THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) Pangasinan Provincial Office deactivated more than 30 thousand regular voters in the province, based on their latest election registration board hearing. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said the deactivated individuals were those who have died, relocated, or were unable to vote twice. Those who…
FISH FEEDS FOR ILLEGAL FISH PENS – Cargo handlers, assisted by hired boatmen, unload their deliveries along the De Venecia Highway ordered by illegal fish pen owners for their continued operations despite the Dagupan City government’s directive to dismantle and stop all fish pen operations in the island barangays. Island…
AFTER a four year trial, former Pozorrubio Mayor Artemio Que Chan was convicted in a decision of the Sandiganbayan on August 26, 2022 and was sentenced from two to eight years of imprisonment for allowing his son and vice mayor to solemnize the civil marriage of a couple on March…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to coordinate the implementation of future clearing or cutting of trees along national and local roads in Pangasinan for the purpose of roads widening, with the provincial government. Authored by…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) commended and congratulated Gov. Ramon Guico III on his designation as investment and promotions officer of Northern Luzon by the League of Governors of the Philippines (LCP). Resolution No. 25-2022 authored by Third District Provincial Board Member Vici Ventanilla, manifested the provincial board’s appreciation of the…
DUTIFUL FATHER – Two young learners wait for their younger brother who is being lifted up by their father as they cross the paddle of floodwater, before they walk further to their school. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CLASSES SUSPENDED IN 48 TOWNS/CITIES A day after thousands of learners and students excitedly entered their classrooms on August 22 after almost two years of off-school and virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their enthusiasms were dampened by Typhoon ”’Florita” that caused the suspension of classes for the rest…
THE Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1 assured communities in the region of its readiness to manage a possible detection of monkeypox cases in the region. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, CHD Medical Officer IV, who made the assurance during a media interview, said beds and facilities dedicated for…
ALTHOUGH the big rains have stopped with the exit of Typhoon Florita from the Philippines, floodwaters continue to inundate nine towns, including Dagupan City, because of cascading water from the upland. This was contained in Flood Bulletin No. 1 of the Agno River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning Center on…
STILL THE HABAGAT SEASON RESIDENTS in Calasiao continue to watch out for flooding in their communities because of the habagat (southwest monsoon rains) and rivers have been rising and in the aftermath of the Tropical Storm Florita last week. Kristine Joy Soriano, spokesperson for the Calasiao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction…
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