BARANGAY CAPTAIN, PAL ASSASSINATED NBI, CIDG join cops in probe Malasiqui – Tension rose here following the gun slaying of a barangay captain and his companion along an isolated portion of the national highway in barangay Don Pedro before noon last Wednesday. A day after the killing of  Bakitiw  Barangay…

At long last, the construction of the first bridge span across Pantal River in Dagupan City will start by the middle of March this year.     According to Department of Public Works and Highways Director Fidel Ginez, the Toyo Construction of Japan will build the 780 lineal meter long bridge (including…

TRICYCLE passengers in Dagupan City will be paying a minimum P7 fare, up from P5 soon as the city council passes the ordinance providing for the adjusted fare for the three-wheeled commuter vehicle.     The proposed increase was discussed during a public hearing Tuesday presided over by Councilor Vlad Mata.  …

MALASIQUI—Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino has thrown his full support behind the decision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to proclaim a state of national emergency because of the current explosive situation in Metro Manila.    Interviewed by phone, Lambino said the President was justified in issuing Executive Order No. 1017 because of…

EXCEPT for a few more formalities, Councilor Eric Muñoz may have already lost his seat as president of the Liga ng mga Barangay.    Barangay Captain Guilermo Vallejos of Poblacion Oeste, the man rumored to replace Munoz, confirmed that 25 of the 31 barangay captains of the city already signed…

A government doctor in Dagupan City assigned to monitor incidence of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Pangasinan has expressed alarm over the 2,120 STD cases afflicting commercial sex workers (CSWs) in various night spots in Pangasinan. Dr. Jocelyn Tongson, chief of Social Hygiene Clinic based in Dagupan City who is…

Dagupan City – A still incredulous Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Arturo Lomibao has warned all police chiefs in the country against lightning raids in their respective jurisdictions, similar to the conduct of the recent raid of the Pasig shabu den that could lead to their suspension or…

The Countryside Development Assistance Fund of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. was tapped to cover the Philhealth cards distributed to indigent families. The speaker personally distributed the cards issued by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, to indigent families last Feb. 11 and 12 to in Manaoag, San Jacinto and…

Urbiztondo – A newly retired teacher is in hot water after one of her pupils from the Dalanguiring Elementary School here complained to the police that he was beaten 29 times and was made to chew a piece of chalk sometime in January this year. Mrs. Emily Soriano, who just…

It appears that the Guinness World Records knows something that the City of Dagupan doesn’t. While the city government was under the impression earlier that it was its 2005 Kalutan ed Dagupan feat that finally clinched the longest barbecue grill world record, the Guinness website is saying   something differently. The…