TO avert traffic congestion during the observance of All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1, a traffic-rerouting scheme will be implemented in the city, the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) announced. A no-parking rule will be applied on both sides of Burgos Street, which will be opened to two-way traffic…
Old friends Quiambao, Palad on opposite sides BAYAMBANG — As expected, it was an emotionally-charged public hearing that saw the opposition to the proposed construction of a sanitary landfill in the town raising some blood pressures. The strong opposition from both the private and public sectors to the proposed multi-million…
URDANETA CITY – The City College of Urdaneta (CCU), operated by the city government here, may soon become the newest university in the province of Pangasinan. Mayor Amadeo PerezJr. said the city council has passed an ordinance converting CCU into a university, which may possibly make it as the sixth…
A P375-million budget for 2007, P18 million or 5% higher than last year’s approved budget, was submitted on Monday by the Office of Mayor Benjamin Lim to the Sanggunian Panlungsod for approval. The biggest chunk of the proposed budget, agriculture (P4 million), environment and natural resources (P19 million), and infrastructure…
THE ANTI AND THE PRO — Industrialist Cesar Quiambao (top panel) manifests his conditional opposition to the proposed sanitary landfill to be built by the private firm Waste Integrated Network Systems (WINS) represented by its president Engr. Abelardo Palad Jr., who, in turn, ardently defends the project and pledges his…
NO, NOT AGAIN! — An exasperated DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez (right) shows local media the documents detailing expenses for the Dawel-Pantal-Diversion road to debunk a recent charge made by Mayor Bejamin Lim that the road project was grossly overpriced.
The local government of Dagupan has renewed efforts to clear the city’s sidewalks to make it more pedestrian-friendly and attract more tourists and investors. In a meeting at the city hall attended by representatives of the downtown store owners and sidewalk vendors’ groups last week, city officials asked sidewalk vendors…
DPWH ANSWERS LIM CALASIAO – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has declared anew that the still unfinished 4.157 kilometer Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road in Dagupan is above-board and can withstand public scrutiny. Showing facts and figures to the media in a news conference Thursday night, DPWH Regional Director Fidel…
The PUNCH team has a new player. Marifi Jara, formerly the associate editor of Business-World Online, the country’s premier business newspaper online, will be a part of the editorial team that has sustained PUNCH’s position as Pangasinan’s news leader over the decades. Ermin Garcia Jr., PUNCH editor-publisher, said he expects…
LEVEL OF COMPETITIVENESS ‘Smile to taxpayers’, Baraan urges workers Dagupan City Administrator Rafael Baraan assailed the analysis made by the prestigious Asian Institute of Management (AIM) that the high cost of doing business in Dagupan was due to corruption. AIM’s report, based on perception indicators it gathered from small and…
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