquig, defending the decision of Mayor Irene Libunao to cut the subsidy for…

NEW YEAR, new strategy. The waste management division (WMD) wrote and appealed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod to amend City Ordinance No. 1929-2009 or the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management program, specifically to amend the penalty clause that it believes to be too light and lenient.

LINGAYEN—Nine policemen in Urbiztondo were temporarily relieved of their posts In Urbiztondo pending completion of the investigation on their alleged neglect of duty for failing to respond to a shooting incident near their police station on December 28. A game operator of an amusement park set up near the police…

AGNO—An official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has allayed fears of residents in this coastal town over a possible oil spill from a Chinese cargo vessel carrying marine diesel oil and asphalt that ran aground and has remained in the area since December 19. Capt. George Ursabia Jr., commander…

EDUCATORS in the capital town Lingayen gathered on January 5 for a special evening set in their honor. “Teachers are the most treasured gift for humanities,” said Sheila Marie Primicias, assistant schools division superintendent of Pangasinan I, during the Educators Night 2012. Also in attendance were school administrators and the…

AN international conference-workshop on the K-12 program of the Department of Education will be held at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen on January 19 to 21, to be hosted by the provincial government. Dr. Marot Nelmida-Flores of the University of the Philippines, a native of San Carlos City, said the international conference-workshop,…