By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE surprise presence of Dagupan City Belen Fernandez in last week’s regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod served many lessons to both officials of the executive and the legislative branches. Mayor Belen should stop underestimating the 7 epaLiFes capabilities to cut her down into pieces….
HARD WORK –A salt refinery worker in Barangay David in Mangaldan cooks salt harvested in Western Pangasinan. The refinery is one of the well-known suppliers of iodized salt in the market in the province. The refined salt requires several hours to process. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CAN a food caterer for the Dagupan City government actually serve 100,000 meals and 28,000 snacks daily for 18 days for 2,777 people? This was the questioned raised by Mayor Belen Fernandez when she said she discovered that the city government under then Mayor Brian Lim procured meals and snacks…
TO EXCLUDE MEDIA, PUBLIC THE majority at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod finally made it official that budget hearings will be held at the small conference room at the third floor of the SP building, a room that can only accommodate the committee members and resource persons, purposely to exclude media…
REGION 1 Medical Center Chief Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia has belied rumors circulating that he has been suspended and relieved of his position as hospital head. In an interview with Mejia on Wednesday, February 8, Mejia asserted that the allegations and rumors circulating are not true, and is a demolition…
THE Bikers’ Camp in Barangay Malico in San Nicolas town remains open to visitors even after fire broke out at the forest area near the Bikers’ Camp in Barangay Malico last Saturday morning, February 4. The forest fire was declared fire out on early Sunday morning, February 5 but to…
FASCINATING SIGHT — A farmer in Urdaneta City takes a break from preparing the farmland for planting rice and watches the egret birds fly around his area confident that he can finish the job with the four-wheel tractor provided by national government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DESPITE the walkout by members of the majority bloc when she addressed the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod on the invitation of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua to explain and field questions from the councilors pertaining to the 2023 annual city budget, Mayor Belen Fernandez is still confident that the city’s annual appropriation…
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