NEW YEAR NIGHTMARES WAG nyo kaming tularan. (Don’t emulate us). This was the terse and almost emotional plea of two amputees from Dagupan City who now regret having committed the mistake of picking up firecrackers that misfired and did not explode on the eve of New Year. The firecrackers exploded in…
LOUDEST BANG ON NEW YEAR AFTER more than 17 years of hosting and arranging the loudest bang to welcome New Year at 12:00 noon of January 1, barangay officials of Pogo Grande finally decided to stop its tradition of lighting 100,000 pieces of firecrackers for the community’s safety. According to Barangay…
NO FILING OF CASES THE Dagupan City government will not sue owners of illegal fish pens and simply instead move to dismantle the structures to abate what it perceives to be a nuisance per se. This is the action that City Legal Officer Victoria Cabrera said will take after sending final notices to owners…
NO FORTHCOMING SUSPENSION WHAT suspension? This was the reaction of Dagupan City Legal Officer Victoria Cabrera as she laughed off the malicious rumor circulated by her political detractors that Mayor Belen Fernandez will be suspended. She told newsmen that only a civil case filed by AMB Holdings is pending against the mayor before the Ombudsman as the criminal…
FIREWORKS DISPLAYS IN BARANGAYS DAGUPAN City will arrange for the staging of fireworks display in barangays on December 31 in a bid to discourage residents from continuing with their traditional practice of lighting hazardous firecrackers. Towards this end, Mayor Belen Fernandez formed Task Force “Iwas Paputok” that will set up…
MARINE EXPERTS’ EVALUATION THE team from the University of the Philippines’ Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) gave the thumbs-up to the Dagupan City government for its strategy to keep its rivers and tributaries clean. This was the initial evaluation of Dr. Caroline Jaraula, UP-MSI professor, accompanied by two researchers who were…
BRIGHTLY LIT MANAOAG — The town’s festive mood is reflected on the faces of local young beauties during the lantern parade and fireworks display in front of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag before the start of the Simbang Gabi tradition in Manaoag. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SAN CARLOS CITY–Reform the criminal justice system. This is the call of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas embodied in his statement titled “May Ibang Sagot sa Kasamaan” read during the prayer rally against death penalty held on Dec. 12 here. A Mass was held at the Saint Dominic Parish Church, followed…
OUR EARTH, OUR RESONSIBILITY ALAMINOS CITY—Some 10,000 mangrove propagules have been planted and another 2,500 coral fragments were transplanted in a two-day environmental campaign dubbed as “Our Earth, Our Responsibility” at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) to inculcate environmental sensitivity and ocean protection on Dec. 13 and 14. Thirty…
EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THE Sangguniang Panlungsod approved the Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA 2017-2019) endorsed by the City Development Council (CDC). The ELA 2017-2019, was discussed with various stakeholders in the city during a meeting held December 8 at the Museum of Dagupan that considered the needs of each sector in the city….
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