21 Dagupan barangay captains in GMA SONA
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SAN FABIAN - If you're wondering who were in the gallery of the Batasan Pambansa who joined in the hearty applause for President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address, among them were town and barangay officials of the fourth district, courtesy of Speaker Jose de Venecia.
In the group were barangay chairmen of Mangaldan, Manaoag, [...]
But Archbishop thumbs it down
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DAGUPAN CITY - It was a good PR speech, period.
This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a staunch critic of the administration, described President Gloria Arroyo’s address before a joint session of Congress last Monday, State of the Nation.
“She had too many exhibits,” Cruz said, referring to a number of people she acknowledged [...]
Zero backlogs of cases
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The old adage "Justice delayed is justice denied" is one that is not lost in a trial court in Urdaneta City.
While majority of trial courts in the country are saddled with hundreds of many pending cases for decision, the court of Judge Joven Costales, presiding judge of Regional Trial Court, Branch 45, Urdaneta [...]
Motorcycle thieves will soon fall - police
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MANGALDAN - The police expressed confidence that the gang responsible for the series of theft of motorcycles and motorized tricycles will fall shortly.
Supt. Segundino Adaliga, chief of police here, predicted that the group headed by a certain Alvin Fernandez (not the vice mayor of Dagupan City) will be broken and all its members arrested.
Adaliga said [...]
3 in assessor's office face extortion charge
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BAYAMBANG - Three employees of the Municipal Assessors Office are now in hot water following the allegations of a lot owner that he was asked to pay “extra” to facilitate the titling of his property
The complainant, whose name is still being withheld, said when he went to the Assessor's Office to have his property titled, [...]
Minimal price increase noted after 'Glenda'
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Typhoon ‘Glenda’ has not caused prices of commodities in the province to rise drastically as feared.
According to the Department of the Trade and Industry office here, prices of meat, chicken and fish remained stable in the market.
Chicken is still being sold at P110 per kilo, pork liempo, P150, pork meat with bones, P140; beef [...]
Fisherfolk's program is underway
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Dagupan will not just be known as the bangus capital of the world, but the Seafood Basket of the North as well.
This is the aim of the newly-organized Fisherfolk Entrepreneur Program of the city government which will initially provide livelihood opportunities and additional income for the marginalized fisherfolk.
In a meeting with the 35 [...]
30th year of Dagupan-Iwata sisterhood pact celebrated
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Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim and five city high school students left for Japan last Wednesday July 27 for the four-day celebration of the 30th anniversary of the sisterhood ties between the cities of Dagupan and Iwata.
The Iwata City government prepared a program of activities for the celebration from July 27 to 30. [...]
Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra members named
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THE newly selected members of the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra are now set to start their training.
This was disclosed by Jigs Seen and Prof. Adolfo Mendoza, co-founders of the orchestra, with Oscar Fernandez and Ed Domingo as coordinators.
The members are Beverly Joy Mislang, Mary Fatime Llege, Carla Gace Alegria, Marinel Tomeldan, Desiree Solis, Almeda Sarmiento, Evelyn [...]
Calasiao to honor children's choir, chief cop
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CALASIAO - This town certainly has reasons to celebrate.
The 25-member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Children's Choir recently placed second in the World Choir Games held in Xiamen, China and its police chief was cited as one of the country's outstanding policemen in service.
Ernesto Brosas, the town administrator, said the municipal [...]
