Police chief to stop early "peryahan"

Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment

SAN JACINTO - The police are set to stop the operation of the "peryahan" in the poblacion in response to numerous complaints coming from parents that its operation has contributed to the worsening truancy among school children.
Chief Inspector Ferdinand de Asis, chief of police here, said the operation of a "peryahan" whose activities include gambling, [...]

Hospital cashier in hot water

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LINGAYEN - A cashier of the Bayambang District Hospital is now in hot water after a special audit found her cash count short by P482,000.
Hospital cashier Josefina de Guzman was given by the Commission on Audit up to October 10 to restitute the amount till October 10 and it appears that she has failed to [...]

Capitol complex, soon to be heritage site

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LINGAYEN - Pangasinan Provincial Capitol complex and its environs will soon be declared a heritage site and protected area.
This is what a proposed ordinance filed by Second district Board Member Nestor Reyes seeks to accomplish., The area was once the staging ground of  the World War II Liberation Forces, led by the late Gen. [...]

Braganza to Mexico for world's ecosystem summit

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ALAMINOS CITY - Local initiatives aimed at protecting the city's marine ecosystems will get another boost when Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza arrives from Mexico where he is attending the 3rd International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS).
Braganza is only one of two Philippine city mayors invited by the Australian-based Coral Reef Targeted and [...]

Giant Multi-Purpose Center rising at CSI-The City Mall

Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Business, Inside News, News | Leave a Comment

ANOTHER DAGUPAN LANDMARK
Soon, Pangasinenses will be flocking to a huge multi-purpose center, bigger than the Dagupan Astrodome, to witness major trade exhibits, sports events, musical concerts and political rallies in Dagupan City.  
The center  with 7,000-seating capacity, is being built by CSI Group of Companies at a sprawling one-hectare lot in barangay Lucao, Dagupan City [...]

City employees undergo 'simplification' seminar

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A half-day seminar on work simplification and human resource strategy for quality and productivity improvement was conducted recently as part of the city government’s 5 S (sweep, sort, sanitize, systematize, self-discipline) program.
A team of lecturers from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) composed of NEDA Region supervising officer Gideon Nuesca and administrative officer V [...]

Four US-based lasses vie for Miss Urdaneta

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URDANETA - Hundreds of overseas residents are expected to come home in December for the city fiesta to support their respective favorite candidates who were earlier invited to join the city's pageant.
This was disclosed by Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. who traveled to the United States to  personally invite the overseas beauteous Urdaneta residents.
 Four lasses from [...]

Editorial

Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment

There is no corruption in Dagupan

NO, that is not our contention. That's the claim of the Dagupan City's administrator. Hearing him say it with a straight face makes us believe that the city officials have already coined a slogan, a new adage in the city's governance - “If you are able to fool the people [...]

Punchline

Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment

The new game in town

By Ermin Garcia Jr.

People have already grown tired and weary of the game "I have two disks" invented by Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, and made popular by ex-Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. There's a new game in town, [...]

Here and There

Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment

JDV's leadership Outreach

By Gerry Garcia

WE'VE always been with former fellow-media man, now House Speaker Joe de Venecia, in his advocacy of constitution amendment achieved via Constituent Assembly of Congress [...]

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