WITH most everyone busy and distracted by the ongoing campaign period, the stopped landfill activity of the 888 Properties Corporation in Calmay River by the Jose R. de Venecia Expressway Extension, has resumed. Truckloads of sand and gravel have been delivered to the area and a bulldozer was already seen stationed…
LINGAYEN–Ex-military men can be a boon to local governance as well as in legislation. Retired PNP Director Leopoldo Bataoil cited ex-military and police officers in Pangasinan before him who became successful in their public careers as local government executives and legislators.
THE National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) entrance and promotional examinations has been moved from April 25 to May 30 this year. The change in date is in consideration of the May 10 national and local elections which involves the re-assignment of some members of the Philippine National Police to help ensure…
LINGAYEN, the capital town of Pangasinan, dreams of cityhood in the near future. But in becoming a city, this coastal town, currently ranked as a first-class municipality, plans to keep its old-world charm and safeguard its historic treasures. A fitting plan, indeed. Lingayen, after all, is derived from the Pangasinan…
RECLAMATION RESUMES–A bulldozer spreads sand and gravel at the illegal reclamation site in Calmay River along the Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension, defying a cease and desist order issued by the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in January. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to…
MS. SUAL HOPEFULS–The young ladies competing in the Miss Sual beauty pageant gamely pose for local lensmen during their formal presentation at a resort in Bolinao. This year’s search is joined by Joycelin Villarin, Joevinica De Asis, Myra Rica Mendoza, Susan Macatiag, Eve Vanizza Carillo, Aiko Tomi, Racquel Atractivo, Jeanne Batingan, Christy Regaspi, Mary Joe Cabagua, Michelle Alejandro, Marife De Castro and Edith…
THE GAB (Gina de Venecia, Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Belen Fernandez) team has sent its volunteers out to the streets of Dagupan on Thursday to start removing and tearing down their own campaign posters that were placed indiscriminately by their supporters in areas prohibited by the Commission on Election. The…
SAN CARLOS CITY–Two days before the official start of the campaign for local positions on March 26, a peace covenant was signed by the candidates here at the Saint Dominic Church in an event that was open to the public to witness. City election officer Gloria Cadiente said the candidates committed…
BUSTLING and booming best describe Urdaneta City today. The newly-widened section of the Manila North Road (formerly called MacArthur Highway) that passes through the city serves as a major crossroads that leads towards the eastern and western parts of Pangasinan and onwards north to other parts of Luzon.
SAN CARLOS CITY–Don’t look now but the city government has set its sights on being “the emerging tiger of North and Central Luzon”. In his State of the City Address on Monday, Mayor Julier Resuello underscored the unprecedented gains in the city’s agro-industrial and commercial activities under his stewardship for the past…
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