BARANGAY NIGHT GUEST- Opposition Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano of the lone district of Taguig-Pateros in Metro Manila (center) is welcomed by Dagupan’s barangay chairmen when he came to grace their Barangay Night last December 27 as guest of honor and Speaker. — (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao).
NOON DAY TRADITION–The fiesta mood in barangay Pogo Grande, Dagupan City culminates at noon of New Year’s Day when people collect all their unlit firecrackers for simultaneous firing in observance of their yearly tradition. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
KNP AWARDEES—Former President Fidel V. Ramos greets Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim (right) as retired deputy director general Reynaldo Velasco (2nd from right) looks on during the Kaluyagan nen Palaris (KNP) Awards and Recognition Night on December 21 held at the Manila Hotel. Ramos was conferred the “Pillar Award” while…
Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim did not hide his contempt towards some members of the city council when he encouraged the barangay chairmen to make a bid for a seat in the city council in the coming May election. Lim expressed the hope that at least two barangay chairmen would…
THE discovery of thousands of government checks dumped in Bonuan Binloc on December 19 is now a closed case as far as the Dagupan police is concerned. The checks have been verified to have come from a bulk of mail cargo that was loaded into a Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost)…
ALAMINOS CITY — About 367 job order employees of this city’s local government will get a 33.33% wage increase beginning January 1. Mayor Hernani Braganza has approved City Ordinance No. 2006-10 authorizing the pay hike for job order personnel in the city from P150 to P200 per day. Councilor Ma….
THE Liga ng mga Barangay in Dagupan City may finally hold an organizational election this year following a supposed go-signal from the National Office of League of Barangays in Manila. This was the optimism shared by at least 16 of the 31 barangay chairmen of the city who made a…
PROJECT PROMISE is set to distribute various devices on January 8 to the eight pilot barangays to increase their capacities on disaster preparedness. “The provision of various facilities will empower our barangays and equip- them for any eventuality caused by hydro-meteorological hazards, PROMISE-Dagupan focal person and city agriculturist Emma Molina…
PANGASINAN posted an impressive 97% increase in investments last year at P7.7 million as compared to the P3.9 million registered in 2005, according to a report from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Marjurie Loresco of the DTI provincial office said the huge increase was boosted by the entry…
LINGAYEN – A P3.5 million check was turned over to the provincial government by the Pag-IBIG Fund as part of the initial proceeds for the land development work on a socialized 257-housing project in barangay Maniboc here. Gov. Victor Agbayani received the check from Ma. Imelda Mabutas, officer-in-charge of the…
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