By Rex Catubig “CHECK out this old picture, Kuya Rex, I think it’s you!”, the Mayor exclaimed on the cp. She was at the City Mayor’s Office on a Saturday, rummaging through the Iwata photo collection of Helen Co, as part of the initial preparations for the goodwill visit…
PANGASINAN accounted for about 94% of the dengue cases recorded in Region 1 from January to August this year, with 2,816 infections out of the 3,000 reported, including 17 fatalities, according to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, a medical officer at DOH-CHD…
Pangasinan, highest in dengue cases in R1
THANKS to Pinoy artistic gymnast Carlos Yulo, the country became euphoric about winning not one but two gold medals on the world stage, at the 2024 Paris Olympics! It certainly beats all celebrations of past individual triumphs. Winning beauty titles may no longer be the ultimate dream of a young…
Celebrating Carlos Yulo today and tomorrow
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE obstructionist majority bloc members in the Dagupan city council can kiss their stars and their submissive colleagues in the minority. There is a ban on the suspension of elected public officials one year before the election and campaign period! This means, Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia,…
Saved by the bell
RUSH FOR REFLECTORIZED VESTS – A rider and his back-rider make a quick stop at a street shop in Dagupan City selling reflectorized vests to buy a pair to wear for fear of being apprehended by the police for not wearing one. The Provincial Ordinance 325-2024 requiring motorcycle riders, tricycle drivers, etc. to wear…
RUSH FOR REFLECTORIZED VESTS
THE seven-member majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) again rejected the passage of the long pending Supplemental Budget No. 2-2024 when it objected to a motion of the minority to include the measure in the agenda for the August 12 regular session. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael…
Dagupan SP majority rejects supplemental budget anew
SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET 2 STILL PENDING WHILE the fate of proposed Supplemental Budget No. 2-2024 still hangs in the hands of the seven majority in the city council, the Local Development Council (LDC) passed a resolution approving Supplemental Annual Investment Program (SAIP) No. 2-2024 and Supplemental Budget No. 3-2024, to fund…
Supplementary Budget 3 passed for SP OK
LAST PHASE OF FLOOD MITIGATION THE elevation of Perez Boulevard and its drainage system, covering the segment from Nazareth General Hospital to YMCA, is expected to start soon, completing the flood mitigation project for the three most flood-prone areas in Dagupan City. Mayor Belen Fernandez met with Department of Public…
Perez Boulevard set for elevation
THERE were 898 motorcycle riders, tricycle drivers, and others that were apprehended in various towns of Pangasinan since the start of the enforcement of Provincial Ordinance 325-2024 on August 15, which prescribes the mandatory wearing of reflectorized vests. P/Capt. Renan de la Cruz, information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office,…
898 riders apprehended violating mandatory wearing of vests
CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY, KEY TO GOV’T EMPLOYMENT — Fresh college graduates and current government employees wait outside the Pangasinan National High School in Lingayen town last week, one of the testing centers designated by the Civil Service Commission, for the Career Service Examination, Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) to begin. To earn…