END OF CRISIS SEEN HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed that the measles control program of the government is proceeding very aggressively throughout the country and gaining ground. Speaking to newsmen after launching the Malasakit Center at Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC), the first in Pangasinan and the entire Region…
REGION 1 CAMPAIGN THE campaign for the enforcement of the Commission on Elections’ ban firearms and other deadly weapons in Region 1 that started in January 13, already resulted in the arrest of 118 persons. According P/Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, Police Region 1 director, the number included 115 civilians and three…
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan Police is looking into several possible motives, particularly land dispute, behind the slaying of a militant farmers’ group, who was gunned down while on a tricycle with a lone companion, at 11:00 p.m. on February 18 in Barangay Sangcagulis, Bayambang. P/Sr. Superintendent. Wilson Lopez, police provincial director, said…
ILLEGAL STRUCTURE — Workers of a resort in Barangay Patar in Bolinao town demolish a gazebo that was illegally built on top of a rock formation following a warning received from DENR last year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) is prepared to file charges against erring establishments found discharging their waste water down rivers and creeks and unto the sea. This was revealed by Raymundo Gayo, provincial environment and natural officer in Pangasinan, who said that it is already doing in Alaminos City,…
OPLAN BAKLAS — Provincial Comelec Supervisor Alipio Castillo III strategizes the implementation of Inter-agency task force’s Oplan Baklas with District Engr. Edita Manuel, PNP Pangasinan chief P/Sr. Superintendent Wilson Lopez and PENRO head Raymundo Gayo, for the removal of illegal campaign posters in the province. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
ALL illegal-sized posters, tarpaulins and other campaign materials of candidates for the May 13 polls illegally posted outside designated common poster areas will be removed, dismantled and seized by the inter-agency task force led by the Commission on Elections (Pangasinan office) when it launches Oplan Baklas on Feb. 26. Task force…
FRUSTRATED by the seeming endless proliferation of illegally placed and over-sized campaign materials in almost every nook and cranny of Pangasinan, Provincial Elections Officer Alipio Alonzo Castillo III considers the removal of illegal campaign materials as distraction to the work of his office. On the launching of Oplan Baklas, Castillo…
(Prepared by the Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano) 1. How many days of maternity leave are allowed under the law? Working mothers can file 105 days of Maternity Leave with full pay. They can also file an additional 30 Days of optional leave without pay. Mothers who suffered miscarriage can…
ARMY’S HARDIN NG LUNAS – Two soldiers water the vegetable plot inside Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag town after establishing the Hardin ng Lunas in partnership with Tarlac Heritage Foundation. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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