THE City council passed a resolution on Monday asking the city legal office to file possible legal action against any person or entity in connection with the missing remnants of what used to be the Bugnay Commercial Complex on A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City This stemmed from a letter…
Retired Police Director-General Arturo Lomibao has resigned from his post as head of the National Irrigation Administration to take a crack in Pangasinan politics, particularly to compete for the congressional seat in the fourth district against reelectionist Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and possibly Dagupan Mayor Benjie Lim, a former…
HOUSE Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has disclosed that Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. and business magnate Belen Fernandez, president and general manager of the CSI Group of Companies, are being groomed to run for mayor and vice mayor of Dagupan City. De Venecia De Venecia said the two were…
AHEAD OF ARBITRATION BODY’S DECISION LINGAYEN–Now it’s official. Governor Victor Agbayani, in a press conference Wednesday at the Urduja House, has ended all speculations as he officially announced that his wife, Dr. Jamie Eloise Agbayani, is running for governor this coming May elections. Her running mate will be outgoing fifth…
AGBAYANI’S PANGASINAN BETS — Governor Victor Agbayani (4th from left) presents his provincial ticket in the May elections notwithstanding the unresolved issues within the ruling Lakas-CMD. Agbayani’s ticket includes (L-R) Board Members Angel Baniqued and Manuel Ancheta; Dionisio “Saffe” Villar Jr. for vice governor, and Dr. Jamie Agbayani, the governor’s…
SAME IN ADVOCACIES—Reelectionist Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Archbishop Oscar Cruz (right) enjoy a light moment with PUNCH publisher Ermin Garcia, Jr. (left) during a huddle when the senator called on the Pangasinan prelate on Thursday during a campaign sortie in Pangasinan. Lacson said he and the archbishop are joint…
THE city council on Monday passed a resolution inquiring from the owners of the burned Bugnay Market if the missing tons of steel bars and trusses are in their possession. Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez said the resolution was addressed to Don Manolo Lim Uy, president and chairman of the Board…
THE ruling Lakas party in Pangasinan is in rocky waters. Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, Lakas provincial chairman, and several local officials have raised their voice of disapproval against Governor Victor Agbayani’s “indiscriminate recruitment of new Lakas party members” whom they suspect will be fielded to run against incumbent administration party…
Close on the heels of the still unsettled issue on towing services, the Dagupan city hall finds itself enmeshed in another controversy. This time it’s the collection of P2,500 Resource Users Deposit (RUD) which is not provided for in the Comprehensive Fishery Code, series of 2003. Councilors Michael Fernandez, Danilo…
NO, this is not about the hottest showbiz scandal of recent days. This story on “hope” involves a man of the cloth and a senatorial candidate. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a staunch critic of the Arroyo administration, was visited Tuesday at the Archbishops’ Palace by senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” Lacson…
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