'Poison letter' targets city budget brass
Posted on September 10, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
THE massive purge of emergency workers and technical consultants in the city government spawned the circulation of a 'poison letter' accusing a ranking official of the budget office of being behind the move.
However, Luz de Guzman, assistant budget officer, laughed off accusations that she was to blame for the termination of 150 of the 285 [...]
CHO intensifies campaign vs. dengue
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The City Health Office (CHO) has intensified its implementation of public health measures against Dengue H-Fever amid reports of rising cases in the city.
The CHO is conducting larvicidal control through application of larvicide (abate powder) in drainage/canals with stagnant water to kill larvaes (kiti-kiti) before they can be full-grown mosquitoes. This method complements the [...]
Principal contests dismissal before CA
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CONTRARY to published reports that the Manaoag National High School principal has been dismissed, Mrs. Agnes Raguinan was not dismissed and remains the school's principal to date.
Her stay was affected by her petition on Aug. 25, 2006 for the review on the decision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) regional office which was affirmed [...]
September 11, Bulosan Day in Binalonan
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BINALONAN - September 11 has been declared as Carlos S. Bulosan Day here, and will be a working holiday commemorating the death anniversary of the town's great son, writer and poet Carlos Bulosan.
The celebration will start in the morning with a fun run followed by a wreath-laying at the eight-foot marker, stretched like a pyramid, [...]
A tale of 2 Oscars on 'jueteng'
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DAGUPAN CITY - One Oscar, a man in uniform, promised to stop jueteng in Luzon by the end of this month. But another Oscar, a man of cloth, doubts it could be done without the blessings of the “big boss”.
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz cheered the recent pronouncement of Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Calderon [...]
Dagupan dad nearly roughed up by PNR guards
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A city councilor nearly got shot at when he tried to intervene and pacify security men of the Philippine National Railways who figured in an argument with some residents at the PNR site.
Councilor Danilo Torio, who lives near the PNR site, was called to intercede for the residents whose houses were being barricaded owing to [...]
GROs with STD crowd Manaoag
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MANAOAG - Here's a fair warning to the singing machos frequenting the videoke bars in this town: All nine "guest relations officers" apprehended by the police last Wednesday night turned out to be positive of sexually transmitted diseases.
Mayor Napoleon Sales, alarmed by the findings, ordered Municipal Health Officer Dr. Raymund Veloria to temporarily desist [...]
DPWH discards casuals
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THE casual employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways affected by the streamlining of the agency’s personnel have been urged to apply for early retirement.
DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez assured that all those who would opt for early retirement, especially those nearing retirement age, would be properly compensated.
He said the streamlining policy is [...]
Car owner smells graft versus towing firm
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A car owner whose vehicle's tire was clamped by the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) on Sept. 4 at 11:00 a.m. for parking briefly on Zamora street wondered if the fine and impoundment fee he paid for his supposed violation ever went to the city coffer.
Edwin Coquia, owner of gray Toyota Innova, whose vehicle [...]
Romero's bikefest on Sept. 16
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THE national highway linking three municipalities in the fourth district will be traversed anew by the province's more than 100 professional and amateur accredited cyclists for the Mangaldan Mayor's Cup bikefest on September 16.
According to Mangaldan Mayor Herminio Romero, the sponsor of the bikefest, the road battle will be run in two categories, the elite [...]
