DESPITE COMELEC LETTER AFFIRMING SUSPENSION NOTWITHSTANDING a letter from the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) stating that the serving of their suspension order on January 7 was valid, Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno III and his cousin Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno continue to hold their respective offices and discharging duties without…

OBSTRUCTIONISM IS BACK AS the dumpsite in Bonuan is near closure by Mayor Belen Fernandez, another suspicious fire broke out in the area at about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday sending columns of black smoke up in the sky seen in most parts of the city. Fire Chief Inspector Michael Escano,…

TURMOIL CONTINUES IN URDANETA CITY THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC), in a letter dated February 11, 2025, said the 12-month suspension order against Urdaneta City Mayor Julio F. Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy D. Parayno is considered to have been served before the election period that started on January…

PARAYNOS: ONLY COMELEC RULE APPLIES MORE than a month after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) served the one-year suspension order to Mayor Julio Parayno III and his cousin, Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno, on January 7, the two city officials continue to occupy their respective posts and…

COMELEC CITES ‘NO-SUSPENSION’ RULE  URDANETA City Mayor Julio Parayno III is not leaving his post, citing a February 4, 2025 letter of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) backing him and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno against a suspension order from the Office of the President. The letter was in response to the…

FOR VIOLATION OF OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Virgilio Sison is facing a complaint filed jointly by Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), charging him for violation of the Omnibus Election Code…

EIGHT CHARGES FILED BEFORE OMBUDSMAN URDANETA City Mayor Julio Parayno III is fighting back against his political opponents and filed criminal and administrative complaints against Gov. Ramon Guico III before the Office of the Ombudsman for Luzon, as a result of his 90-day suspension in August last year that stemmed…

DANGER FROM MANILA TRENCH ALL of Dagupan, not just its coastal areas, will be affected in the event of a tsunami triggered by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake coming from the potentially active Manila Trench, according to Meliquin Bauzon, chief of the Public Alert Response and Monitoring Center (PARMC). In a…

AFTER PASSAGE OF 150 ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS MAYOR Belen Fernandez sees a more progressive year for Dagupan in 2025 as it will no longer operate on a reenacted budget, unlike in 2023 and 2024, which she described as “excruciating years” for the city and people. The mayor told the city hall…

DURING MINORITY’S BOYCOTT THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan ended 2024 by passing one more ordinance and 15 resolutions during a special session on December 27, its last working day for the year. Called by Mayor Belen Fernandez, the special session tackled other pending measures she deemed important and urgent. The…