LINGAYEN – Is there a dengue epidemic in the province? This is what a team from the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH) intends to verify when it arrived to probe the rising cases of dreaded dengue hemorrhagic fever which has already claimed 13 lives across the province,…

COA REPORT SHOWS THE province of Pangasinan is now the fifth leading province in the whole Philippines in net income performance, sixth in total income and first in amount of Internal Revenue Allotment received from the national government for 2005. Pangasinan’s outstanding financial performance was among the financial highlights of…

BINMALEY – His predecessor built more than 100 “modern and world-class” police stations to improve the efficiency of the policemen. The new chief wants to build homes for 74,000 homeless cops nationwide. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Calderon said he will seek to accomplish the housing project before…

AMONG 8 ILOCOS REGION CITIES LINGAYEN – Move over Dagupan City, Urdaneta City is now the cream of the crop. Based on the financial report released by the Commission on Audit for 2005, Urdaneta City is now the leading city not only in Pangasinan but in the Ilocos region in…

NATIVIDAD – A plan of the New People’s Army (NPA) to lay siege on the municipal hall and police station of Natividad was foiled Monday night by army soldiers and policemen. The plan was thwarted when the police led by Sr. Insp. Bernardo Aromin, chief of police, received an intelligence…

By Analiza Leyba THE city of Dagupan retained only five per cent or P18,901,000  net income from its total income of P357,404,000  because of its huge expenses of P338,503,000 last year.       This was disclosed by City Budget Officer Ildefonso Calimlim in reaction to the published report of the Commission…

Behind Urdaneta City’s phenomenal rise to stardom in governance is a tested and proven public official who believes that adoption of full transparency and accountability as a policy is the key to good governance.  When informed of the Commission on Audit’s findings in 2005, City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. was…

THE provincial health team of the Department of Health in the province has listed a total of 645 suspected dengue patients, four of whom have died as of August 12 this year. The number was culled from the number of patients admitted to government and private hospitals and some rural…

By Analiza Q. Leyba Baniqued: Poles, transformers subject of RPT A protracted legal battle between the Dagupan City government and the Dagupan Electric Corporation looms ahead after the city government filed a counterclaim in response to the civil case recently filed by the electric company. The issue at hand is…

The northern part of the country is targeted to be developed into the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle “Super Region” to become the food basket not only in the Philippines but also North Asia. This was disclosed by Secretary and Presidential Management Staff director general Arthur Yap  when he presided over…