UNLISERBISYO PHASE I and Phase II of the Fisheries Road Project in Barangay Malued was formally inaugurated last January 21, 2023 by Fourth District Rep. Christopher ‘Toff’ de Venecia and Mayor Belen Fernandez. The road project is part of Congressman de Venecia’s flood mitigation campaign under the ‘Buhay Kabuhayan’ program,…
FUTURE KART RACER – Give Olive another 17 years, she might just be the first lady go-kart champion in the country. The daughter of councilor Michael and Maybelyn Fernandez gamely sits on one kart during a stop of the motorcade at the Quintos Bridge. Madkart facility, owned by Mao Dy, is…
FUTURE KART RACER
DAGUPAN City may not be able to participate in the coming Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) because the city government’s budget for the city’s participation is contained in the city government’s 2023 annual budget whose approval remains pending before the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Councilor Joshua Bugayong, chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan…
Dagupan’s participation in R1AA in jeopardy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JANUARY 29 – (Dagupan City) LICA PARAGAS; (Manaoag) Myrna Aromin, Merly Jacinto; (Mangaldan) Annaliza Severino JANUARY 30 – (Calasiao) Arnold De Vera; Alexander De Vera; (Mangaldan) Alipio Centino JANUARY 31 – (Pozorrubio) Mark Neil De Leon; (Malasiqui) Rowena Mae Punzalan FEBRUARY 01 – (Mangaldan) Monica de Guzman; (Calasiao)…
Birthdays/Anniversaries January 29 – February 4, 2023
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LUNAR YEAR PARADE IN THE CITY – Dagupan residents turn out to watch the parade organized by the Chinoy community led by the Dancing Dragon and to partake of the hundreds of boxes of tikoy shared by organizers. (Dagupan CIO News)
LUNAR YEAR PARADE IN THE CITY
MORE ANOMALOUS TRANSACTIONS MAYOR Belen Fernandez has given the go-signal to City Legal Officer Aurora Valle to file charges against more former city officials involved in anomalous contracts and projects. To be charged additionally were key officials (and contractors) involved in the purchase of two undelivered motorboats and Closed Circuit…
Mayor Belen: More ex-city officials to be charged in court
MAJORITY’S COMMITTEE HEARING ON BUDGET CAN a city mayor be required to attend a public committee hearing of the committee on finance, budget and appropriations to respond to questions on the proposed 2023? This question arose after Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia sent an invitation to Mayor Belen Fernandez urging her to…
SP Minority slams strange invitation to Mayor Belen
THE proposal to schedule the hearing and discussions on the Proposed Ordinance No. 818 seeking to enact the proposed Annual Budget of Dagupan for Fiscal Year 2023 in plenary was rejected by the majority members of the Dagupan sanggunian during its regular session last January 17. By a vote of…
SP majority rejects plenary hearings on 2023 budget
FOR decades, the country has been witnessing celebrations touting the Chinese culture about wealth and prosperity. In fact, perhaps most are totally unaware that the Pinoy tradition of lighting fireworks and having round fruits and objects in homes to celebrate each New Year are adoptions of traditions to celebrate the…