THE discovery of deliberate misuse and exploitation of the scholarship fund program by unscrupulous officials of the Brian Lim administration for political purposes and, obviously, for self-aggrandizement is the height of contemptuous conduct of a public official. The temerity of councilors belonging to the majority in the Dagupan Sanggunian to…
Accountability in cover-up of Dagupan scholarship fund mess
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THAT trash piled up at the Dagupan dumpsite in Bonuan during the Lim administration is old news. Nothing surprising there. But the new trash that continues to pile up in Dagupan City are news about the reports of corruption that fed the insatiable greed of the…
“Stealing” from scholarship fund the easy way
TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM FLOODING – The declogging of drainage canals in Dagupan streets have started with the arrival of DPWH’s Vactron and hydrovacs that the city government requested to mitigate recurring flooding in city streets. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM FLOODING
ONLY the payroll indicating names of scholars and the amount due them as scholars from the Dagupan City government was turned over by the past scholarship committee under ex-Mayor Brian Lim, to the new city administration. This was revealed by Councilttor Michael Fernandez, the minority floor leader of the Sangguniang…
No documents, only scholars’ payroll turned over by Lim’s committee
Photos and short story by Art Valenzuela (Exclusive to the Sunday Punch) Whenever I think of taking a long vacation, “away from it all,” there is one place that always comes to my mind as it weaves back pleasant memories of the past — Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte. It is…
PAGUDPUD BEACH: NO. 1 MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD
STILL LOW RISK BUT…. AFTER President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued an executive order making optional the wearing of face masks outdoor, the E.O. may not do well in Pangasinan because OCTA Research saw a spike in COVID-19 cases in the last seven days from September 6. This was confirmed by…
COVID-19 cases up by 92 % in a week – OCTA
By Al S. Mendoza ALEX Eala became the newest sports sensation when she won the U.S. Open tennis junior singles championship last weekend in New York, USA. That is no mean feat as Alex crowned herself the best tennis player in the 18-year-old and below in the whole wide…
Lefty Eala latest toast of Philippine sports
By Gonzalo Duque I’VE been privileged to be named by Mayor Belen T . Fernandez as member of an executive committee tasked to prepare the activities for our 75th Diamond Anniversary this year with Mayor Belen herself as chairperson. In the first meeting of the executive committee held at…
