DAGUPAN was among the major cities around the country that took part in the Million People March, with the main venue at the Luneta Grandstand in Manila, organized mainly by netizens to protest against the pork barrel and corruption in government. Held last August 26, the observance of National Heroes’…
NO FUND FOR POWER BILL THE cash-strapped Dagupan City government has finally sourced the funds to pay for the delayed wages of its 400 emergency workers (EWs) from July to August. The amount will be incorporated in a supplemental budget that City Hall has submitted to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP)…
FREEING THE RIVERS— Ronnie Cayabyab (extreme left), action officer of Task Force Bantay Ilog, leads the dismantling of an illegal fish pen at the Calmay River in Dagupan City last Friday, a day before the deadline set by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez for the removal of some 205 illegal fish…
WITH the onset of the August 31 deadline set for the dismantling of all illegal fish pens in Dagupan, Mayor Belen Fernandez unleashed all concerned government agencies of the city for the massive clearing operations of all waterways. City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina said the mayor ordered her to tap…
LINGAYEN—The biggest damage caused by Typhoon Maring to the province was on rice farms, destroying more than P356 million worth of crops, according to the final report of the Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC). About 11,213 hectares of farmlands in 36 towns were severely hit.
THREE of the six congressional representatives of Pangasinan added their voices to the growing public support for President Benigno Aquino III’s decision to scrap the pork barrel, formally known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund. Third District Rep. Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas said she agrees with the President’s move for drastic…
AS part of her promise to observe transparency under her administration, Mayor Belen Fernandez launched last week a television show covering live her weekly meetings with city hall department heads. The program, aired over cable television Kabaleyan Channel or K 17 every Wednesday starting at 2 p.m., is aimed at…
BOODLE WITH THE VP— Vice President Jejomar Binay shares a seafood feast with the people of Binmaley in a boodle fight held at the Public Market during his visit in Pangasinan last week to help distribute relief goods to those affected by widespread flooding following typhoons and monsoon rains. (Punchphoto…
A COMBINATION of torrential rains and the rise of tidal water were bad enough for Dagupan, a coastal and low-lying city. But the flooding in Dagupan over the last two weeks since Typhoon Maring hit Luzon island was exacerbated by what Mayor Belen Fernandez called a “defective man-made river channel”,…
RETIRED Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, long been a crusader for change, said the public anger over the pork barrel issue has set the stage for the rise of “Reformers” whom he said are urgently needed by the country. “It is not a secret. It is nothing confidential. It is a…
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