LINGAYEN– Gov. Amado Espino III is expected to list his accomplishments since assuming office on July 1 this year and define his next goals and priorities when he delivers his First 100 Days Report before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on Monday, October 10. The SP, in its resolution on Sept. 26, extended the invitation…
THE finance committee of the Dagupan City government endorsed the P10.6-million supplemental budget proposed by the office of Mayor Belen Fernandez to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). The supplemental budget will fund amon others the purchase of patrol and transport vehicles to be used by the city for rescue operations in…
Dagupan seeks P10.6-M supplemental budget
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Bolinao on Sunday night but no reports of injuries or damage were reported, officials said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake, which happened at around 9:40 p.m. on October 2, was tectonic in nature with a depth of…
5.3 earthquake jolts Pangasinan
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Monday, October 3, has authorized Mayor Belen T. Fernandez to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Food Authority (NFA) that will grant the city a rice credit line in times of calamities. The author, Councilor Jeslito Seen, said the credit line is…
City seeks NFA credit line
THE Dagupan City government is seeking the assistance of the Department of Public Works and Highways particularly for the construction of dikes and canals and the closure of the open culvert along the De Venecia Highway to alleviate the flood situation in the city. The request was authorized by the…
DPWH help sought to minimize flooding in the city
THE adoption, practice and integration of the “tusok” system project of chapters of Rotary Clubs in Dagupan City as part of the the plastic waste management policy of city government was endorsed by the Sanguuniang Panlungsod. The proposed measure, titled “Practical Plastic Waste Management Project of Dagupan City” will be…
Dagupan adopts Rotary’s ‘tusok’ project
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) will start issuing driver’s license with five-year validity in Region 1 on Nov. 7. This was bared by Glorioso Daniel Martinez, LTO chief in Urdaneta City last Thursday. The fee for a driver’s license valid for five years is P585, plus P67.73 to cover cost…
Five-year driver’s license to be issued starting Nov. 7
27th NATIONAL STATISTICS MONTH AS the country observes the 27th National Statistics Month (NSM), the provincial government is hopeful it can duplicate if not exceed its past performance, good for a second Hall of Fame award. Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, this year’s NSM steering committee chairman, expressed confidence…
Pangasinan set to win 6th award
SAN FERNANDO CITY — Workers in the Ilocos Region have a reason to celebrate. The Regional Wage and Board 1 has increased their daily take home pay effective Oct. 2 to P20.70 The increase in pay range from P12 to 27 per day following the effectivity of Wage Order No. RB1-18 that took…
Region 1 workers get daily wage hike
BAYAMBANG – A new business hub was established at Bayambang ‘s municipal hall by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last week. The Negosyo Center, the sixth in Pangasinan, is pursuant to the Go Negosyo Act that provides for the creation of Negosyo Centers across the country to help…