THE acting police chief of Sto. Tomas Town was relieved following the action taken by the municipal council declaring him persona non grata and requested for his transfer. Mayor Timoteo Villar III told the KBP Forum that P/Captain Freddie Lorenzo has been relieved from his post effective Sept. 20 upon…
TRANSPORT groups in Pangasinan, including Dagupan City, will join the nationwide strike on Monday. Last Thursday, September 26, the Alliance of United Transport Organizations Province-wide (AUTOPRO) – Pangasinan Thursday morning, pledged to join the massive strike to protest the phaseout of jeepneys. AUTOPRO-Pangasinan president Bernard Tuliao, in an interview, however,…
BINMALEY–Some 100 property owners in Binmaley are set to go to court to protest the impending demolition of their houses and other structures to give way to the ongoing road clearing by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the local government. Butch Merrera, a retired government official, said…
MINIMIZING FLOODING IN THE CITY— Dagupan City’s engineering personnel continue their drainage-clearing operations along the commercial district in anticipation of more extended rains in the weeks ahead. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TO ENSURE BAN OF ENTRY OF HOGS POZORRUBIO–Aside from manning a quarantine checkpoint at the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) exit in Barangay Bobonan here, the local police began monitoring operations of the town’s slaughterhouse and an existing hog farm in Barangay Bantugan last week. The two tasks are in compliance…
AFTER more than ten years of keeping the province polio-free, the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office will launch an enhanced disease surveillance and vaccination for children in the face of a declared polio outbreak in the country. Dra. Anna De Guzman, PHO head, called on local governments and health workers to…
THE BIGGEST FOR THE SMALLEST — Pangasinan’s smallest town, Sto. Tomas, hoists the biggest flag measuring 2.43 m. by 3.65 m. on the 15m. high flagpole for the first time last week during the flag ceremony attended by the municipal employees and officials led by Mayor Timoteo Villar III, police officers, teachers and students last September 23…
STO. Tomas is the smallest town in land area and population in Pangasinan, but it stood tall again for raising the biggest flag in Pangasinan or possibly in Region 1. Mayor Timoteo Villar III said it was raised on the flagpole for the first time last Monday’s flag ceremony. He…
THE provincial government will donate P500, 000 cash assistance to the calamity-stricken victims in Ilocos Norte. The provincial board approved Provincial Resolution No. 150-2019, extending financial assistance during its regular session on September 23 after Ilocos Norte was declared under a state of calamity on August 24 owing to damage…
THE Dagupan City branch of the state-run Social Security System (SSS) is one of the pilot branches that will go on full digitalization to streamline its services and to better serve its members. Jocelyn Lim, officer-in charge assistant branch head of SSS-Dagupan, said investments in new digital technologies were considered…
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