THE province’s new set of mayors are expected to put their best foot forward in the first 100 Days after being given the mandate to serve for three years, mostly on the basis of the campaign promises. Their credibility and integrity are at stake if they fail to show that…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE’S a new entertaining game in Dagupan City. It’s called the “LiFe-Camera-Action” at the Sanggunian! The cast is complete. The political objective is unmistakable. The agenda is self-serving. Hubris and bravado are its motivation. The level of play is immature and childish – for beginners…
By Al S. Mendoza IN his inauguration speech on June 30 as the country’s 17th President, Bongbong Marcos said: “Ang pangarap ninyo ay pangarap ko.” Not once, not twice but several times he had said that. Who said the London-schooled BBM is not well-versed in Tagalog? Roughly translated, his line…
By Gonzalo Duque EVEN before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can deliver his State of the Nation Address, his allies in Congress already started working. Even reelected Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking the review of the K-to-12 programs – to see if there is a need to abolish it or continue…
BARANGAYS TOLD TO PREPARE LISTS THE Fernandez administration in Dagupan City appears determined to clear the city’s rivers of illegal fish pens many of which are oversized and constructed along navigational lanes. This became evident after Mayor Belen Fernandez had a consultation meeting with seven barangay chairmen under whose jurisdictions…
FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY – A hand-painted portrait of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is rushed to Binmaley town to be displayed at the town hall. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF PH DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez is the new Region 1 chairman of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). She was elected on July 21 during the 69th General Assembly and Election of Officers at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Quezon City. Interior…
DENGUE-WATCH SO far, dengue cases in Pangasinan are 72 % lower compared to last year’s. This was bared by Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) data culled from Pangasinan Sentinel Hospitals-government hospitals, private hospitals and the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City. From January to July 18 this year, there were…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan, on motion of Vice Governor and presiding officer Mark Lambino, recalled a resolution passed in 2016 during the 9th Sanggunian declaring Pangasinan State University president Dexter Buted as persona non grata in Pangasinan. The resolution introduced by Lambino was approved over two abstentions by Board Members Haidee…
VIOLATIVE OF R.A.7160 THE new seven-man majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod forged a new set of Rules and Procedures (IRP) that completely isolates the members of the minority – without committee chairmanships and without voting powers in committees. The unexpected development is feared to lead to an impasse in the…
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