ENDLESS DEBATE LINGERS THE phrase “I shall return” is as monumental as the monument of General Douglas MacArthur in the small park named after the American general at Villa Milagrosa, Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City. While there is a popular belief that Gen. MacArthur “returned” to the Philippines via Lingayen,…
THE campaign against illegal drugs remains a priority for the city government. This was stressed by City Mayor Belen Fernandez to P/Superintendent Jandale Sulit, newly appointed officer-in-charge at the Dagupan City Police Station when the latter called on the mayor at her office at the City Museum. Sulit was appointed…
AMID the negative reaction of drivers and operators in the province to the Jeepney Modernization Plan, an official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) called on all the oppositors of the plan here to give the government a chance. “We will face all the opposition but please give…
FOR ANTI-DRUGS CAMPAIGN FOUR barangays were chosen as most outstanding barangays of Dagupan last year for their meaningful and relentless efforts in the campaign against illegal drugs. Cited by selection committee headed by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, are Caranglaan. Barangay IV, Carael and Tebeng. All except Barangay IV, are headed by barangay…
LINGAYEN— Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas cited the veterans’ memories of heroism, freedom and peace, recalling “the glorious days of Filipinos.” Villegas said people should thank God for the gift of memory because it is “a gift… an invitation…. a promise,” Villegas said in his homily during the Mass at the…
SECOND District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, chairman of House committee on veterans’ affair and welfare, vowed to continue to campaign for the approval of his bill seeking to increase the P5,000 monthly pension of war veterans to P20,000 for the medicine and other basic needs of the veterans. He added that…
ISSUES 300 CARDS DAILY TO cope with the processing of 21,000 backlog of licenses on file and new applications, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) district in Dagupan City is working double-time. To enable it to process and release 300 licenses daily, it operates as early as 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez has ordered City Veterinarian Dr. Michael Maramba to resume the vaccination of dogs in all the 31 barangays of the city on February 1 to ensure that residents, particularly children are protected from rabies. Her directive was in consonance with her Executive Order No. 55…
SUAL— Grade 6 students of Sual Central School will no longer have to put up with leaky roofs, broken windows, dilapidated blackboards, and rickety armchairs. Their classes are now held inside the newly constructed school building built through the partnership between TeaM Energy Foundation, Inc. (TEFI) and Philam Foundation. The…
DAGUPAN CITY — Some 400 street children were rescued last year by the city’s Task Force for the Prevention and Protection of Street Vulnerables. Leila Natividad, head of the task force, said the street children were not only from Dagupan but also from other towns who were stranded in the…
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