FOR RICE TRANSPLANTING—Farmers in Mabini town pull out rice seedlings from their beds for transplanting in their fields to take advantage of the vast quantity of water dumped by recent rains. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
WITH STORAGE FACILITY FOR GREEN ENERGY SAN Roque Hydropower, Inc. (SRHI) is planning to build another major renewable energy project in Pangasinan, a 400-megawatt pumped-storage hydropower facility. SRHI said it will pursue the San Roque Optimization pumped-storage hydropower project when it files its plans with the Department of Environment and…
THE Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) issued a reminder to pensioners to complete their biannual validation, a process required to confirm that they are still alive for continued delivery of benefits. Sheryl Simeon, head of PVAO Pangasinan, said veterans who are unable to visit the Provincial Capitol office in Lingayen…
VILLASIS received its 9th consecutive unmodified opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA), signifying the municipal government’s consistent adherence to financial reporting standards. This year’s opinion was officially communicated on June 20 by the COA Regional Office No. 1-Office of the Supervising Auditor, to Mayor Nonato Abrenica, who finished his third…
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III vowed to continue and build on what he started in his first term when he took his oath of office for his second term on June 30 at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen before Judge Avelina J. Villegas-Rosario of RTC Branch 14-FC. Guico said he…
A court in Pangasinan acquitted 102 victims of human trafficking who were wrongfully accused and imprisoned for nearly two years. According to their lawyers, the charges filed against them by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) were based on false accusations. Judge Roselyn Andrada-Borja of the Regional Trial Court Branch…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Woman electrocuted while doing laundry, dies A 37-year-old woman lost her life after an electrocution incident while doing laundry in the town of Binmaley. According to police investigations, the victim, identified as Johara Castro Bautista, was using a dryer/spinner when she accidentally touched a section of…
ANYTHING FOR FREE—A senior citizen avails of the free haircut provided by members of Dagupan Lesbians and Gays Association (Dalaga)LAGA) during the Sulong Dagupan Unliserbisyo Caravan sa City Plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AS he marked the start of his third and final term, Vice Governor Mark Lambino affirmed the independence of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, declaring that the legislative branch will not act as a mere “rubber stamp” of the Capitol. Speaking during the oathtaking ceremony of the newly elected members of the…
INSTEAD of taking her oath of office in the usual grand ceremony done by most officials, re-elected Third District Rep. Rachel Arenas chose to mark the start of her new term in a simple ceremony with the people of the community in Barangay Ican, Malasiqui, Administered by Barangay Captain Michael…
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