JUNKING PERIOD BEGINS MALASIQUI—Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, co-chairman of the Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats in Pangasinan and its most loyal leader in the province, has threatened to jump ship if he is given a “raw deal” in the selection process for the administration party’s gubernatorial bet in the May election….
VICE Mayor Alvin Fernandez, who has been vigorously questioning the controversial P84-million tourism building project on Magsaysay Park in Dagupan City, has found another equally vocal ally in Councilor Alex de Venecia. In a privilege speech before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Monday, De Venecia called on his colleagues who voted…
LINGAYEN–The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have identified six towns and one city in Pangasinan as “areas of concern” in the coming national and local election. The list was drawn up during a coordinating conference held Friday at the Police Provincial Office presided over by…
A Filipino-American first cousin of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. told the city council Monday that it was really in Dagupan City beach where General Douglas MacArthur landed on November 9, 1945 as the head of the Liberation Forces that freed Luzon from the Japanese invaders. Dr. Guillermo de…
AGUILAR—The town’s mayor who was recently suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman last week along with other local government officials in different parts of the country, has filed a petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Court of Appeals. Mayor Ricardo Evangelista, who was suspended along with…
A German national arrested by joint elements of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Immigration (BI) for two cases of acts of lasciviousness died after he hanged himself inside his detention cell Thursday morning. Lawyer Jose Doloiras, NBI provincial chief based at the NBI district office told…
SAN CARLOS CITY—One of the fresh graduates of the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (VMUF) here landed in 9th place among the 19,712 successful examinees in the nurse licensure examination last December 2006. The Board of Nursing of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), which conducted the nationwide test, identified the 9th…
PANGASINAN BRIEFING—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (center) gets a briefing on the political situation in Pangasinan during a huddle with Undersecretary for Local Governance Antonio Villar Jr. (left), while Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., and Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez listen. They met during the…
“AREAS OF CONCERN”—Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima reads a list of “areas of concern” prepared jointly by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during coordinating conference at the Police Provincial Office last Wednesday in preparation for the forthcoming May 14 election.
‘BILLION PESO’ RACKET UNDER PROBE Prominent families included in the list If the list compiled by the former parks administrator of Tondaligan Park is to be believed, the city’s shoreline is already owned not by the city but some of the city’s prominent families. At least 170 persons and entities…
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