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Mental dishonesty THE long and tedious process of coming to a decision taken by the Fernandez administration to transfer the location of the Dagupan City Hall to a donated lot in Barangay Pantal is finally over. Hence, it cannot be said that the process was fast-tracked, short-circuited and rushed. Any…
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FINALLY, IT’S DONE A NEW building for Dagupan’s City Hall is expected to rise soon in the next 24 months in Barangay Pantal. This became evident after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed on Wednesday two resolutions, amidst heated and months-long tedious and emotional discussions, over the controversial transfer of…
SP OKs transfer of Dagupan City Hall
BEACH CLEAN-UP — Provincial government employees and officials join personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and civic volunteers in combing Lingayen Beach to clean and clear it of debris and trash in observance of the International Coastal Clean-Up last Friday, September 15. Why can’t have the observance every day? (Punchphoto by Cesar…
BEACH CLEAN-UP
SUBJECT TO PDEA VALIDATION IF the trend in the campaign against illegal drugs continues and sustained, the Pangasinan Police is confident that the whole province can be declared drug-free. According to P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, spokesman of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, 26 municipalities earlier declared as drug-free by their…
PNP: 26 towns declared drug-free
CALASIAO COMMUNITY-BASED REHAB PROGRAM FIFTY self-confessed drug users and pushers in Calasiao town have completed the community-based rehabilitation program and received certificates in simple ceremonies. P/Superintendent Charlie Umayam, Calasiao police chief, said the 50, the first batch of the 403 that surrendered, have also undergone the livelihood and skills development…
50 drug personalities finish rehab, livelihood training
LINGAYEN—It’s the start of the “ber” months, the time for merry-making but this time without use of firecrackers. The provincial board of Pangasinan in regular session on Sept. 11, approved the municipal ordinances passed by the Sangguniang Bayan of Dasol and Bayambang’s banning the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firecrackers,…
Dasol, Bayambang enact anti-firecrackers ordinances
THE City Agriculture Office reported that at least 114 illegal structures were demolished as of September 7, the two-week deadline given by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, as part of the ongoing river clean up. City Agriculturist Emma J. Molina said 72 were over-sized floating cages and 42 were fish pens that…
114 illegal fishing structures in Dagupan demolished
URDANETA CITY—The Small Town Lottery (STL) operation in Pangasinan hopes to finally eradicate the jueteng, the old yet popular illegal numbers’ game that survived numerous attempts by government and church to stop it. Lyn Ang, representative of Golden Go Rapid Gaming Corporation, the lone franchisee of STL in Pangasinan, told…
