LONGEST BARBECUE
Posted on May 8, 2006 - Filed Under News, People & Events, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment
LONGEST BARBECUE—Gov. Victor Agbayani (R) and Provincial Board Member [...]
Editorial
Posted on May 8, 2006 - Filed Under Editorial, News | Leave a Comment
How much this time?
The Holy Week is over and the province is witnessing the resurrection of another kind, the evil kind.
Jueteng is back in Pangasinan, particularly in the third and sixth districts. And curiously, Chief PNP Arturo Lomibao, he who declared that jueteng and other forms of illegal gambling will never resurrect under his [...]
Coliform not dangerous to ‘bangus’ or humans
Posted on May 8, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
CITY AGRICULTURE OFFICE CLAIMS
COLIFORM bacteria would not kill the bangus, neither would it kill a person.
This was how City Agriculturist Emma Molina described the hazard posed by the bacteria in reaction to PUNCH’s report confirming the existence of coliform bacteria in the city’s rivers above the acceptable levels.
The PUNCH report quoted the analysis made [...]
‘Jueteng’ is back!
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LINGAYEN - The illegal numbers game called jueteng again reared its ugly head in Pangasinan, defying one of its favorite sons, Police Director General Arturo Lomibao.
Gov. Victor Agbayani admitted during an interview in Alcala town that some towns may now be backsliding and have allowed the illegal numbers to resurrect in their own areas.
He said [...]
Punchline
Posted on May 8, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment
Coliform bacteria breakfast for city hall?
By Ermin Garcia Jr.
Finally, the office of Mayor Benjie Lim issued a leveled statement minus the hysterics of his sycophants, to state and clarify its position in connection with the February 13 findings of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic [...]
More bridges to be completed soon
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THREE multi-million peso bridges in Pangasinan will be inaugurated in July and another bridge in December, according to Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
De Venecia announced this Thursday after conferring with Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane in Manila.
Aside from this, the new Pantal Bridge funded by a P900 million loan from the Japanese Bank for Economic [...]
Alcala confident of breaking 2 world records
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ALCALA - Move over, Dagupan City.
Alcala will likely be the next world’s record-holder for the longest barbecue…and the longest grill.
And not even an hour long rain last Saturday prevented the Alcalanians from going for the records.
A jubilant Mayor Manuel Collado believed that they were able to register not only the world’s longest barbecue, measuring [...]
CERTIFIED OK
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CERTIFIED OK —Lyceum Northwestern President Gonzalo Duque points to newsmen [...]
LNU Nursing Program among top performers
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CHED CERTIFIES
FINALLY, the real story is out.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has confirmed the nursing Program of the Lyceum-Northwestern University in Dagupan City is not among those being monitored and reassessed for possible closure by the commission’s technical Committee on Nursing Education.
In a letter to L-NU President Dr. Gonzalo Duque, CHED Chair Carlito Puno [...]
No moratorium extension for Binmaley fish pens
Posted on May 8, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment
BINMALEY - Enough is enough.
This was the answer of Mayor Simplicio Rosario to the call by owners of fish pens and cages that he extend the moratorium he had given to them for them to voluntarily demolish their contraptions.
Rosario expressed confidence however that coastal residents engaged in the operation of fishpens and fish cages will [...]
