THE exposé of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano about DPWH’s “fund parking’ or the illegal realignment of billions of pesos in the infrastructure department’s 2023 budget is an indication that the 30-40% “S.O.P.” from favored contractors is back with a vengeance. This involves allocation of projects in various districts, and it…
THE discovery of deliberate misuse and exploitation of the scholarship fund program by unscrupulous officials of the Brian Lim administration for political purposes and, obviously, for self-aggrandizement is the height of contemptuous conduct of a public official. The temerity of councilors belonging to the majority in the Dagupan Sanggunian to…
IT’S been more than 60 days and the province has not seen nor heard from Gov. Ramon Guico III on the current affairs of the provincial government. There is no doubt that he’s been working the hours, nights and days for the province’s continued progress and development but doing what,…
WHILE the national government continues to focus its attention on the infection rate of COVID-19 in the regions, the Pangasinan provincial government must not lose sight of the seasonal illnesses that infect communities during the rainy season- and can cause death: Dengue from mosquitoes. Gastroenteritis mainly from polluted drinking water….
THERE has never been a year when our national and local governments did not announce a shortage in rice, sugar, vegetables, in our local markets. There was always a shortage of commodities but never a shortage of criminal trading syndicates in our midst who have most of our key officials…
AS we were about to end our presswork last week, a huge news breaker reached our news desk – the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency discovered a seeming ordinary residential house that turned out to be the packaging and distribution center of more than 300 kilos of shabu with a staggering…
OVER the past months, many communities in low-lying areas in Pangasinan, particularly in Dagupan City, that were usually safe from flooding suddenly find themselves having to cope with knee-deep flooding during torrential rains aggravated by high tide. These occurrences can no longer pooh-poohed as unusual and out of the ordinary…
PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency recently confirmed that only 941 barangays (83%) out of 1,136 in Pangasinan have been declared “drug-cleared” since the drug war launched by the Duterte administration. There are still 195 barangays that remain to be cleared. Still the number does not include the number of the drug-cleared…
THE July 27’s magnitude 5 earthquake that shook many parts of Pangasinan should be viewed as a grim reminder that the province remains very vulnerable to deadly earthquakes like the magnitude 7.6 tremblor that left Dagupan City in ruins in July 16, 1990. In fact, as Governor Ramon Guico III…
THE province’s new set of mayors are expected to put their best foot forward in the first 100 Days after being given the mandate to serve for three years, mostly on the basis of the campaign promises. Their credibility and integrity are at stake if they fail to show that…
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