WELCOMING A NEW LAWYER— Supreme Court Administrator Christopher Lock (left) discusses the chapter’s projects with Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Pangasinan chapter president Joven Maramba and former president Baltazar Servito after he welcomes Atty. Alipio Serafin Fernandez (right) as one of the 32 new members of the IBP in Pangasinan.
AFTER TERMINATING 150 EWs Councilor De Venecia questions mass lay-off THE worst is yet to come for the cash-strapped Dagupan City government. As gleaned from the city council’s committee hearing last week initiated by Councilor Alex de Venecia, the city government neither has the money for the additional compensation allowance…
SC ADMINISTRATOR ADMITS THE late Regional Trial Judge Oscar Uson of Branch 52 of Tayug was one of the seven magistrates of the law killed by assassins and whose gruesome murders have yet to be solved by law enforcement agencies. This was confirmed on Thursday by Supreme Court Administrator Christopher…
LINGAYEN–The alert level for dengue fever in the province has been raised but health officials are not set to declare an epidemic as yet. The move was taken following the marked high incidence of mosquito-borne dengue hemorrhagic fever which has so far afflicted 925 persons resulting in 13 deaths from…
The release of the P1,000 monthly additional compensation (adcom) for Dagupan City hall employees now delayed for five months will not likely happen any time soon. City budget officer Ildefonso Calimlim, in a talk before the city council, said this matter is really up to the mayor but he admitted…
Overcrowding in the eight detention jails in Pangasinan has been largely attributed to a backlog in the resolution and settlement of cases owing to the failure or inability of detainees to get lawyers to defend themselves. And, a survey conducted by the IBP chapter showed these overcrowded jails which include…
SAN MANUEL – The San Roque Power Corporation welcomes any suit to be filed by any group that still believes that the water from the dam is flooding central Pangasinan, particularly Urdaneta City, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao and Dagupan City during the rainy season. Tom Valdez, SRPC spokesman, said while they…
ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN –The battle against dengue goes into high gear as more groups organize their own information and educational campaign across the province. Dengue fever continues to claim more victims in Pangasinan while health authorities debate on whether to declare an epidemic or not. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
IDLE DREDGE MACHINE- The dredging machine bought by the city government is floating idly in the middle of the Dawel River near barangay Pantal after a number of its crew were reportedly terminated as a result of the purge of “emergency workers” by the Dagupan City Hall. — (Punchphoto by…
A NEW TACK TAKEN CITY Mayor Benjamin Lim has conceded that the financial report published by the Commission on Audit listing Dagupan City as a tail-ender in terms of savings among eight provinces in the Ilocos region for 2005 is true, but not in terms of performance. “Kulelat ang Dagupan…
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