San Roque Dam to be tapped for water supply
Posted on January 24, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
LINGAYEN–With ground water supply in the coastal towns of Pangasinan an emerging problem, a plan to tap raw water from the San Roque Dam for household use has been put forward by the provincial government.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved a resolution on January 18 authorizing Governor Amado Espino Jr. to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement [...]
GUN BAN CHECKPOINT
Posted on January 24, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment
GUN BAN CHECKPOINT–Policemen check presence of firearms inside vehicles flagged down at checkpoints in Dagupan City. Checkpoints are set up daily in all towns and cities in the province to enforce the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections since January 10. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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PNP recalls kapitans’ shotguns
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUN BAN
LINGAYEN—After relentlessly defending the retention of the shotguns in the possession of the barangay chairmen at all times, the provincial police director suddenly ordered the recall of the 1,300 shotguns issued to the barangay kapitans last year, ostensibly in compliance with the gun ban for the May 2010 election that [...]
MC Adore building unsafe for occupancy
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
NO, thank you.
This has been the response of government agencies that have been offered the use of the former five-star MC Adore Hotel, now derelict and found to have tilted during the 1990 earthquake and, therefore, unfit for occupancy.
"Tabingi siya konti," admitted City Administrator Alvin Fernandez, speaking on Wednesday before the "Engkwentro sa Lenox" breakfast [...]
12 towns, 3 cities in Comelec watchlist
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
FIFTEEN towns in Pangasinan have already been included in the watchlist of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the police in connection with the May 10 national and local elections.
These are Basista, Binalonan, Malasiqui, Natividad, Rosales, Pozorrubio, San Manuel, Sual, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Bolinao and Tayug; and the cities of San Carlos, Dagupan, and Alaminos.
Cojuangco barks at Yap
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
ROSALES—Fifth District Representative Mark Cojuangco has lashed at Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap for the DA’s alleged slow assistance to farmers affected by typhoon “Pepeng” last year.
"We are not happy with what the national government is doing to respond to what happened to us because of Pepeng,” said Cojuangco during a media forum.
Malasiqui declares itself “Malunggay Capital”
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
MALASIQUI—This agricultural town, one of the biggest in the province in terms of land area and population, has claimed the title “Malunggay Capital of Pangasinan”.
The declaration, made through an ordinance passed last week by the municipal government, is in line with the national government’s “One Town, One Product” program and intends to make a distinct [...]
AZARES AT THE CAPITOL
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment
AZARES AT THE CAPITOL—Chief Superintendent Constante Azares Jr. (left), new police regional director for the Ilocos Region, pays a courtesy call to Governor Amado Espino Jr. at the provincial capitol during his first visit to Pangasinan after assuming his post on December 29. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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BINMALEY BEAUTIES
Posted on January 17, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment
BINMALEY BEAUTIES—Seventeen young women from Binmaley, dubbed as the "Fishbowl of Pangasinan", participating in the Search for Miss Binmaley 2010 have a fun time with local lensmen during a pictorial for the media at the poolside residence of Vice Mayor Pete Merrera on Friday. The Pageant Night is set on January 28 at the Binmaley [...]
Kapitan assaults fiscal
Posted on January 11, 2010 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
ANOTHER 'SHOTGUN' ABUSE
LINGAYEN—The barangay chairman of Barangay Poblacion in Labrador town has been arrested and charged for direct assault and illegal possession of firearm after he threatened a prosecutor and a security guard with his government-issued shotgun inside the Provincial Prosecutor's Office at the Justice Hall here.
