By DANNY O SAGUN
PIA Dagupan Infocenter

OPERATORS of colorum vehicles particularly vans can now apply for legalization at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.

Started last month, the program seeks to legalize the operations of public utility vehicles including vans that are used to transport passengers on a “point to point” system, according to administrative officer Minerva Ducusin of the regional office of LTFRB in a radio interview.

She said that as monitored by their office, about 70 percent of vans servicing various routes in Region l were found to be operating illegally.

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CONSTRUCTION of the new Domalandan bridge in Lingayen will be completed before Christmas, House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. enthusiastically announced Friday.
Damaged by strong currents due to floods some seven years ago, the vital link to western Pangasinan needed at least P700 billion to reconstruct it. Budget constraints coming in installments had delayed its reconstruction.
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IT just makes sense.

A press release from the office of Senator Ralph G. Recto reaching our editorial desk said it all about the matter of government budget and disbursements. We’d rather let him say it unexpurgated (with just a couple of editing here and there for clarity.):

“The problem is not lavish spending but lack of spending. It isn’t ‘labis’ spending but ‘kulang’ spending.

“Government underspent P63 billion in the first 8 months of the year. It was supposed to spend P739.5 billion but ended up disbursing P676.4 billion from January to August.
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By BEHN FER. HORTALEZA, JR.

GOVERNMENT is on the right track pushing for the so-called “medical tourism” program for the country.

In brief, the program is about promoting the various medical skills and specialization available in the Philippines at more affordable prices than are provided by European and North American doctors and therapists. Many foreigners now look outward to Asian shores for their health treatments that come, as in the case of the Philippines, with the unique Oriental care and devotion.

As Filipinos right here in our homeland, we feel the hospital and clinic fees and rates for our own family’s medical treatment are already too high by common family economic standards. But to other nationals, especially their elderlies and handicapped, the bill is quite affordable and easy enough on their pockets.
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Nen MARIO F. KARATEKA

DIAD sakey a dueypoan daray kakaibad medya, asaglawi so nipaakar ed ibatik tonia konoy Heneral Arturo Lomibao, retiradon director-heneral na Pilipin Nasyonal Polis, ed inka-gobernador na Pangasinan. Singa itopa to kono, kuandaray karakel ya pris relesyons opisers tora, so inkasaysikato ed saray higanten Agbayani, Estrella, Lambino, Espino tan no siopakamanidtan ya politikon beteranon manggegetmad Urduja House.

Samay sakey ya kaiba kuanto et akording to da surbi (aliwan sobri man, a!), nen gapo walad oti-otit so ngaran nen Heneral Art, balet diad sankabaloan ya surbi (aliwan sobri man, a, oliten ko pa), atapewan tolay kapara ton datin opisyal na PNP a si Kongrisman Amado Tutaan Espino no bilang ombatik iya ed inka-gobernador. Wadman nid tagey ira di Bise Gobernador Oscar Lambino tan Mrs Jamie Agbayani, asawa nen GobVictor. Read more