THE P150 million fund allotted by the Department of Health for the establishment of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in Dagupan City will revert to the national coffers by the end of the year unless utilized soon. DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco, speaking during the formal opening of Dagupan’s Super Family…
BASED ON PRO-I MONITORING THERE are no Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the entire Ilocos Region, according to P/Brig. Gen. Lou Evangelista, Philippine National Police-Regional Office 1 (PRO1) director. Speaking at a forum held last week at the at the PRO1 in La Union, he said his office immediately…
A known jingle composer and chiropractor was shot dead on August 6 around 6:50 p.m. along the Binmaley Baywalk . The victim, Tony Joe Coquia, 33, a resident of Barangay Libsong West, Lingayen, was shot multiple times by Billy Jay Esguerra, 24, a land surveyor from Paras St., Barangay Bonuan…
DESPITE existing laws against human trafficking, prostitution remains rampant in Region 1, according to Assistant Prosecutor Roderick Aquino from the Department of Justice – Office of the City Prosecutor in La Union. He said 189 prostitution cases were filed from January to June this year, but no breakdown of the…
HALF of a human body, specifically the lower extremity, was found by Bantay Dagat members floating along the shoreline in Barangay Ilio-Ilio, Burgos town around 8:00 p.m. on August 4. They informed the police about the incident, and the remains were later identified by relatives as Eduardo Gille Sr. from…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Drunk SUV driver injures 2 motorcycle riders A collision between a motorcycle and an SUV driven by an intoxicated man left two young riders injured in Sta. Barbara. Ivander Brix Dela Cruz Zara, a 22, was riding along Barangay Maticmatic with his backrider, Rene Rose Pascua…
By Gonzalo Duque LAND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III, I learned, has not been enticed by the Lim camp’s proposition that he run for mayor of Dagupan City next year against Mayor Belen Fernandez. I can easily understand that. If Guadiz files for candidacy,…
By Leonardo Micua IF the honorable provincial board members of Pangasinan do not see signs of graft in the contract between the province with an online media group in Baguio City, well, I do. The contract in the amount of P11.88 million yearly or P999,000 a month, signed last…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo FOR most, long-distance relationships (LDRs) don’t last. But there are success stories. I know some who met only several times and spent long years sustaining it. I know others, especially overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose marriages and relationships prevailed, despite so many challenges in between….
By Farah G. Decano THE issue besieging Carlos Yulo now has nothing to do with sports. I have never passionately dipped on any issue so far in social media until recently. Thanks to the family issue of the golden boy which has gone very public. Interestingly, so many matters…
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