Christmas past! By Jing Villamil ONCE upon a not-so-distant time, our Christmas trees were tall and truly pine! The Cordilleras had not yet been shorned naked and DENR was not yet defensively protective of our natural resources. The tree was up by the first week of December, and down by…
SIMBANG GABI – The St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City has been the main venue for the thousands of devotees of the traditional 9-day novena in preparation for the birth of Baby Jesus (Simbang Gabi). (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SPECIAL SESSION ON A SATURDAY IN a special session called by Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim on December 23, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed Draft Ordinance No. 0-734 approving the annual budget of the Dagupan City government for Calendar Year 2020 in the amount of P1,090,000,000. Sponsored by Minority Floor…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office already failed in its campaign for zero-firecracker casualty barely 48 hours after it declared its mission. A nine-year old boy in Barangay Turac, San Carlos City was rushed to the hospital after a ‘kwitis’ exploded in his face. Dr. Anna Teresa de Guzman, provincial health…
IT will be Code Red in all provincial government hospitals on December 31 and January 1. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Anna De Guzman said the 14 hospitals are fully equipped and ready for firecracker-related injuries including a provision for ‘fast lanes’ for firecracker-related injuries. “We have prepared enough logistics, including…
ILLEGAL OCCUPATION – Vendor along A. B. Fernandez Ave. in Dagupan City occupy sidewalks including parts of pedestrian lanes and footbridges like nobody’s business, without fear of being accosted by the police or POSO enforcers. The illegal occupation is in clear violation of President Duterte’s order to DILG but the city government…
LINGAYEN–Although measles tapered down during the second semester of this year, it still is the number one cause for morbidity among children in Pangasinan with 1,485 suspected cases this year against 415 in 2018. Of the number, 217 cases or 30 percent were confirmed in a laboratory analysis. The Provincial Health Office’s…
IN the absence of a definite position in the pending Waste to Worth (W2W) technology, Dagupan City, Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo reiterated his suggestion that three sites be considered by Sure Global Philippines Inc. for the project. The first is the two-hectare land segregated from the 72-hectare area covered by Proclamation…
THE component cities of Dagupan and San Carlos have been cited by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as among the top component cities in overall competitiveness in the Ilocos region in 2019 based on the results of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI). Dagupan City ranks first,…
THE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL – A vendor of colorful toy horns in front of the CSI Square (left panel) carefully arranges her items to better attract customers to her display away from the long row of firecracker stalls (right panel) permitted by the city government to sell in front of the West…
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