Perez cites transparent judicious spending
Posted on August 27, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
Behind Urdaneta City's phenomenal rise to stardom in governance is a tested and proven public official who believes that adoption of full transparency and accountability as a policy is the key to good governance.
When informed of the Commission on Audit's findings in 2005, City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. was both surprised and not too surprised. [...]
Cendaña writes '30'
Posted on August 27, 2006 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
FORMER Information Minister Gregorio Cendaña passed away Friday after he suffered a heart attack in their home in Manila. He was 67.
Cendaña, then the Information Minister of President Ferdinand Marcos and an elected assemblyman of Pangasinan, was a native of San Nicolas town.
His family has yet to announce when the remains of the former [...]
Dengue cases rise some more
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THE provincial health team of the Department of Health in the province has listed a total of 645 suspected dengue patients, four of whom have died as of August 12 this year.
The number was culled from the number of patients admitted to government and private hospitals and some rural health units in the province since [...]
BM seeks guidelines for vans for hire
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LINGAYEN - Public safety is at risk.
This is the gist of the resolution filed by Sangguniang Panlalawigan Majority Floorleader John Agerico Rosario urging transportation government agencies to establish accreditation guidelines for private vans for hire in Pangasinan.
Rosario noted an increasing number of private vans that double as public utility vehicles even without the [...]
Lim, Japanese officials award houses, Aug. 30
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Dagupan City - Mayor Benjamin Lim and officials from Iwata City, Japan will award 32 more housing units to the family beneficiaries of the Gawad Kalinga-Bangusville housing project on August 30.
Lim and the Japanese officials will turn over the symbolic keys to the indigent beneficiaries at the Gawad Kalinga site in Bonuan Gueset.
According to [...]
Bayambang SB okays higher tricycle fare
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BAYAMBANG - The minimum motorized tricycle fare in Bayambang will soon be P9.
The Sangguniang Bayan approved the increased fare on second reading Tuesday at its first out-of-town regular session.
In its session held at the Leisure Coast Resort in Dagupan, the SB approved an additional P2 minimum fare for 4 kilometers plus another P2 [...]
Rice husk-fired power plant viable?
Posted on August 27, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Jeremias Andrade Carrera
27 August 2006
HARVEST TIME BY DR. SOSIMO MA. PABLICO:
I humbly request Dr. Pablico to get a copy of the ten(10) feasibility studies conducted by the PhilRice Researchers to read and analyze, and understand if indeed those studies are based on validated and established scientific data and then share it with us through [...]
27 'flesh' trade workers nabbed in Dagupan
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Amid reports of rising prostitution in Dagupan City, “Oplan Kalapati” was relaunched.
The raids in three separate areas in the city resulted in the arrest of some 27 sex commercial workers and pimps.
The two-day raids were conducted by a composite team from the Women and Children Complaints Desk (WCCD) of the Dagupan Police, Public [...]
Capitol recycling program pressed
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LINGAYEN - The seat of the provincial government must be zero-waste and environmentally sound.
This was the directive of Gov. Victor Agbayani to Provincial Administrator Atty. Virgilio Solis, who immediately met with all department heads and chief of offices to map out new strategies for the effective implementation of garbage segregation in the capitol area [...]
'Hataw' hiding as legal video game
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MALASIQUI - Newly installed Police Chief P/Supt Harri Fama issued an ultimatum to operators of video games here to secure their business permits or else risk their establishments being padlocked in subsequent inspection.
The warning was prompted by reports that 'hataw' machines are being disguised as legitimate video games by operators.
According to Fama, video games were [...]
