ONE of the issues highlighted by the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to the Philippines was her government’s intent to seek an expansion of its military presence in the Philippines. This was subsequently followed by her statement in presence of President BBM: “An armed attack on the…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPENOS can stop wondering if Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez is, indeed, acting on the series of anomalies and irregularities her administration discovered along the way. Our headline this week is about how her earlier threats to act on the seeming bias and cover-up of the…
MANY HEADS ROLL THE regional office of the Commission on Audit (COA) and the office of the city auditor have been officially notified by the office of the city mayor to probe and explain in a special audit why several irregularities committed by past city administration are missing in the…
WHO’S THE FAIREST IN URDANETA? — The 34 winsome ladies from Urdaneta vying for the Binibining Urdaneta 2022 title pose for PUNCH lensman during the press presentation at the SM City Urdaneta Central last Sunday. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TF BANTAY ILOG REPORT ON 1,206 ILLEGAL PENS IN her “Kapehan, Talakayan at Balitaan” program last Wednesday, Nov. 23, Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez reported that while only 15 of the 1,206 illegal fish pens in Dagupan City have so far been demolished by the Task Force Bantay Ilog, eight…
PAST DAR’S DEADLINE THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed the resolution requested by the executive department authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to apply for retention and select the five- hectare retention area of the 29-hectare land bought by the Dagupan City government in March 2002 in Barangay Awai in San Jacinto…
ANOTHER SHOWDOWN AT DAGUPAN SP ANOTHER showdown between the majority and minority members in the Sangguniang Panlungsod when majority passed resolution urging Mayor Belen Fernandez to use the P55 million remaining balance of the 2022 budget to fund the scholarship of all scholars approved by the previous administration. The resolution…
PASEO DE BELEN, BATTLE OF BANDS BACK MAYOR Belen Fernandez named Councilor Michael Fernandez as chair of Dagupan City Fiesta 2022 and the “Pasco de Dagupan”, which actually already started with the ceremonial lighting of Christmas decors at the Quintos Bridge, lighting of the Giant Christmas Tree in front of the…
THE Department of Health (DOH) reported that there is no cholera outbreak in Region I. This was confirmed by DOH officer-in-charge Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire, and Dr. Paula Paz Sydiongco, chief of the DOH-Center for Health Development in Region I at a press conference. This is after several cases of…
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