New jail warden fights drug dealing
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LINGAYEN–Murder, illegal drugs and rape.
These three top the crime cases faced by inmates behind the bars of the provincial jail but drug dealing has been one of the recurring problems inside the prison walls.
Retired police Senior Superintendent Rolando Diaz, the new provincial jail warden who assumed his post last month, said he has already [...]
Dagupan to set up center for children in trouble
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Dagupan City will open a special shelter exclusively dedicated to the city's children who are in various forms and degrees of trouble.
Elsa Santillan, city social welfare and development officer, said Mayor Alipio Fernandez has already approved the proposal to set up a crisis center for minors.
The plan has been forwarded to the city council [...]
Resuello cracks whip on delinquent employees
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SAN CARLOS CITY-Watch out for this new city administration.
Mayor Julier Resuello has set his sights on unproductive and delinquent employees and is poised to crack the whip on them.
City Administrator Mienrado Ynzon began implementing the mayor’s policy by organizing an 11-man monitoring team to conduct unannounced visits to offices to check on the [...]
Dagupan named pilot area for sustainable sanitation
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THE city of Dagupan has been granted a $200,000 funding for a sanitation project under the Swedish International Development Agency's (SIDA) Sustainable Sanitation for East Asia (SUSEA).
Dagupan will be one of the pilot areas for the program and will be the model for highly-urbanized cities.
The SUSEA team, headed by former Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan, [...]
Espino will negotiate for seaport and airport rehab
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LINGAYEN— Gov. Amado Espino Jr. was recently authorized by the provincial board to negotiate with qualified entities for the upgrading of the Lingayen Airport and the establishment of a commercial seaport in Sual.
The twin resolutions, authored by Board Member Romeo Dadacay, said they are necessary to propel the province into "greater heights of industrialization, [...]
Dagupan issues advisory for flood-prone barangays
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The Dagupan city health office has issued a health advisory reminding residents of flood-prone areas on how to prevent rainy season diseases such as gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, cholera, dengue and hepatitis A.
In order to prevent such diseases, city health officer Leonard Carbonell said Dagupenos should:
1. Boil or chlorinate drinking water
2. Wash hands before preparing food [...]
Pangasinan remains FMD-free
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LINGAYEN– Strict sanitation regulations imposed on the local hog industry have kept the province free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) for four years now.
Dr. Eric Jose Perez, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Veterinarian Office (PVO), attributed the successful campaign to the provincial government's efforts in consistently and strictly implementing the same measures over the years [...]
COURTESY CALL
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COURTESY CALL— Supt. Dionisio Borromeo (with microphone), the new officer-in-charge of the Dagupan Police Station, outlines his peace and order program under the acronym ALIPIO during a courtesy call last Tuesday on the members of the the Sangguniang Panlungsod led by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez. – (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
Agri office to take bangus census
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Dagupan, the Bangus Capital of the World, is going to make a headcount of its prime product anew.
The City Agriculture Office will conduct a census of bangus grown in fishponds and fishpens to establish the actual production of the industry.
A similar survey conducted in 2004 indicates the city produces 31 metric tons per day, but [...]
Sari-Sari Store Exhibit set in Dagupan City
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A SARI-SARI store exhibit, sponsored by City Supermarket Inc. (CSI), will be held in Dagupan on September 28-30 to promote this popular small-scale business venture.
Believed to be the first of its kind in the country, the activity is meant to attract sari-sari store owners and prospective entrepreneurs in Region 1.
Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, whose [...]
