Lomibao: From General to Governor?
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MANGALDAN - Will Citizen Arturo Lomibao run for governor in 2007 elections?
This rumored scenario suddenly became a distinct possibility after the former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General discussed his future with members of local media.
What he quickly denied was the rumor that he is being groomed to be the next chief [...]
It's August and still no SOCA from Lim
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Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim may face administrative sanctions from the Department of Interior and Local Government for failing to perform his mandated duties as city mayor as provided in the Local Government Code.
Mayor Lim has failed to submit his legislative agenda at the beginning of each year, the opening of the Sanggunian session [...]
Green highways up in Ilocos
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URDANETA CITY - The first phase of “Oplan Green Philippine Highways" of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been launched.
For region 1, the program launched last Thursday will seek to green the sides of about 411 kilometers of paved roads passing through the four provinces in the region.
DENR Secretary Angelo Reyes, Urdaneta [...]
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'
Posted on July 30, 2006 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment
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 [...]
