OVER the past two decades, Pangasinan was always one of the worst-hit provinces in north and central Luzon each time a super typhoon hit the province. Yet so far, the Pangasinan provincial government has only gone as far as creating the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PPDRRMO),…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. LET’S talk about the ongoing committee hearings on POGO in both Senate and the House of Reps. First, what’s common about them: They’re asking the same questions. (What a waste of time and resources) There is no prior approved motion of any recommended amendment or…
Joshua Fontanilla led Pangasinan to its eleventh win in MPBL with 21 points (FB Grab) THE Pangasinan Heatwaves went full throttle to wallop Imus Agimat VA Drones in a dominant fashion, 112-83, last September 14 at the Angeles University Foundation Gymnasium in Angeles City, Pampanga. Pangasinan had a sizzling start in the opening period, shooting…
THE Mayor Kevin Basketball League Inter-Barangay Basketball Tournament 2024 kicked off on September 14 at the Calasiao Sports Complex despite continued rains, which triggered flooding in parts of the town. Billed to run for two weeks, the tournament seeks to unify the youth in 24 barangays of the municipality, which has…
HOSPITAL FOR MOTHERS & CHILDREN – Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez shows local media the concept illustration of the Department of Health’s ‘Mother and Child Hospital’ after sending a second certificate of urgency of its passage to the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod. She warned that the P150-M fund allocated by the national government…
ORIGINALLY AUTHORED BY MINORITY THE majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod hastily deferred a proposed ordinance with all its seven members as authors, but which the minority councilors again claimed as their own. Calendared for second reading during the September 17 regular session of the Sanggunian was Draft Ordinance No….
ELEVATION works have kicked off for the road segment in front of the YMCA building to Nazareth General Hospital, according to Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez. A project of the Department of Public Works and Highways, in coordination with the Dagupan City government, the road elevation project seeks to finally end…
THE Alaminos City government inaugurated on September 10 its new City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) building with a command center that will speed up response time to emergency calls made through the 911 hotline. “Long contact numbers are often not saved, and in moments of panic, people…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Police stop Bingo game in Urbiztondo THE Urbiztondo police stopped a bingo game in Barangay Bituag that was not covered by a mayor’s permit. The police did not accept in the reason given by the bingo organizer that, as advised by his lawyer, no…
SOON TO DISAPPEAR — What appears to be a beachfront during high tide at the Perez Blvd and Tapuac Road junction, will soon vanish once the DPWH project, funded by the national government, that started last week is completed. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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