SAN CARLOS CITY –A formidable alliance has been formed between the Soriano and Tulagan camps here to capture the third district congressional seat now occupied by Rep. Rachel Arenas, daughter of socialite Rosemarie ‘Baby’ Arenas, and City hall from the rulling Resuellos.
This was seen with the filing last Saturday of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for congressman by lawyer Gallant Soriano of the prominent Soriano clan and Generoso ‘Gener” Tulagan, Sr , patriarch of the Tulagan family. for city mayor of San Carlos.
The alliance is said to consolidate the voting muscle of the city for a native son and not divide it as what happened in the 2007 congressional race when both Gallant and Tulagan’s son ran for congressman. Read the rest of this entry »
THE city council of Dagupan is mulling over a proposed ordinance seeking to ban all junk food being sold to pupils and students near schools.
The proposed measure was proposed by Councilor Michael Fernandez, who noted that the junk food is not only non-nutritive but may also have been unhygienically prepared.
Councilor Jesus Canto, chairman of health of the city council, endorsed the proposed law, saying it is about time to put a stop to the peddling of junk food near schools to protect the health of school children. Read the rest of this entry »
By DANNY O. SAGUN
LINGAYEN – The sangguniang panlalawigan is now practically pro-administration with Board Member Alfonso Bince renouncing his post as minority floor leader.
In an unexpected turnaround, Bince last Monday heaped praises on the administration of Gov. Amado T. Espino because of what he described as the governor’s fine performance in barely a year. Read the rest of this entry »
THE Land Transportation Regulatory and Franchising Board (LTFRB) said it will impose fines of P1,000 to drivers of jeepneys charging the P8.50 minimum fare for the first four kilometers without having or displaying their respective fare matrixes.
LTFRB Regional Director Bruno Patricio said jeepney drivers can only charge the new minimum fare rate if they have secured their fare matrixes from his offices and been issued corresponding receipts. Read the rest of this entry »
STRESSED residents of sitio Camanggaan in barangay Mayombo, this city, together heaved a sign of great relief afternoon of June 13 upon switch-on of their long delayed electric power service thru a 100-kilovolt ampere transformer installed by the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp).
Decorp, which had refused to reconnect power to the area following the non-cooperation of residents in identifying thieves who stole the company’s 75 KVA transformer shortly after the May 17 typhoon, finally installed the replacement transformer after barangay officials and other citizens tagged six persons responsible for the theft. Read the rest of this entry »
G.I. sheets ready but DSWD OK slow
WITH delivery of the promised galvanized iron sheets for typhoon victims now coming at a fast clip from the Department of Public Works and Highways, the other main agency put in charge of rehabilitation of damaged houses in Pangasinan – the Department of Social Welfare and Development – appears overwhelmed by the job of disposing these with dispatch to “validated” recipients.
Dagupan City, one of the very first local government units to submit its list of totally damaged houses based on DSWD guidelines, received its first 2,000 G.I sheets late last week from the DPWH after DSWD’s approval and validation of the list.
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LINGAYEN—At least 29,000 families in Pangasinan who lost their homes from the fury of typhoon Cosme last May 17 will receive from 12 to 24 galvanized iron sheets each from the national government on orders of President Arroyo.
A systematized distribution of GI sheets for those whose houses were totally damaged by the typhoon in Pangasinan has already been devised for the purpose, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Field Office Director Margarita Sampang.
Sampang said an agreement (MOA) was signed recently between her and Department of Public Works and Highways regional director Fidel Ginez in coordination with the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council headed by Chief Superintendent Romeo Hilomen. Read the rest of this entry »
P16 M of city money at stake
THE city of Dagupan is continuing its legal moves to retake its 30-hectare land taken over by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in 2002 through a decision of the Department of Agrarian Arbitration Board (DARAB).
City Legal Officer George Mejia said they beat the deadline set by the Department of Agrarian Reform regional office top submit the necessary documents in connection with the city’s motion for reconsideration on the DARAB decision.
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LINGAYEN – A total of 28 persons in Pangasinan perished in the worst typhoon disaster ever to hit the province in years, according to an update from the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) on killer typhoon Cosme released late today, Tuesday.
The provincial figure on fatalities already included four dead from Dagupan City.
Damage to agriculture so far has reached P1,842,578,140 with fruit-bearing trees suffering the brunt of the typhoon’s gale-force winds, followed by palay and corn. Fisheries also took a massive beating where damage was placed at P854,620,000. Read the rest of this entry »
By BEHN FER HORTALEZA JR.
PIA Dagupan Infocenter
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO –The Police Regional Office 1 based here recently received a big boost for its armory from no less than the trial courts which, under an arrangement, turned over 142 assorted, court case-related firearms to the latter under the “custodia legis” program.
The firearms collected were used as pieces of evidence in various cases which were confiscated through the implementation of search warrants and the intensified campaign against loose firearms in line with the police’s ‘Oplan Bakal,’ Police Regional Director Romeo C. Hilomen said.
The guns were collected upon termination of court litigation involving these. Read the rest of this entry »
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