A vindication and a lesson WE hail the decision of the Supreme Court upholding the decision of the Court of Appeals absolving former Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan and former Provincial Housing and Urban Development Officer Alvin Bigay of administrative liability as determined by the Ombudsman in 2014 over alleged illegal…
EDITORIAL
ALLEGED BLACK SAND MINING LINGAYEN—“We suffered a lot but now we are vindicated.” This was the sentiment expressed jointly by former provincial administrator Rafael Baraan and Alvin Bigay, of the Provincial Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Office (PHUDCO), upon learning that the Supreme Court had upheld an earlier Court of…
SC upholds CA decision exonerating Baraan, Bigay
SOME 800 candidates in Dagupan City, mostly for the barangay elections, participated in a mass and the signing of a covenant for “peaceful, safe and drug-free elections” on April 24 at the city plaza. P/Superintendent Jandale Sulit, officer-in-charge of the Dagupan City Police Station, said he was pleased with the big turnout…
800 bets sign peace covenant, join Unity Walk
STO. TOMAS—It will again be another quiet campaign period and election for this town. The reason is that all the candidates for the barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) elections on May 14 in this town are unopposed. Out of the 10 barangays, only two will have new chairmen as the…
Barangay, SK bets in Sto. Tomas unopposed
BANGUS FESTIVAL 2018 THE staging of Gilon-Gilon in this year’s Bangus Festival proved to be another colorful and engaging competition among clustered barangays of the city. Adjudged winner for the second time in a row was Cluster 1, composed of the eastern barangays of Dagupan City, besting four other barangay clusters on…
Eastern barangays are Gilon-Gilon champs anew
BINALONAN—Did Dengvaxia cause the death of a doctor from this town who received the vaccine against dengue two years ago? The family of Kendrick Gotoc, 38, believes so but the provincial health office is not convinced, saying the suspicion is “not conclusive”. Gotoc died on April 22 in a Quezon…
Dengvaxia may not have caused doctor’s death, say
COVENANT FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS – Candidates for barangay elections in Dagupan City take turns in affixing their signatures on the tarpaulin pledging to help ensure peaceful elections. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COVENANT FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS
MAY 4-12 CAMPAIGN PERIOD DON’T campaign yet, the provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pangasinan has warned. Election supervisor Marino Salas urged the 44,346 candidates who had filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections “to just relax, stay calm and…
Comelec warns against premature campaign activities
LIMGAS BEAUTIES SHINE – Rose Lyn Reyes (Miss Manaoag) and Marikit Manaois (Miss Sison), are this year’s Best in Festival Costume and Best in Talent respectively, in Limga na Pangasinan search. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
