IT is noteworthy to see Mangaldan, a neighboring town of Dagupan City, was quick to nip the sprouting of illegal fish pens and cages along its Angalacan River in the bud before their presence, could worsen the situation, and corruption becomes widespread. When Mangaldan Mayor Bona Parayno ordered the immediate…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I CONTINUE to be amazed at how Mayor Belen Fernandez and her allies, on one side, and the 7epaLiFes on the other, are dealing with the long overdue passage of the P1.3 billion annual budget for Dagupan City. While Mayor Belen has not gone beyond…
Out of the Box columnist Gonzalo Duque receives the award for Sunday PUNCH from Mayor Belen Fernandez. With him are Associate Editor Eva Visperas, Chief Photographer Willie Lomibao, Entré’acte columnist Rex Catubig and Chief Correspondent Ahikam Pasion. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) 75th DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION THE Sunday Punch and 90 other outstanding individuals, institutions and…
MAYOR Bona Parayno ordered the immediate dismantling of all illegal fish cages and pens that sprouted along the Angalacan River in Mangaldan to demonstrate her resolve to protect her town from the threat of ecological and environmental disasters. The decision was made following her June 19 meeting with senior officials…
THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region already rolled out the COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent in towns and cities in the region for vaccine deployment and vaccination campaign for the A1 (frontline workers in health facilities both national and local, private and public, health professionals and non-professionals like students,…
THE PUNCH, NEWS LEADER IN PANGASINAN SINCE 1956 — Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez presents the city government’s award to Sunday Punch during the awarding ceremony of the city’s 75th founding anniversary. Around her are Associate Editor Eva Visperas, Chief Photographer Willie Lomibao, Entréacte columnist Rex Catubig and chief Correspondent Ahikam Pasion (Punchphoto)
IN a news conference last Thursday (June 22) afternoon, Mayor Belen Fernandez belied Erfe-Mejia’s statement that she and members of the minority did not meet at anytime in the past. She said that as far as she can recall, she met members of the majority five times in the past…
2nd ROUND FOR 2023 BUDGET “IF you are serious in resubmitting the 2023 annual budget, we are also serious in requesting for pertinent documents to support the annual budget.” This was the response of Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, chair of the committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriations of the Sangguniang Panlungsod…
ANTICIPATING IMPACT OF 7.6 TREMOR ALARMED by the movement of the Manila Trench, a potentially dangerous earthquake fault west of Luzon on June 15 that triggered 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Calatagan, Batangas but only felt at Intensity 2 in Dagupan City, Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the City Disaster Risk Reduction…
SECOND ROUND BATTLE MAYOR Belen Fernandez convened the Local Development Council (LDC) to a meeting last Wednesday, June 21, and passed two resolutions approving the resubmission of the 2023 Annual Budget of P1.3 billion and the submission of the P148.9 million Supplemental Annual Investment Plan No. 1 to the Sangguniang…
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