THREE cheers to the Region I Medical Center in Dagupan City! It was recently adjudged by the Department of Health as among the country’s top five government hospitals. An unassuming Dr. Jesus Canto, R1MC chief, said the accolade makes all the hospital’s personnel “proud and stand 10 feet tall”. Canto…
THE remnants of the old Franklin Bridge, destroyed by the big flood of 1935, will be preserved as a reminder of the past for present and future Dagupeños. This was assured during a dialogue called by the city’s Heritage Commission, headed by Carmen Prieto, with officials of the city engineering…
LINGAYEN – After slamming the door on Small Town Lottery, Gov. Victor Agbayani renewed his call on the police provincial office to intensify its campaign against illegal gambling, particularly “jueteng”. The governor directed Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Alan Purisima to stop jueteng operations in the province after receiving reports that…
BAYAMBANG – The planned sanitary project in this town has not been given a green and go status. According to Mayor Leocadio de Vera on Thursday, he is still awaiting the provincial board’s decision endorsing the resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan of Bayambang granting a private firm the authority to…
ALVIN FIRES QUESTIONS at city hall Baraan, Baniqued told to explain Dagupan City Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez surprised his colleagues when he raised a series of damning questions and issues regarding the lease of Magsaysay Park by the city to Metrostate Realty Corporation headed by Architect Mark Joseph Siapno. In…
ALAMINOS CITY -The police filed on Wednesday a double murder case against a policeman, a barangay kagawad and two civilians for the killing of Atty. Froilan Siobal and his wife, Erlinda, in broad daylight in barangay Inerangan on November 19. Senior Superintendent Noli Taliño, deputy provincial director for operations and…
ANTI-DRUG RALLY—Some 5,500 people link arms to show solidarity in the renewed fight against illegal drugs under the “Oplan 101: Kill Droga” campaign. The rally, held at the Urdaneta City Sports and Civic Center, was part of the observance of the Drug Abuse Prevention Week. The activity was spearheaded by…
FINALLY, the Sangguniang Panglunsod of Dagupan City has asked the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) to check on the alleged rampant illegal selling of parts of the Tondaligan National Park. Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, the city council’s presiding officer, called on PENRO officer Rogel Pimentel to…
The rush to approve a resolution seeking to legitimize an unauthorized and irregular transaction of the Dagupan City mayor involving the lease of a commercial area fronting the city plaza was initially blunted. Instead of approving the draft resolution forwarded by City Administrator Rafael Baraan, seeking to give…
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