Opposition hounds sanitary landfill

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

Old friends Quiambao, Palad on opposite sides
BAYAMBANG — As expected, it was an emotionally-charged public hearing that saw the opposition to the proposed construction of a sanitary landfill in the town raising some blood pressures.
The strong opposition from both the private and public sectors to the proposed multi-million sanitary landfill in barangay Dusoc here [...]

Council pushes for CCU conversion into university

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

URDANETA CITY - The City College of Urdaneta (CCU), operated by the city government here, may soon become the newest university in the province of Pangasinan.
Mayor Amadeo PerezJr. said the city council has passed an ordinance converting CCU into a university, which may possibly make it as the sixth university in Pangasinan  after  University of [...]

City proposes P375 million 2007 budget

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

A P375-million budget for 2007, P18 million or 5% higher than last year's approved budget, was submitted on Monday by the Office of Mayor Benjamin Lim to the Sanggunian Panlungsod for approval.
The biggest chunk of the proposed budget, agriculture (P4 million), environment and natural resources (P19 million), and infrastructure maintenance and operations (P32 million).
Health, Nutrition [...]

THE ANTI AND THE PRO

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment

THE ANTI AND THE PRO — Industrialist Cesar Quiambao (top panel) manifests his conditional opposition to the proposed sanitary landfill to be built by the private firm Waste Integrated Network Systems (WINS) represented by its president Engr. Abelardo Palad Jr., who, in turn, ardently defends the project and pledges his firm’s readiness to build [...]

NO, NOT AGAIN!

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment

NO, NOT AGAIN! — An exasperated DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez (right) shows local media the documents detailing expenses for the Dawel-Pantal-Diversion road to debunk a recent charge made by Mayor Bejamin Lim that the road project was grossly overpriced.

TRAINING THE FISHERMEN

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment

TRAINING THE FISHERMEN - A team from the Ocean Adventure in Subic takes questions from fishermen in Pangasinan during a seminar on the proper handling of stranded cetaceans in the shores of Pangasinan arranged by the Bureau of Fisheries and Agricultural Resources in San Fabian. In the panel are (left to right) Wayne Phillips, vice [...]

Dagupan vendors warned: Clear sidewalks

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

The local government of Dagupan has renewed efforts to clear the city's sidewalks to make it more pedestrian-friendly and attract more tourists and investors.
In a meeting at the city hall attended by representatives of the downtown store owners and sidewalk vendors’ groups last week, city officials asked sidewalk vendors to vacate their spots and [...]

Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road above board

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

DPWH ANSWERS LIM

CALASIAO - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has declared anew that the still unfinished 4.157 kilometer Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road in Dagupan is above-board and can withstand public scrutiny.
Showing facts and figures to the media in a news conference Thursday night, DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez denied recent accusations by Mayor Benjamin [...]

Jara is new PUNCH associate ed

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

The PUNCH team has a new player.
Marifi Jara, formerly the associate editor of Business-World Online, the country's premier business newspaper online, will be a part of the editorial team that has sustained PUNCH's position as Pangasinan's news leader over the decades.

Ermin Garcia Jr., PUNCH editor-publisher, said he expects the entry of Marifi (short for [...]

STL replaces jueteng - Cruz

Posted on October 22, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment

DAGUPAN CITY - Goodbye and hello jueteng. Welcome small town lottery (STL)!
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, head of the Krusada ng Bayan Laban sa Jueteng, has recognized that jueteng operations in the country have   significantly been reduced, but only to give way to its legal version, the STL. 

“Jueteng is deliberately being stopped in order to introduce [...]

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