PASEODE BELEN — A young mother pauses in front of the nativity scene of barangay Mamalingling to allow her daughter in her arms to take in the bright lights illuminating the creation. (Punchphotoby Willie Lomibao)
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BIGGEST IN REGION 1 THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed the 2019 annual budget of Dagupan City in the amount of P1.010 billion during a special session called by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez on December 7. The P1.010 billion outlay is the biggest annual budget ever approved for Dagupan in…
Dagupan City OKs P1.010 Billion budget
BUGALLON—SecondDistrict Board Member Raul Sision wrote Sen. Cynthia Villar to initiate a Senate inquiry into the recent discovery of a factory that manufactures fake cigarettes in Barangay Portic here. In his letter dated Dec. 4, Sison described the facts reported about the factory manufacturing fake cigarettes raided on Nov. 29 by…
BM Sison seeks Senate inquiry on fake cigarettes factory
BUGALLON– The barangay chairman of Portic this town flatly denied issuing a permit for the operation of a piggery farm in the barangay that turned out to be a factory manufacturing fake cigarettes, saying the authority to issue permits lies with the municipal government. Barangay Captain Edilberto Orduña refuted the…
Bugallon kapitan belies mayor’s claim
CHRISTMAS IS FOR THE KIDS — Daycare pupils in a village in Lingayen show each one’s exchanged gifts during simple Christmas party. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
CHRISTMAS IS FOR THE KIDS
DAGUPAN City was again declared as overall most competitive city in Region 1 under the independent component city category after topping the Regional Competitive Council’s competitive index for the third consecutive year. The citation was announced during 4th CMCI Recognition and Awarding ceremonies held at the Diego Silang Hall of…
Dagupan cited again as region’s overall most competitive city
BOLINAO—To ensure that the town will be fish pen-free by January 2019, the town mayor here has ordered the dismantling of all fish pens in its coastal waters by the end of December. Mayor Arnold Celeste said the remaining 179 fish pens must be dismantled this month based on an…
Bolinao mayor orders dismantling of 179 fish pens
DUE TO DENGVAXIA SCARE THE Provincial Health Office has intensified its information and education drive on the importance of having vaccination amid reports of resistance of many parents to have their children vaccinated as a result of the Dengvaxia controversy. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, suspects that the…
PHO notes increase in measles cases
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on December 9, R.A. 11132, an Act declaring March 21 and every year there after as San Fabian Day. Fourth District Congressman Christopher de Venecia sponsored H.B. 1865, two months after he became congressman. San Fabian used to be a principality (barangay) known as…
PDU30 declares March 21, San Fabian Day
UNKNOWN to the millennial generation in Dagupan City, the ruin by the road where the railway once existed was part of the era when the city started to be developed as a major trading area in the region. That ruin, the old PNR (PhilippineNational Railway) Building is now being rehabilitated…
