CRITICS of Mayor Belen Fernandez over the road elevation projects in the city resurfaced to bash her anew on social media blaming her for the flash flood caused by high tide that came simultaneously after a sudden thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon. “Hindi pa po tapos,” was Fernandez’s terse reply during an IFM…
NINE of 1,300 barangays of Pangasinan received national recognition from the Department of the Interior and Local Government for being adjudged passers of the Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangay (SGLGB). The SGLGB passers include Pantal in Dagupan City headed by Barangay Captain Julita Perez. Pantal is the only…
BARANGAY Tapuac in Dagupan finally ended its 22-year-old garbage problem and for this, it was adjudged the model barangay in waste management in Region1, earning the distinction as the cleanest and best in segregation among all barangays not only in Dagupan City but throughout Pangasinan and the Ilocos region. Barangay…
A TOTAL of 110 hectares of the 592 hectares of land planted with tobacco this year in Alcala and another 50 hectares in San Fabian were affected by drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. This was confirmed by Roger Madriaga, manager of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) in Pangasinan,…
FAMILY AFFAIR – – Rolando Mendoza, 71, of Barangay Leet in Sta. Barbara town gathers tobacco leaves for curing while his wife Leonida, (box) and family members stitch newly harvested tobacco leaves for drying. Despite the hard times experienced in the country brought by the El Niño phenomenon, farmers and their families learn…
AFTER the Brian Lim administration initially spent P60 million for the first phase of the construction of the planned two-storey new city hall in front of the old building, there’s still nothing to show for what it spent, and work already stopped. This was the status of the stalled construction…
DUE TO HIGH HEAT INDEX EFFECTIVE May 14, 2024, the usual 1 p.m. schedule for funeral masses in Manaoag town was changed to 8:15 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday due to the high recorded heat index. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario told an iFM Dagupan interview that this was prompted…
SUPPLY of anti-rabies vaccines in Dagupan City is running low for a good reason. Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City health officer, said the supply of anti-rabies vaccines has dropped after more residents seek inoculation at the City Health Office (CHO). CHO records show that 4,523 animal bites have been recorded,…
(Filed by IFM Dagupan News) El Niño lowers rivers’ water level in Pangasinan DESPITE isolated thunderstorms during afternoons and early evenings in various parts in the province, the level of water in rivers of Pangasinan continues to dip due to the current heat wave spurred by the El Niño phenomenon….
THE Pangasinan Heatwaves suffered a harrowing defeat in the hands of host Caloocan Batang Kankaloo, 65-66, last May 10, 2024 at the Caloocan Sports Complex. It was the heatwaves fifth loss against just two wins in the 6th MPBL season. Pangasinan had a rousing start at the half of Jason Tan’s two treys beyond the arc, along with Ralph Robin’s…
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