ALTERNATIVE TO THE PDAF—Senate majority floor leader Alan S. Cayetano explains to Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. and 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil the impact of the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) as announced by President Benigno Aquino III during his courtesy call on the governor last…
LINGAYEN—While Senator Alan Peter Cayetano lauded President Bengino Aquino III’s decision to scrap pork barrel as announced in Malacanang last Friday, he stressed that the battle over the corrupt-ridden fund is far from over. Cayetano, who was in the province Friday and met with Gov. Amado Espino Jr., said it…
LINGAYEN—Frustrated by the seemingly slow process of appointing a replacement for Sr. Supt. Marlou Chan, the province’s police chief, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed a resolution anew last week calling on the National Police Commission through Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, to immediately act on the…
EVACUATION IN DAGUPAN—Members of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) assist residents of flood-affected Barangay Lasip Grande who were evacuated to the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome last Thursday. A state of calamity was declared in 19 of the 31 barangays in the city. (CIO photo by…
ANOTHER rise of tidal water in Dagupan City before noon Friday, aggravating floodwater in the 19 barangays placed the city last Tuesday by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) under a state of calamity. The high tide brought in water from adjacent rivers forced 399 evacuees to remain at the Dagupan City…
A 40-YEAR row between a private landowner and some 300 informal settlers in Barangay Pugaro, Dagupan City was finally settled last August 21 through the intervention of Mayor Belen Fernandez. The dispute is between members of the Soriano family who own an eight-hectare land in the island barangay and the…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has practically drove the last nail to the coffin of the controversial Maternal Child Care and Lying-in Clinic of the past city administration when it passed a resolution on second reading realigning the P27 million fund for the project to support urgent and important projects of…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez expressed her determination to build a new Dagupan City Hall outside the central business district within her three-year term, having noted the inconvenience borne by the public due to regular flooding caused by the frequent rise of tidal water, which does not spare the existing city hall.
URDANETA City Vice Mayor Julio Parayno passed away last August 19 due to a lingering illness. In a special session Friday, the provincial board passed a resolution condoling with the bereaved family and recognized the public servant’s demise as a loss not just to Urdaneta but to the entire province…
CALASIAO’S KULIGLIGS—In the flooded streets of Calasiao, kuligligs, an improvised farm transport, become useful for ferrying people around town. Here in Barangay Mancup, there are some 50 kuligligs plying around. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
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