TO the dismay of the members of the Sanggunian Panlalawigan (SP), the order of the Philippine National Police (PNP) suspending the privilege that goes with the permit to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) issued to licensed firearm holders, remains in effect. The Pangasinan Provincial Police Office’s (PPPO) acting-Provincial Director P/Sr….
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE AND ORDER-–Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (center) leads the signing of the memorandum of agreement between the city government and the different universities and colleges in the city for the deployment of criminology students to different government and school campuses to help enforce ordinances. Also in photo are…
SOCIAL SERVICES, BUDGET SURPLUS IT was a year of trials yet a very gratifying, fulfilling experience. This sums up the sentiment of for Mayor Belen T. Fernandez. Dagupan’s first elected lady mayor after the first12 months of her three-year tenure. And her constituents agree. Assured that the city government’s social…
DAGUPAN CITY—Malacañang has lifted the suspension on Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) chief Joseph Roland Mejia who was warmly welcomed back by the hospital staff on Wednesday. The Department of Health (DOH) earlier imposed a 90-day preventive suspension order on Mejia due to a case filed against him and the members…
EXCLUSIVE COMFORT ROOMS FOR LGBT LINGAYEN—Barring any violent objection to its plan, the Sangguinan Panlalawigan is set to make Pangasinan the first province in the country, if not the first in the world, to require separate comfort room for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBTs) in all establishments catering to…
BALUNGAO JAIL STORY BALUNGAO —Fresh mushrooms anyone? The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) here is now the source of fresh oyster mushroom production which is quickly gaining popularity in the town. The inmates’ produce is sold at P150 per kilo to direct buyers at the jail but commercial…
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez was recently named this year’s ‘Best Local Chief Executive’ by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Fernandez, who received the award last June 30 at PNP Regional Office 1 in San Fernando City, La Union, was commended for her “invaluable support to the PNP in implementing police…
DAGUPAN CITY—“We need a chemist and a drug testing lab”. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez idenfied these as initial requirements after she reconstituted the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) on June 25 and declared a no-nonsense all-out war against the drug syndicates operating in the city. The new council is now…
EXECUTIVE SESSION LINGAYEN—Concerned about reports that politics could be one possible motive behind the slaying of Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr , members of the sanggunian panlalawigan called for an executive session with PNP provincial officials for an update on the progress of the investigation. However, shortly after the meeting,…
DAGUPAN CITY–Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia has filed a bill in Congress seeking to declare the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag as a pilgrimage site. House Bill No. 4481 seeks “to mandate the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies, in coordination with the…
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