Posted on March 12, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Eduardo Pontaoe
Chicago, IL
ed.pontaoe@eurorscg.com
12 Mar 2006
To: Councilor Joey Tamayo
City of Dagupan
Bear with me, I am not done yet. Thinking about this wild-and - high-flying Tamayo proposal there are things that came to mind.
Like I said; the chronic absenteeism of the members of the City Council is well known. How can you deliberate on the mechanics of [...]
Coal barge given 10-day ultimatum
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COAL SPILL'S ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD
Agno coral reefs, livelihood destroyed
LINGAYEN - The provincial government gave the owner of a barge loaded with 4,500 metric tons of coal that ran aground in Agno on Dec. 18 last year, a 10-day ultimatum ending March 20 to remove its vessel that is continuously spilling coal into the water there up [...]
Prov'l board skeds probe
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LINGAYEN - Fearing a possible negative impact from a recent coal spill, the provincial board of Pangasinan will conduct a probe Wednesday (March 15) into the reported coal spill along the wide coast in Agno town facing the South China Sea about two months ago.
Lawyer Verna Nava-Perez, the board secretary, said the probe was requested [...]
Basista principal relieved
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BASISTA - Some education officials still don't get it.
A school principal here was sacked for implementing a very questionable “no payment, no examination" policy among his students in spite of previous directives in the past prohibiting such a policy.
Relieved effective last Monday was Herminigildo Sabangan, principal of the Dumpay Barangay High School, who [...]
Dagupan City picked for USAID project
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DAGUPEÑOS may soon see relief from the constant flooding of its streets and barangays.
The United States Agency for International Development has chosen Dagupan as one among the five Asian cities as pilot area for the implementation of the Program for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia (PROMISE).
The other pilot cities are [...]
Crackdown for clean water starts
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The Dagupan City Health Office (CHO) is poised to close more of the 37 water refilling stations in this city that refuse to comply with the requirements set by the Health department to operate as it issued three initial notices of closure last week.
Dr. Leonard Carbonell, city health officer said his office had advised the [...]
Killers score anew vs Task Force Hagibis
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LINGAYEN - "Catch us if you can" is the message of assassins and highway robbers to Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima's Task Force ‘Hagibis’ which is still busy training its members.
To make sure the motorcycle-riding guns-for-hire delivered their message, they struck anew last Thursday in barangay Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City.
This time, the [...]
Agbayani acts vs docs as pharmacy agents
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LINGAYEN - To protect the public from counterfeit or fake medicines, Gov. Victor Agbayani has issued a strict order, directing all doctors in provincial government-run hospitals to begin issuing prescriptions to their patients for medicines that can be sourced out from their hospital pharmacies.
Provincial Administrator Virgilio Solis said the governor made the order in the [...]
Pangasinan to borrow fresh P300 M
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With just more than a year more before finally ending his term, Gov. Victor Agbayani was given the nod by the provincial board to borrow a fresh P300 million from the Land Bank of the Philippines.
Vice Gov.Oscar Lambino said this will be in addition to the P350 million earlier borrowed by the province which will [...]
Province gears up for 'Pistay Dayat'
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Lingayen - Preparations for the week-long celebration here of Pista’y Dayat are now in full blast.
With the theme “Say Dayat Bilay” (The Sea as Source of Life), Gov. Victor E. Agbayani stressed that the urgency of protecting and conserving the coastal environment and resources, particularly the Lingayen Gulf is paramount.
Provincial Administrator Virgilio Solis, Jr., executive [...]
