DEFYING OPLAN IWAS PAPUTOK — A neighborhood in Dagupan City not only ignores the government’s campaign but chooses to explode expensive firecrackers with the loudest bang. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS THE first session of the Sanggunian Panglunsod in 2024, January 2, was immediately adjourned because there was no submitted agenda for the 2024 annual budget. And, as of January 5, the SP committee on finance, budget and appropriations has no schedule of committee hearings on the 2024…
FROM FIRECRACKERS, STRAY BULLETS THIRTY-THREE persons in Dagupan and in adjacent areas were rushed to the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) from December 24, 2023 to January 2, 2024 for treatment for injuries suffered during New Year’s revelry. Of the 33, one lost his fingers and three suffered injuries in…
TWO siblings were wounded with stray bullets allegedly fired from a gun by their neighbor during the New Year revelry in Barangay Longos Central in San Fabian town. The victims, identified as Diana Montes, 21, student, and Danilo Montes Jr, 26, technician, were rushed to Region 1 Medical Center Annex…
THE 2024 New Year Eve revelry resulted in the a razing of a house and a junkshop situated in one compound in Dagupan City. The Bureau of Fire Protection received distress calls 12:27 .am. and rushed towards the PNR Site in Barangay Mayombo, Dagupan City where the fire was reported….
DAGUPAN’s LAST 2023 SUNSET — A man watches the scenery before him in solitude from the foot of the Pantal-Lucao Bridge, observing the direction of the boat ferrying passengers cross the calm Calmay River in Dagupan City while watching the sun slowly vanishes for the last sunset of the year. (Punchphoto by Willie…
IN an emotional speech during a special of session called by Mayor Belen Fernandez last December 30, again boycotted by the seven majority councilors, City Legal Officer Aurora Valle argued that the subjudice rule invoked by the seven could not be applied to justify the rejection of the Supplemental Budget…
MOTORISTS in Dagupan City were back to limited access to Arellano Street as a single ‘one-way’ lane starting January 6 as agreed upon by the city government with DPWH and its contractors. Mayor Belen Fernandez who expressed hope that work on the elevation of the street will enable contractors to…
REPRESENTATIVES of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PhiVolcs) are set to arrive in Dagupan sometime this January to conduct a seminar for barangay captains to prepare them how to save their constituents in case a high-magnitude earthquake strikes Pangasinan’s offshore and inland areas and subsequent possible tsunami that…
TWO fishermen were rescued by a cargo vessel from Egypt, MV Wadi Almalikat, after their boat capsized due to high waves and kept afloat for five hours, 30 nautical miles, west of Rena Point in Agno town on December 30. Rescued fishermen, Randy Arbollyente, 30, and Mark Kimber, 37, both residents of Barangay…
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