“THAT’S prohibited by Philippine laws. That’s also prohibited under the language of JPEPA”.
House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. thus dismissed the rumor or suggestion that Japanese toxic wastes will be dumped into the Philippines under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
De Venecia reacted sharply to the earlier alarm raised by Philippine environmentalists that the agreement has a proviso that would allow the dumping of Japanese wastes into the Philippines.
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THIS year’s much-awaited Grand Alumni Homecoming of the Dagupan City National High School has been set on December 28 with the Alumni Party highlighting the event at the City Plaza.
The reunion will be hosted by Batches ’56, ’66, ’76 and ’81.
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NATIONAL Transmission Corporation (TransCo) security officials and policemen confiscated some five tons of stolen assorted tower line materials (tower legs, plates and angular braces) last October 31.
The TransCo security group led by Willy P. Jazmin, Regional Security Chief and policemen from the regional offices of Bulacan and Plaridel Municipal Police Station conducted the raid by virtue of Search Warrant No. 06-03 for violation of RA 7832 (Anti-Pilferage Act) issued by Hon. Serafin B. David, RTC Judge of Branch 48, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
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VIGAN CITY – Three town councilors and barangay official from separate towns of Ilocos Sur have received death threats from still unknown persons or groups.
Councilor Robert Taduyan, president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) chapter in Ilocos Sur and an ex-officio member of the Ilocos Sur provincial board, admitted he received a death threat in his privilege speech before the provincial board.
He identified the three other recipients of death threats as Liga ng mga Barangay chapter president and Councilor Franklin Dungalen of Galimuyod town; Barangay Captain Laureano Galicia of barangay Tablac in Candon City; and Councilor Rogelio Biteng of Salcedo. Read the rest of this entry »
THE presence of many shopping malls in Pangasinan is a big boon to the province’s consumers, the Department of Trade and Industry provincial office affirmed.
Marjurie Loresco, an official of the DTI, said the malls are checking on each other’s prices to ensure that they will not be offering much higher prices for their goods than their competitors.
Speaking on Thursday before the Kapihan ed Dagupan sponsored by the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association (Patrima), Loresco said this augurs well for the welfare of consumers as the lower the prices of goods, the better for end-users.
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THE Philippines is now moving forward as evidenced by the upgrading of the country’s credit rating by international credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Services.
House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said this was a good sign that the country’s economy is now moving forward as gleaned also from the rise of the value of the peso which is now under P50 level to a dollar.
He admitted, however, that there are pluses and minuses to the strong peso but overall, the pluses overwhelm the minuses.
This will slightly prejudice the export but which will also benefit the import sector, citing the case of electronics which constitutes 70 percent of Philippine imports.
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HOUSE Speaker Jose C. de Venecia maintains that the present Constitution states that ¾ of all the members of Congress or 195 can amend the Constitution, adding that the same did not mention either the House or the Senate but simply Congress.
Pointing out that they have that number already, plus five from the senators who he did not mention, de Venecia is optimistic that a constituent assembly is still possible before the start of next year’s campaign period for local and national elections.
“The constitution speaks of ¾ vote of the members of Congress. It does not say ¾ of the Senate or ¾ of the House shall vote,” he contended, adding that “this is a constituent assembly of the members of Congress”.
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THE second most wanted man in Pangasinan was finally arrested by the police after long surveillance.
Arrested in barangay San Aurelio 3rd in Balungao was Ronaldo Pine who is facing a string of cases filed against him before two branches of the Regional Trial Court in Urdaneta City and Villasis.
The suspect was surprised at his residence by lawmen composed of elements of the Balungao Police led by OIC-chief of Police, Insp. Garie Noel Pascua, and Regional Intelligence Office led by SPO1 Albert Doroton.
He was arrested after returning home from years of hiding from the long arm of the law. He did not resist. His arrest stemmed from the warrants issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 46 in Urdaneta City for carnapping, kidnapping and murder and by RTC Branch 50 in Villasis for murder and robbery. (PNA)
DAGUPAN CITY could lose necessary points in the ongoing regional Clean and Green search because of the absence of a slaughterhouse, one of the facilities being considered for evaluation.
The regional search committee of the Clean and Green project, which does the evaluation for the competing four provinces and eight cities in Region 1, was in the city some three weeks ago to inspect the poblacion area along with the public markets and the garbage disposal facilities.
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MAPANDAN – Tragedy struck two brothers who were swimming along the Angalacan river in barangay Baloling here on Saturday morning at about 11:30 a.m., according to the police.
Chief Inspector Leonardo Tamondong, chief of police, said brothers Richard John, 7, Grade II pupil of the Baloling Elementary School; and Ryan Christian, 6, a kindergarten pupil, drowned while swimming by themselves.
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