THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE — Dagupan Councilor Karlos Reyna (left, standing) interpellates Councilor Alfie Fernandez (standing before center podium) who delivered a privilege speech at the beginning of last June 7 regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod presided over by Vice Mayor Brian Lim. Mr. Reyna took over as presiding…
MINORITY THREATENS SUIT THE majority bloc in the Dagupan City Sanggunian Panlungsod composed of eight councilors finally approved the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of the city for the period 2015 to 2025 Tuesday night but not without a possible further opposition by the minority led by Vice Mayor Brian…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez denounced the attempt of two members of the legislature and Vice Mayor Brian Lim to railroad the blocking of the proposed 10-year Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of Dagupan to stunt the economic growth of the city. In a press conference Wednesday night, Mayor Fernandez…
PANGASINAN POLICE REPORT LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan police has been arresting more minors than usual in its campaign against illegal drugs. P/Sr. Supt. Edgar Alan Okubo, officer-in-charge police director, gave the observation as the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) is preparing for more vigorous and intensified plan of action consistent with the…
“KAKATOK kami sa pintuan nila. (We will knock on their doors.)”. This was the soft approach enumerated by P/Superintendent Christopher Abrahano, Dagupan chief of police, when asked by THE PUNCH how he intends to meet the three to six months self-imposed deadline of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to end the country’s…
PANGASINAN ranked first among the four provinces in Region 1 that reported the most number of persons arrested for violation of the Commission on Elections gun ban that took effect January 10 to June 8 this year. Of the 392 persons arrested in the whole region for gun ban violation. 145 were…
CRASH LANDING—Two investigators view the wreck of what remains of the helicopter that crashed in a residential area in Binalonan. The two pilots, except for slight bruises, were relatively unharmed. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BINALONAN–The two pilots of a two-seater Sikorsky helicopter were hurt when their chopper crashed inside the Carisville Subdivision in Barangay Canarvacanan here at about 10:00 a.m. on June 10. The victims were identified by the police as Capt. Dante delos Rinos and Lovie Ibarra, flying master and private pilot, respectively, of…
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez left for the United States at the invitation of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea to serve as one of the panelists in its 17th meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on June 13-17. The meeting will focus on…
THE city government created Task Force Disiplina to oversee the strict enforcement of ordinances in the barangay level in order to instill discipline among Dagupeños in consonance with the advocacy of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. Mayor Belen Fernandez told barangay captains in a meeting last Monday that she will issue…
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