UNFINISHED BUSINESS THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan continues its investigation into the road accident that happened on March 2 that killed four persons and injuring 35 others, in Sitio Mapita, Barangay Laoag, Aguilar when an overloaded mini-dump truck crashed on a hillside. Those killed and injured were workers of the Sumec Corporation, one…
DAGUPAN City’s Barangay Health Workers (BHW) received the updated Barangay Health Workers’ (BHW) Reference Manual and BHW Manual on Health Policies and Services last week from the Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region. They were the first in the region to receive the copies. The newly updated manuals are…
IN the aftermath of the Intensity 2 earthquake that struck Dagupan and the rest of Pangasinan at 10:19 a. m. on June 15, whose epicenter was in Calatagan, Batangas where it was felt at Magnitude 6.3, LGU Bayambang ordered the suspension of classes in all levels in the afternoon of…
WATCH OUT FOR NEW EMERGING FARMERS — Diane, a 21-year-old farmer in Pangasinan drives the tractor back to her cooperative that was selected by the Department of Agriculture to own and manage. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AGENDA: DBM REPORT ON 2023 BUDGET THE seven-members of the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan were again a no-show in their June 13 session, the second consecutive session that they did not appear for the session that started past 10:00 a.m. at the third floor of the Legislative…
FOLLOWING the declaration by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan is “inoperative in its entirety,” Mayor Belen Fernandez said she will not make the people responsible for it to get away with it. Speaking through City Information Officer Dave Paragas, Mayor Belen Fernandez said…
COUNCILOR Michael Fernandez, minority floor leader of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, said too much politics played by the seven majority councilors made Dagupan City and its people suffer a man-made calamity never seen before in the 76-year history of the city. Fernandez was reacting to the letter of the Department of…
MALACANANG declared June 20 as a special non-working holiday in Dagupan City when the city celebrates its 76th anniversary or ‘Agew na Dagupan’ (Dagupan Day). Proclamation No. 225 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin was issued in behalf of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., entitled “Declaring Tuesday, 20 June 2023, a Special…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez will deliver her State of the City Address (SOCA) at the CSI Stadia on June 20, coinciding with the 76th anniversary of Dagupan as a city. It will be her first since Mayor Belen Fernandez won back her seat on July 1, 2023. However, City…
120mm BELOW THE 200mm NORMAL RAINFALL WATER level in the rivers of Pangasinan still remain below alert level. This was confirmed by Gener Quitlong, weather specialist at the PAGASA and Agno River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (ARBFFWC) in Rosales town, in an interview on Tuesday, June 13. The…
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