P2,500 FINE AND/OR JAIL TERM THE municipal council in the capital town of Lingayen passed the ‘Bawal Bastos Ordinance” that bans gender-based sexual harassment in public places, social media, work or offices, schools and training institutions in the town. Ordinance No. 109, S-2022 titled “An ordinance prohibiting gender-based sexual harassment in…
MEMBERS of the majority in the city council scored the incumbent city administration for not giving premium to security this being an election year on seeing the reduction of allocation for gas and fuel of the Dagupan City Police Station in the proposed annual budget for 2022, from P2.5 million in…
SP slams budget cut in PNP operations’ gas allocation
THE Department of Education (DepEd) Dagupan City Schools Division Office (SDO) is gearing up for the resumption of limited face-to-face classes come Monday, March 21. In an interview Thursday, March 17, DepEd Dagupan Superintendent Dr. Aguedo Fernandez said almost all public elementary and high schools in the city, save for…
Dagupan’s BBNHS school starts F2F classes, March 21

BINMALEY’S CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOOM – – What was once a sleepy town, Binmaley is fast becoming a major tourist destination in Pangasinan. It’s latest feature that welcomes visitors are its gardens of Palawan. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
BINMALEY’S CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOOM
VISIT Binmaley town and experience the ambience of Japan’s cherry blossom gardens with the beautiful white and pink flowers of Palawan cherry trees or locally known as Balayong in full bloom. The trees, planted on May 1, 2014, are conspicuous in and around the vicinity of Poblacion area – parks,…
Binmaley has Japan’s “cherry blossom” version
IT is only the World Health Organization (WHO), in consultation with the Department of Health (DOH), that can declare if COVID-19 has ceased to be a pandemic in the Philippines but remains an endemic. This was affirmed by Dr. Rosario Pamintuan, a representative of the DOH regional office, when she…
Only WHO can declare COVID-19 as endemic, say
COMMUTERS will no longer have to endure the traffic along the main highway of Calasiao-Mangaldan-Dagupan (CAMADA) with the completion of Mangin-Tebeng Road in Dagupan City. Esperanza Tinaza, information officer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Ilocos, said the newly paved 1.956-kilometer road provides the motorists convenient…
DPWH completes road project to ease traffic woes
THE new four-lane bridge in Bugtong village along Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang-Malasiqui-Sta. Barbara Road is already passable for the convenience of Malasiqui residents and commuters in the area. Esperanza Tinaza, information officer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Ilocos, said the widening of P47.1 million Bugtong Bridge was implemented…
DPWH widens bridge in Pangasinan
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Pangasinan is reminding the public to take all safety and prevention measures to prevent fire as the weather grows hotter. F/Sr.Insp. Gian Galano, provincial information officer of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Pangasinan, said the public should always be on guard…
BFP to public: Take fire prevention as a way of life
THE Department of Education-Schools Division Office of San Carlos City’s Carlos and Carlene Network (CCN) broadcast and recording center will serve as a studio for the production of video lessons and contextualized learning materials for their learners. Through its Project Future-Ready Electronic Education (FREE), the production and airing of digitized…