Feelings
Posted on August 12, 2007 - Filed Under Feelings, Opinion | Leave a Comment
This used to be my playground!
By Emmanuelle
Of course, we remember! The playgrounds. Not at the malls! At the school, at the town plaza, at every imaginable place where there was nature, where there was space. Firmly packed earth or loose sand for bare feet to run or jump or dig toes into. Patches of grass, [...]
Mayor Al stops pay parking
Posted on August 12, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
SANS ORDINANCE, DOCUMENTS
AFTER stopping the construction of an P84 million tourism-commercial building at the former Magsaysay Park by MetroState Realty Corporation, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has thrown a monkey wrench at two other controversial contracts entered into by his predecessor.
Fernandez has ordered to stop the collection of parking fees at the third and fourth [...]
Cops to probe drug, jueteng money in PCL polls
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LINGAYEN– Where there is smoke there is fire.
Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez, in a news conference held Monday, admitted they have received reports that drug and jueteng money are now being used to buy votes in the forthcoming elections for president of the League of Councilors of the Philippines (LCP).
But he quickly [...]
Urdaneta eyes first class status
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URDANETA–The city of Urdaneta is optimistic about moving up from second class to first class status soon.
Buoyed by the city's encouraging economic prospects and citing the benefits that can be derived by its central location as a crossroad from east to west and from north to south in Pangasinan, Mayor Amadeo Perez said the [...]
MetroState contract not ratified
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THE contract entered into by former Mayor Benjamin Lim with MetroState Realty Corporation is not binding as it was not ratified by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP).
This was the retort of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. to reports that the city's move to stop the construction was contrary to law.
Nonetheless, Fernandez said the fate of the P84-million [...]
Napocor owes Pangasinan P180M in taxes
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LINGAYEN–Pay up, please.
This appeared to be the tone of the resolution passed by the provincial board authorizing Governor Amado Espino Jr. to enter into an agreement with the National Power Corporation (Napocor) for the settlement of its P179.7 million in unpaid real property taxes (RPT).
The approved resolution, authored by 2nd District Board Member [...]
Ibangat sa Pangasinan
Posted on August 12, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Van S. de Leon
12 Aug 2007
Masansanting so kaisipan ya iletneg so "Bulan Na Salitan Pangasinan". No say Dept of Education so kaiba ed`sayan kaisipan mainomay ya ngamoran so pansiyansiya na saita tayon Pangasinense—– Pangasinn.
Say Governador tayo minomay dan gawaen iya. Akin ta no walay 30 minutos ya ibangat so Pangasinan elementary ya iskuilaan.
Nanonotan [...]
Gov't holds declaration of state of calamity
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THANKS TO THE RAINS
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has deferred a proposal to declare a state of calamity in Pangasinan following the heavy downpour last week brought about by two succeeding tropical storms.
The proposal, authored by 4th District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, stems from an endorsement made by Governor Amado Espino Jr. of the report of [...]
Dengue claims 6 lives; 242 others affected
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LINGAYEN–Dengue cases are on the rise.
Six persons have died of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 242 others are suspected to be affected, according to data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO).
Dr. Anna Theresa de Guzman, deputy provincial health officer, said Wednesday that the first three died of the mosquito-borne disease in previous months.
The first three [...]
Velasco sets strategic planning in Sta. Barbara
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Some selected fifty community leaders from various sectors in Sta. Barbara will meet for a three-day Planning and Visioning Workshop on August 28-30 to set the direction for the town.
Mayor Reynaldo Velasco said the strategic planning workshop will be facilitated by the University of the Philippines Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation, Inc. (UPPAF) [...]
