2024 ANNUAL DAGUPAN BUDGET THE political opposition that comprise the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod continues to be defiant and ignores Mayor Belen Fernandez’s January 17, 2024 directive to the legislative to fast track the enactment of the Proposed Annual Investment Plan and Annual Budget for 2024 it being…
PADUNUNGAN 2024 — Students from secondary schools in Pangasinan join the inter-quiz show as part of the Padunugan 2024 conducted by the UP Subol Society (UPSS) last Friday at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. Other contests include essay writing, extemporaneous speaking, on the spot poster making, and Pangasinan contemporary dance. Padunungan…
SIGNATURES FROM 46 LGUS SUBMITTED THOUGH the Philippine Senate issued a manifesto slamming People’s Initiative (PI), the movement appears to be far from slowing down as groups continue to submit signature sheets to local election offices calling for the holding of PI in order to amend the Philippine Constitution. Provincial Elections…
DAILY GRIDLOCK IN DAGUPAN CITY THE worsening gridlock in Dagupan City’s main thoroughfares have already resulted in many commuters complaining and choosing to walk to their respective destinations than ride jeepneys during rush hours while motorists lament an almost 30-minute delay in their trips around the city. The difficult situation…
TRANSPORT groups in Pangasinan rejoice over the extension of the deadline for consolidation of Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) operators. This, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the deadline be reset to April 30 this year. Bernard Tuliao, president of the AutoPRO-Pangasinan, the largest transport group in the province, said they…
THE towns of Agno and Bautista have been added to the list of drug-cleared municipalities in Pangasinan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). PDEA Pangasinan provincial director Rechie Camacho said with the addition of said towns, there are already 32 municipalities in the province declared clear of illegal drugs….
FOR LOVERS’ PHOTO-OP IN LINGAYEN — A student imagines how he and his girlfriend should pose inside the heart-shaped structure installed at the Lingayen public plaza on Valentine’s Day by the local government. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
FOUR towns and one city were recently placed in the dengue watchlist of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) after the province registered 72 cases of dengue as of January this year. However, the PHO clarified that the 72 dengue cases were 13 percent lower compared to the 83 cases recorded…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 145 persons that suffered from influenza last week but there is no cause for alarm as the number is 18 percent lower than the 177 cases recorded for the same period in 2023. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, cited a report prepared by…
THE Provincial Agriculture Office confirmed that mariculture areas in Infanta town are free from toxic red tide. In a letter dated January 17, 2024 addressed to all mayors, Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya informed the local governments that the coastal areas of Alaminos City, Sual Bani, Anda, Bolinao and the maintained mariculture…
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