Unwanted Badjaos told to go home

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THEY   fled from Basilan because of violence there. They migrated to this city to try their luck but the city government wants them back where they came from. But they have made a promise not to go back to their nativeland, no matter what. This is the fate that bounds some 17 families of Badjaos [...]

181 new houses for affected beneficiaries

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SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan—National Power Corporation president Federico Puno turned over newly built 181 houses to as many number of beneficiaries affected by the construction of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam Project. Also turned over by Puno, assisted by Presidential Adviser on Flagship Project Roberto Aventajado, were lots only for six beneficiaries in the project site [...]

3 towns heed call to plant mangroves

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LINGAYEN—Three coastal municipalities responded to the challenge of the Lingayen Gulf Coastal Area Management Commission to support a program for the regeneration of mangroves in their respective localities. Elmer Tamayo, chief of the Resource Rehabilitation and Management Unit of LGCAMC, said Bani, Alaminos and San Fabian agreed to support the magrove regeneration program. Under the [...]

Lakas group in bid to regroup

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THE  LAKAS-NUCD-UMDP will have a major party meeting on Sept. 15 in its bid to strengthen the party as some of its senators and other officials recently shifted party affiliation to the Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP). Former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., in his capacity as president of LAKAS, told newsmen that he [...]

118 persons gypped by illegal recruiter

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TAYUG—The dream of 118 persons, men and women, to land jobs in either Greece or Holland, suddenly collapsed like a house of cards when the man who recruited them turned out to be a mere "fake". The aggrieved people nearly rioted Tuesday in front of the police station here where the illegal recruiter, Simon Bernabe, [...]

4 dumptrucks due to arrive

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FOUR  additional dumptrucks are due to arrive in Dagupan to beef up the present fleet of dumptrucks in the city’s Waste Management Division. Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. revealed the dumptrucks, all reconditioned, are imported by the city government from Japan. The Sangguniang Panlungsod, through an enabling resolution, authorized the mayor to enter into a contract [...]

State mapping bill passed

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A PROPOSED law to modernize a vital agency that provides valuable geographical information to the government, as well as private groups, was passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives Wednesday night, reported Speaker Manny B. Villar. The modernization of the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Villar said, will help [...]

Dr. Joaquin Ferrer, the indestructible

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BINMALEY—This old man’s incredible will to survive continues to puzzle his children. He suffered a stroke 14 times to high blood pressure but still lives on. The hospital is like his second home as he has been "in and out" everytime he suffers stroke and most of the time, he is at the intensive care [...]

27 pushers, users yield

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STA. BARBARA—Lending a big boost to the anti-drug campaign, 27 drug pushers and users in the watch list of the local police surrendered Friday and vowed never again to touch illegal drugs. They took their oath of allegiance before PNP Provincial Director Joel Goltiao in a ceremony at the Daniel Maramba High School auditorium, attended [...]

Bengson lauds Nani for consistent stand

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BUGALLON — Former Second District Rep. Antonio E. Bengson III lauded Friday Assistant Minority Floor Leader Hernani A. Braganza (Lakas, 1st district) for his consistent stand as an oppositionist and for speaking up on issues to preserve basic rights and the gains of two reformist administrations of Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos. Bengson, [...]

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