By Gonzalo Duque MANY people are asking me who among the presidential candidates am I going to vote for on May 9. My answer: I’m still waiting for President Duterte’s signal on who he will support. But some of the Duterte die-hards, among them former Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones,…
FOR FASTER DELIVERY OF SERVICES – The 32 units of rescue vehicles delivered to the Lingayen’s barangays hold a motorcade before they proceeded to their respective assigned barangays after the turnover by Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil at the Lingayen Civic Center witnessed by the town’s officials led by Vice Mayor Judy Vargas Quiocho. (Punchphoto…
THE Panpacific University was recently rated three stars overall in the QS Stars rating system, making it the first private higher education institution (HEI) in northern Philippines to achieve it. QS stands for Quacquarelli Symonds, an international education network and analytics provider based in London and the QS Star rating…
FULLY VAXXED HIT 2M MARK WITH only 56 remaining active COVID-19 cases as of February 24, considered a significant drop from the 127 active cases logged a week ago on February 17, Pangasinan appears to be ready for more relaxed restrictions under Alert Level 1. The Provincial Health Office (PHO)…
OVERSIZED POSTERS MUST GO DOWN – Comelec’s deputized team tears down a poster of a senatorial candidate inside a private property in Dagupan City because it exceeded the maximum poster size allowed by election rules. Posters and banners nailed to trees and hung on electric posts were removed. (Punchphoto by Ray…
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS STILL NOT SUBMITTED THE continued failure of the office of Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim to submit documents required by the Sangguniang Panlungsod further delayed the approval of the city’s annual city budget for 2022, raising the prospect of a re-enacted budget for the city until June 2022….
FAILURE TO ENROLL INDIGENTS IN PHILHEALTH THE Sangguniang Panlungsod maintains that the city government is culpable and in violation of the Universal Health Law for failing to enroll identified indigent residents in Philippine Health insurance in years 2020 and 2021. This was determined during the SP special session when the…
OPLAN KATOK ACCOMPLISHMENT THE regional police’s Oplan Katok resulted in the surrender of 471 loose firearms for safekeeping by police stations. P/Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta, Police Regional Office 1 director, said the ongoing campaign encouraged licensed gun holders (whose licenses have expired and have not been renewed) to surrender and…
ILOCOS Region is making history as the first region in the Philippines to be declared in a State of Stable Internal Peace and Security, meaning, the provinces are categorized as cleared and unaffected by communist terrorist groups (CTGs) and are relatively peaceful and already normalized. Brig. Gen. Krishnamurti A. Mortela, commander…
OPLAN BAKLAS IN DAGUPAN – Comelec’s Dagupan staff oversee the dumping of posters of candidates and party lists for national elections removed from public areas by deputized teams, at the Comelec office. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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