‘HONEYMOON’ IS OVER

LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. is set to make his “First 100 Days Report” to the people of Pangasinan on Monday at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen.

Among the things that Espino is expected to report on is the house cleaning he undertook in the Capitol during his first three months in office as governor.

In this house cleaning, he reportedly corrected systems and practices that he deemed to be inefficient and realigned them according to the priority needs of the province.
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Honesty is still and will always be the best policy.

       A boy of eleven who comes from a poor family believes this and did something about it.  He turned over to the Dagupan City police a bag he found containing P18,000 cash.

The young boy, Gicoven Abarquez, a resident of Perez Market Site regularly gathers plastic bottles in the downtown area and sells them to augment their family income.

It was during one of his regular rounds, on his way to school, Gicoven, nicknamed Gangga, found the bag.

He said he turned it over to the police because his parents have taught him never to keep something that is not his.
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URDANETA CITY–A second-class city and only on its ninth year of cityhood, Urdaneta bested seven others in the Ilocos region in terms of resource management, according to the 2006 financial report of the Commission on Audit (COA). 

Urdaneta posted the biggest total income at P423.25 million, but placed second to San Carlos City in net income.

The city also topped in terms of total assets and equity.

Urdaneta Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. attributed the city’s accomplishments to his administration’s conscious effort to maximize revenue collections in order to support various development projects.
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URDANETA CITY- It may seem like a small victory but it meant a lot to a family from Urdaneta who lost a son 10 years ago in the hands of a doctor whom the Board of Medicine found guilty of gross negligence and incompetence and meted out to him a one-year suspension from the practice of medicine.

The quest for justice was finally won after the Court of Appeals affirmed anew the order of the Medical Board of the Professional Regulation Commission finding Dr. Candido San Juan, also of Urdaneta, guilty as charged after dismissing the latter’s second appeal.

The Rejuso family regards the CA decision as a big moral victory in their 10-year fight for justice for the death of their son, Richard, then 17, in 1997 after he was operated on by San Juan at the Sacred Heart Hospital.
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THE provincial police have yet to recommend to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which barangays in Pangasinan should be listed as “areas of immediate concern” in connection with the coming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections On Oct. 29.

Police Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez, Pangasinan police director, said during a kapihan forum hosted by the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association(Patrima) that he will soon submit the list of barangays considered as “areas of immediate concern” (AIC).

Initially, Nerez identified barangay Nibaliw Vidal in San Fabian town and barangay Carriedo in Tayug as possible AICs.

He said that while there has been no reported casualty among the candidates in Nibaliw Vidal, he noted that political tension between candidates and the supporters remain high.
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LINGAYEN– Bani town’s most wanted person, who has been in hiding for eight years, was finally arrested by the police on Thursday.  

Arrested by virtue of a warrant was Tirso del Rosario, 52, a former member of the Philippine Army and known to be involved in organized gun-for-hire syndicate.

Del Rosario, a member of the notorious Del Rosario Gang, is facing murder charges with the use of unlicensed firearm.

A P140,000 reward had been offered for his capture.

Del Rosario first went into hiding in Metro Manila and was reportedly hired by the PLAAT Security Agency based in Silang, Cavite. #

BURGOS–Finish it or give it back.

This was the message of former Mayor Demetrio Cabiles to the provincial government on the two-hectare lot in barangay San Vicente he donated for a drug rehabilitation center that has remained unfinished after construction started in the late 1980s.

Burgos Mayor Domingo Doctor said in an interview with The PUNCH that the Cabiles family has signified their intent to reclaim the land and instead give it to the Pangasinan State University for its planned expansion program.

The rehab center project was initiated by lawyer Gonzalo Duque when he was vice governor, but when Duque finished his term, the project was not pursued by the succeeding administrations.
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CALASIAO–It will take P49 million to solve the flooding problem here and possibly help ease the flooding problem in neighboring Dagupan City.

Calasiao Mayor Roy Macanlalay said he has filed a request with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for funds to dredge the rivers and to construct concrete revetment and a road dike.

The flooding in Calasiao invariably contributes to more flood water in Dagupan.

The town was recently declared under a state of calamity after suffering from the flashfloods coming from nearby mountains that more than 10 barangays were under water.
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The top two most wanted drug pushers in Dagupan City were arrested Tuesday night in a buy-bust operation at their home in Tondaligan.

Arrested were brothers Muslimin Hak, 35, and Ulangkaya Hak, 36, both originally from Talayan, Maguindanao.

Superintendent Dionicio Borromeo, city police chief, said the brothers were number one and two in the police’s Order of Battle on illegal drugs.

“The arrest of the top two suspected pushers should serve as a warning to others doing this kind of illegal activity,” the police chief said.

Borromeo vowed to pursue the eight others in the top ten list.
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His bags are packed and he is ready to go.

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, who is turning 73 on November 17, is optimistic that his third request in six years for an early retirement will finally be granted.

“I was told to wait and stay until further notice,” Cruz said in an interview with The PUNCH.

He explained that “stay until further notice” in the Catholic hierarchy’s jargon signifies approval.

The instruction is contained in a letter from the Pope through the Papal Nuncio in the country, Edward Joseph Adams, in response to Cruz’s third request for retirement.
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