Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., in his State of the City Address, declared that Dagupan remains “strong”. At the same time, he rallied officials and the people to “rise to make this city better than we have known”. Fernandez, speaking on January 26 before the Sangguniang Panlungsod presided by Vice Mayor…
A GRANDER Dagupan Bangus Festival is now being planned by the city government as part of a strategy to stimulate economic activity in the midst of the financial crisis. The executive committee in charge of organizing the event, headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, has started consulting various sectors, including…
THE Liga ng Barangay in Dagupan City has thrown its “full and unconditional support” to Punong Barangay Angelito Gumarang of Bonuan Gueset over his arrest and detention two weeks ago. In a resolution issued last January 26, the league condemned the action of policemen who arrested and detained Gumarang as…
Mayor Nestor Pulido of Anda vowed to initiate a move to seek the ouster of Provincial Board Member Von Mark Mendoza as chairman of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan blue-ribbon committee. The blue-ribbon is a quasi-judicial committee on good government and accountability of public officers. Pulido said Mendoza showed “incompetence, partiality and…
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp), franchise holder of the electricity distribution in Dagupan and several neighboring towns, was the biggest payer of business taxes in the city for 2008, contributing P6.9million. A list of top 10 business taxpayers and 10 top realty taxpayers released by City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara on…
THE Court of Appeals has denied the appeal filed by the Dagupan City government on the decision of a lower court regarding the civil case filed by MetroState Realty Corporation. But the city is not giving up the fight as City Legal Officer George Mejia, upon the instruction of Mayor…
MALASIQUI–Third District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas is annoyed at this town’s chief, Mayor Armand Domantay. Arenas said she resents the presentation of accomplishments made by Domantay during two successive nights of the town’s fiesta last week where he took sole credit for several projects in the municipality. “Give credit where…
THE National Bureau of Investigation district office in Dagupan City has recommended the filing of a formal charge against Dr. Leo Cardona, regional director of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), for attacking several employees of Leisure Coast Hotel. In a January 20 letter to the City Prosecution Office, Atty….
THE city government has resumed on January 28 its operations against the remaining illegal structures in various rivers in Dagupan. At least 61 illegal fish structures in the rivers in Calmay, Carael and Sitio Tococ in Lucao were already removed by the Sustainable River Management Task Force before the Christmas…
LINGAYEN—Twelve municipal police stations have received a new patrol car each for increased mobility and a better patrolling system. The recipients of either a Toyota Hi-Lux or Toyota Innova unit are the police stations in Natividad, Mabini, Sta. Maria, Urbiztondo, Tayug, Burgos, Sta. Barbara, Rosales, Manaoag, Anda, Infanta and Dasol.
© 2025 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
