THE joint venture agreement (JVA) entered into by the Dagupan City Water District with the Pamana Water Corporation (PWC) which was facilitated by the administration of Mayor Brian Lim is turning out to be a classic case of betrayal of public trust. As attested to by 26 barangay chairmen in…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. OUR news story last week on the fourth case filed vs. Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim can easily be dismissed as another case of political harassment, it being part of a series of complaints sourced from the COA 2021 audit report alone. Perhaps so. But…
Corruption and the illegal fish pens
By Al S. Mendoza TO our four losing presidential bets, what now, fellas? Ping Lacson said he would retire after having spent almost half a century of his life as a public servant—mostly as senator of the republic. Ping was the only one among the 10 presidential hopefuls who…
What now, fellas?
By Gonzalo Duque I am happy that almost all the barangay captains of Dagupan filed their timely objection to the application for franchise of Pamana and its proposed water rate increase lodged before the National Water Resources Board. Atty, Jose Tamayo is right that if the NWRB grants the…
Mayor Brian’s secret deal with Pamana
By Leonardo Micua WHEN I covered the face-to-face session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod last week, I entered an enclosed area fenced with galvanized irons, which I thought could lead me to the narrow stairway of the SP building. When I scanned the whole fenced area with my two eyes,…
Brian’s last hurrah
A member of the PNP Special Action Force (SAF) in Samar province was beaten to death by a group of thugs in an altercation in Barangay Poblacion, Mapandan town. Police investigation showed that a Patrolman Robert de Vera, 29, resident of Barangay Luyan, stepped in the middle of altercation in…
PNP-SAF cop killed in ‘peryahan’ rumble
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Member Jeremy Agerico B. Rosario presents the provincial resolution during the SP regular session on May 23. CAPITOL NEWS The Governor Amado I. Espino III will enter into and sign Deeds of Donation and receive various equipment from the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1…
LGU-Pangasinan to receive various equipment from DOH CHD-1 for PPH & MCH
INCOMING Mayor Belen Fernandez said she will soon find out more about the detailed plans for the planned new Dagupan City Hall complex to be built in front of the old city hall as proposed by outgoing Mayor Brian Lim on her first day of office on July 1. She…
Belen set to review new city hall plan
COMPLETE LOSS – Firemen from Calasiao and Dagupan City conduct clearing operations on the house in Barangay Banaoang in Calasiao gutted by a one hour fire last week. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COMPLETE LOSS
AN unusual motion without precedence was proposed by Dagupan City Councilor Celia Lim, mother of outgoing Mayor Brian Lim, during last week’s session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan. Lim moved specifically to invite and allow newly elected councilors to attend and participate in the council’s deliberations on the proposed…