HIGH TIDE STRIKES AGAIN — Mothers carefully lead their children to wooden planks to get to the West Central School to get past the flooding caused by the morning high tide. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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Six police chiefs sacked for poor performance
REGIONAL PNP EVALUATION LINGAYEN—A week after 13 police chiefs in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and La Union were sacked from their posts due to poor performance, six more from Pangasinan municipal police stations were also relieved on August 8. P/Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, police regional director, ordered the relief of police chiefs in the municipal […]
Mayor Al leaves legacy on good governance
DAGUPAN City lost a father and a statesman when former Mayor Alipio F. Fernandez Jr. died early morning of August 9 after a lingering illness. He was 75. Fernandez, who served as mayor of Dagupan City for 12 long years, from 1992 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2010, succumbed to complications at his residence in […]
City to create Anti-Flooding Task force
TO STUDY, RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod agreed in principle to create a special Anti-Flooding Task Force that will study the causes of the recurring flood in Dagupan and recommend short and long term solutions to the problem. The creation of the task force was proposed by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo during a committee […]
EMB asked to check backfilling activities in Dagupan
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is poised to ask the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to check if individuals or corporations in Dagupan that received Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECCs) are strictly following the conditions attached to their certificates. This was sought by Councilor Nicanor Aquino, chair of the committee on land use, noting a lot of backfilling […]
SP vows vigilance in monitoring STL operations
LINGAYEN—The members of Sangguniang Panlalawigan vowed to continue to investigate, in aid of legislation, the operations of Small Town Lottery (STL) in the province. This after they grilled Editha Romero, OIC branch manager, PCSO in Urdaneta City, the only resource person who appeared for the Question Hour (QH) on Aug. 6. The deliberation was cut […]
KIDS DURING FEEDING MISSION
KIDS DURING FEEDING MISSION — Pupils at Malued Elementary School in Dagupan City compare the free snacks provided by an NGO for a feeding mission in villages affected by the recent floods. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
City to create Anti-Flooding Task force
TO STUDY, RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod agreed in principle to create a special Anti-Flooding Task Force that will study the causes of the recurring flood in Dagupan and recommend short and long term solutions to the problem. The creation of the task force was proposed by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo during a committee […]
Pangasinan tops war on drugs in Region 1
INTENSIFIED CAMPAIGN IN JULY THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) conducted the most number of anti-illegal drugs (AID) operations among all four police provincial offices in Region 1 from July 1 to 31 this year, the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) reported. P/Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, PRO 1 regional director, reported that the PPPO chalked up a total of 189 AIDs in […]
SUNNY FLOODED DAY
SUNNY FLOODED DAY – Dagupenõs take their umbrellas on a hot sunny as they continue to wade through the flooded downtown as they look forward to the flood water to recede finally on the 7th day. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)