THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan is recalling tricycle franchises held by non-residents of the city and has taken steps to ensure that the processing will not be marred by fixing or bribery. A poster has been put up at the office of the SP Secretariat at the city hall…

A MAN posing as a city councilor and attempting to extort money from a salon owner was arrested by the police on July 6 in an entrapment operation. Danilo de Vera, 48, of Guiguilonen, Mangaldan, phoned the owner of Salon de Dagupan at 10:00 a.m. that day pretending to be…

SAN Carlos City–Mayor Julier C. Resuello, speaking before the first session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod last week, asked the city councilors to “Let bygones be bygones”. Resuello rallied the SP members to forget about squabbles and partisanship that he said were inevitable during the campaign period. The priority now, the…

TAYUG–Seven houses were razed to the ground in a three-hour fire that broke out on the night of July 3 in Barangay A, located at the back of the Tayug public market. No one was reported hurt in the blaze that broke out due to an unattended candlelight starting at…

SENIOR citizens in Dagupan have been assured by Mayor Benjie Lim that they will enjoy the mandatory benefits and privileges they are entitled to under the new law. “I will see to it that all business establishments shall be informed and monitored to ensure faithful compliance with the laws,” Lim…

TAYUG–While Task Force Hagibis is regrouping, killers riding in tandem on motorcycles claimed another victim in Tayug while another body, suspected to be a victim of summary execution, was found in La Paz, Villasis. Killed in Tayug at 7:55 a.m. of June 28 by armed men riding in tandem on…

LINGAYEN–The provincial government, through the Pangasinan Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Office (PHUDCO) in partnership with Habitat for Humanity-Philippines, will distribute this week “Food-for-Work” packed items to 851 families affected by the big flood caused by typhoon “Pepeng” last year. The beneficiaries, who have previously received shelter repair kits, came…

A day before the new city administration took over in Dagupan on July, the stopped reclamation activity along the Calmay River beside the Jose R. De Venecia Expressway Extension has resumed. It is unclear at presstime whether the regional office of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) has already lifted its…

BINMALEY’s newly elected Mayor Lorenzo “Enzo” Cerezo, together with nine other local officials, took their oaths on June 30 at the Binmaley Auditorium. Binmaley’s local government officials are re-elected Vice Mayor Pedro Marrera III and Sangguniang Bayan members Vonnark Valerio, Edgar Mamenta, Jose Carrera Jr., Ellen Alipio, Urbano Delos Angeles III,…