DAGUPAN Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia was separately indicted by the Acting City Prosecutor for Dagupan City on the complaint filed by his fellow councilors for “Prohibition, Interruption and Dissolution of peaceful meeting defined and penalized under Article 131 of the Revised Penal Code”. This was contained in a resolution signed on…
COMBINED police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives seized 130 grams of suspected shabu and arrested a suspect in a drug sting on March 13 in Barangay Poblacion, Malasiqui town. By virtue of a search warrant, lawmen nabbed Keneth John Zacarias, 33, a resident of the barangay. The confiscated suspected…
TALABA FESTIVAL IS BACK – Residents and visitors have their fill of huge ‘Alaminos talaba ‘ (oyster ) brand harvested in barangays Pangapisan, Mona, Cayucay, and Balayedaan in Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FOR STUDENTS FROM FOUR UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES EIGHTY students will benefit from a scholarship grant from South Korea’s Lotte Scholarship Foundation (LSF) following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between LSF and four educational institutions in Pangasinan on March 8. The MOU was signed by Gov. Ramon Guico III…
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1) started closely monitoring rising levels of diarrhea cases in the region. Up until February 2024, the region registered more than 3,000 cases, out of which Pangasinan reported 1,478; followed by La Union with 1,023; Ilocos Norte with 415; and Ilocos…
FOR INDIGENT PATIENTS THE Department of Health (DOH) is set to provide the funds for the implementation of the Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP) program this year in all 14 government hospitals in Pangasinan. The 14 government health facilities, namely: Asingan Community Hospital, Bayambang District Hospital,…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Bus companies preparing for Holy Week vacation BUSES with terminals in Dagupan City are preparing for a flood of commuters coming and going out of the province during the Holy Week, a week after next. Terminal officials said prior to Holy Week, they always see…
THE annual of Hundred Islands Festival and Talaba (Oyster) Festival in Alaminos City kicked-off last March 9, 2024 to celebrate Alaminos farmers’ bountiful oyster harvest and to promote city’s tourism programs. Alaminos City is known as the province’s biggest oyster grower, and made “’Talaba Ihaw-Ihaw” as a staple event for the month-long festivity. Some 185 sacks of harvested oysters were…
BUILDING CHARACTER AND SKILLS — Former PBA superstar Danny “Lakay” lldefonso takes time to give pointers to young boys belonging to a team competing in his Batang Pilipino Basketball League being held at this training camp in Urdaneta City. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
UNTIL the 2024 annual budget of Dagupan is passed, the Dagupan City Sports Office (DCSO)is in a quandary how it will pay the salaries of sports coaches tapped by the city government to prepare athletes competing in the Region 1 Athletic Association Meet slated in Ilocos Norte from April 22…
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