DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management Regional Director Atty. Janet Abuel, a bar topnotcher from Dagupan City, will be the guest of honor and speaker during the 108th commemoration of the Philippine Independence Day at the city plaza here on Monday at 7:30 a.m. A floral offering rite at the foot…

LINGAYEN – The prime suspect in the May 16 murder of Jose Doton, the secretary-general of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) in Pangasinan was released by the police on the order of the prosecutor at the regional trial court in Tayug. The order was issued by Prosecutor Noel Bince last…

WAS the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board wrong in interpreting a resolution of the Sanggunian Panlungsod when it stopped renewing and issuing new franchises to downtown loop service jeepney operators here? This question may not be significant for bureaucrats but the ensuing confusion arising from the resolution caused resident…

ALCALA – It was a battle scene that could have happened only in the movies, but it happened nonetheless. This was how Chief Inspector Lenbell Fabia, the town police chief, described the firefight that ensued between the 71stInfantry Battalion of the Philippine Army joined by the police and a group…

Archbishop dares gambling lords   JUETENG lords are up to their old tricks indicating that it’s now “business as usual” in Pangasinan. They are again offering and paying monthly to payolas to both protectors in government and the police, and yes, the media. This was validated by the recent attempt…

FOR CUTTING TREES TAYUG – No trees can be cut without explicit permission from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, not even when the requesting party is a police officer and the trees are inside a police unit’s headquarters. The community environment and natural resources officer of the DENR…

THE Dagupan City council blinked and appears conciliatory to the proposal seeking to regulate, monitor and control activities of fraternities in the city. From what appeared earlier to be a firm and non-negotiable position, Vice Mayor and Sangguniang Panlungsod Presiding Officer Alvin Fernandez has called on the public to give…

STA. BARBARA – Be warned. The crime syndicates have become more brazen in the commission of their crimes. About 10 unidentified fully-armed men who posed as lawmen wearing  “SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics)” uniforms swooped down on the CSI warehouse in barangay Matic-matic here  at 8:00 p.m. of May 30…

EXPECT tricycle fares in Dagupan City to go up soon. Based on ordinance approved by the Sangguniang Panlunsod, the new fare structure will be P7 minimum and P2 for every kilometer in excess of four kilometers. The revised tricycle fare proposed by Councilor Vladimir Mata, chair of the committee on…

ON ASPHALT-OVERLAY PROJECTS Lim-JdV feud heats up THE Department of Public Works and Highways district office belied charges of the Dagupan City government that it did not coordinate with the latter before implementing P29 million worth of asphalt overlay projects in the city. Second Highway District Engineer Rodolfo Dion showed…