TRICYCLE drivers and operators in Dagupan are seeking P12 minimum fare for every two kilometers and P4 for every kilometer thereafter per passenger on account of the continuing increase in the price of fuel.

This was contained in a petition sent by the Metro Dagupan Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association on Monday to the city council headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez. Read the rest of this entry »

By DANNY O. SAGUN

WHAT really triggered the sudden U-turn made by Board Member Alfie Bince - from a known critic to a “fan” of the Urduja occupant?
We can only speculate.

From his media statements, Bince was all praises for Gov. Amado Espino for what the latter did in his first year in office - quite a feat when compared to what his predecessor, Victor E. Agbayani, now second district representative in Congress, did in nine years.
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Ni. ILET BREGUERA

PANAHON ng ibayong pag-iingat ngayon. Dumaan na ang mga bagyo. Bukod sa iniwang pinsala, malaki rin ang papel ng mga bagyo sa pagdami ng lamok na sanhi ng dengue fever at iba pang sakit.

Ang dengue na dala ng lamok na aedes egypti ay namumuhay kasama ng mga tao at namamalagi sa drum ng tubig, paso, mga sirang gulong at iba pang bagay na nagiimpok ng tubig ulan. Ang mga aedes ay nangangagat sa araw, di katulad ng ibang uri ng lamok kabilang na yaong nagiging sanhi ng malaria.
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Nen MARIO F. KARATEKA

MAGANGANON ombilonget so tawen, insan bigla labatlan onooran natan, agyota nanaimano?

Panaon lay sibilao.

Makolo-kolor iray rosas tan singa malike-liket iray kompapey a singaraya kapawa-paway dad no iner so nanaamotan da nen panaon na tiagew.
Basta ag ombabagyo odino natetekepan na maksil a dagem, maliketak no ompepelag so oran. Awey no akin. Sanen ogawak ni ya batik-batik ditad banday Pandayan (Herrero), no onoran tan nadanoman so silong na Read the rest of this entry »

By DANNY O. SAGUNPia Dagupan Infocenter

GRANTING non-wage reliefs to employees is a better option than giving salary increases.

Labor officials in a forum Friday urged employers to adopt this system which they said would benefit both management and labor.
Region 1 wage board secretary Ezequiel Guzman told the orientation on Wage Order No. 13 at the Lyceum-Northwestern University that non-wage reliefs do not hurt both sectors unlike the grant of wage increase, which he said was not a “win-win situation.”
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FOUR members of the so called “budol-budol” gang one of them the ring leader, were arrested while trying to kidnap an old man they intended to victimized last July 3 following a brief chase.

The ring leader of the gang, identified as Carlos Pingol, 49, of San Gabriel Street, Macabebe Pampanga, was arrested while dragging Ordinario Manalo, 63, to their closed van, colored while with Plate No. TMN-909 along Mayombo Perez road at about 9 a.m.
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By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO
IT was the Department of Education construction engineers who assessed which typhoon-damaged schoolbuildings are for repair only or total reconstruction and it is they who have scheduled such repairs and constructions.

Thus did embattled Schools Division Superintendent Armando Aquino of DepEd Pangasinan II schools division explain his side on the issue of long-delayed repair of schoolbuildings reported by Sison mayor Carmen “Kimi” Cojuangco to President Arroyo herself during the Chief Executive’s visit to Lingayen last July 4 for the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council meeting.
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LINGAYEN—Fourteen government hospitals in Pangasinan most of which are now old and dilapidated, are now simultaneously undergoing rehabilitation and expansion.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. said all these hospitals are operated by the province and badly in need of upgrading to be able to give better health care services to the people.
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SOME 895 Career Service Professional and 431Career Sub-Professional examinees are set to take their Career Service Examination Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT) on July 27 at Pangasinan National High School (PNHS), Lingayen.

The Civil Service Commission Lingayen Field Office being one of the accredited testing centers in Region I has reiterated its call on all applicants to personally get their Notices of Assignment from its field office located at the Narciso Ramos Grandstand or from personnel Read the rest of this entry »

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has assured that the fish being sold in Dagupan, Pangasinan and the entire Region 1 are safe to eat.

BFAR Regional Director Nestor Domenden made the assurance in the face of reports that fewer people are now buying fish following the sinking of MV Princess of the Stars off San Fernando town in Romblon where hundreds of people drowned and the cadavers of the victims have not yet been recovered.
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