Present-day Bayanihan By Johanne Margarette R. Macob BAMBOO poles forming a sturdy frame were carried on the shoulders and arms of a number of men, who – by the way – knew one another beyond names and each cared for the other as a family. On those poles was a…
COOPERATION FOR BALON DAGUPAN—Mayor Belen Fernandez (second from left), after delivering her first State of the City Address on May 22, 2014 at the CSI Stadia where she reported on the turnaround of the city government’s financial standing and plans for achieving Balon Dagupan, is greeted by some of the…
“IT’S NOT OVER TILL IT’S OVER” DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez vowed to continue to fight for the recovery of MC Adore from the company that bought the property in early 2013 for P119 million following an alleged illegal process and irregular public bidding. “Yes, we will fight it out in…
1st STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS TEN months after she took over the helm of Dagupan City, Mayor Belen Fernandez reported in her first State of the City Address how she handled the financial crisis she inherited from the past administration and outlined her plans to transform Dagupan into an…
VISION FOR BALON DAGUPAN—Mayor Belen Fernandez delivers her first State of the City Address on May 22, 2014 during a special session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod held at the CSI Stadia where she described her vision for a Balon Dagupan as an “emerging smart city.” (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back…
THE city of Dagupan achieved a significant budgetary turn-around at the end of 2013. The Fernandez administration registered a surplus of P3.8 million from a deficit of P37.1 million incurred by the previous administration beginning January 2013. The recovery was made through vigorous revenue-generating initiatives, combined with decisive expenditure-cutting, said…
LUY: “NO SARO BUT….” LINGAYEN– “I did not participate in any such kind of transaction. Honestly, I do not know anybody of them. I do not know Luy. I do not know Napoles.” A bewildered Governor Amado Espino Jr. bristled at the inclusion of his name in the series published…
LINGAYEN–The bolt from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) hatched by five of the nine provincial board members affiliated with the party failed to snowball. Those who have signed the resignation letter so far are Board Members Alfonso Bince Jr. of the 5th District, Danilo Uy of the 5th District, Angel Baniqued…
LINGAYEN—Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. of Urbiztondo town is facing yet another administrative case, the fourth filed by the same complainant. The new complaint, filed last May 16 by former municipal treasurer Loida Cancino, was for grave misconduct in office, dishonesty, dereliction of duty, violation of the National Health Insurance Act…
STUDENTS of International Christian School from Hong Kong arrived in Dagupan to help the teachers, barangay officials, parents and pupils of Caranglaan Elementary School to clean and repair classrooms and chairs as the start of Brigada Eskwela 2014 last week. The foreign students are also in the country for other…
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