8 month old baby raped
Posted on February 10, 2003 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
An eight- month old baby was allegedly raped by her own uncle in Bonuan Gueset this city night of January 30. Police Superintendent Noli Taliño, police chief told The PUNCH in a phone interview that the victim’s mother, Lea Delin, left her baby inside their house to buy food outside. The victim’s father, Noel Delin, [...]
Am no agitator, says VM Alvin
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DAGUPAN CITY-Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez has denied rumors tagging him as the one who is allegedly agitating vendors at the Malimgas Public Market l to stage a rally in protest against their impending transfer to the former MC Adore Hotel. Fernandez admitted that some vendors visited him last week but he advised them to seek [...]
San Quintin forest park lures tourists
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SAN QUINTIN– A new tourism site in northern Philippines is drawing crowds from all walks of life, offering the best in river and mountain retreat camping.
Called Mayor Romulo Antolin Camp and Forest Park, the tourism facility was opened during the five-day boy scouts jamborette from Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
Built on a 50-hectare site along the Dipalo [...]
CENRO survey on PAMMA campus over
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THE Community Environment and Natural Resources Office has already completed its survey of the entire campus of the Pangasinan Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) to find out if it encroaches upon portions of the Pantal river.
The survey was undertaken in the light of a series of banner stories in the PUNCH about the alleged encroachment by [...]
It's intrigue, decries prov'l administrator
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LINGAYEN — As the operation of jueteng in Pangasinan has resurged, reports are rife that the new gambling lord has bribed certain provincial officials, including the governor, in exchange for a smooth operation.
But the report on the red Expedition car published in this paper last week, as having been given allegedly by the new operator [...]
4-floor market eyed here
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VENDORS at the Malimgas Public Market Phase 1 may have put off their planned rally after meeting with Mayor Benjamin Lim last Wednesday where he showed them the blueprint for a four-storey public market, he planned to build.
Mayor Lim sat down with officers and members of the Malimgas Dagupan Vendors Federation headed by Eduardo Cervantes, [...]
Relocation of dumpsite squatters recommended
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AT least 22 families currently squatting on the dumpsite area in Bonuan Boquig have been recommended for immediate relocation.
Solid Waste Management Board co-chairman Prof. Nicanor Melecio said he made the recommendation in preparation for the opening of the pilot Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in March. The construction of the first MRF is ongoing in the [...]
TIMMAWA no show in PSU forum hit
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STA. MARIA-Various farmer leaders assailed the Tignay Dagiti Mannalon a Mangwayawaya ti Agno (TIMMAWA), a non-government organization that advocates an anti-irrigation position, for snubbing a public forum organized by the Pangasinan State University (PSU) to discuss the Agno River Integrated Irrigation Project Friday.
The farmer leaders were led by Marcelo Blando, chairman of the Pangasinan Agriculture [...]
Fishery code okay seen
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THE new fishery ordinance for Dagupan City has been approved on second reading by the Sangguniang Panlungsod but it may take two weeks before it can be enacted due to some amendments, Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez said.
The new fishery code is being pushed by Mayor Benjamin Lim to systematize aquaculture and improve production and quality [...]
Uson kin hit probers
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LINGAYEN — The relatives of the late Regional Trial Court Judge Oscar ‘Gary’ Uson of Branch 53 in Tayug are still crying for justice.
More than four months after the brutal slaying of the judge, investigators from Task Force Uson are still groping in the dark for the killers and their mastermind.
They suspect that [...]
