NOT a few have wondered why so much time and resources are being spent by the Senate committee of Senator Risa Hontiveros and Congress’ Quad Committee on the activities and identity of the former Bamban mayor, Alice Guo, whom they tag as the principal character behind the illegal activities of…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. ALLOW me to highlight here how the Quad committee formed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez acted as investigator, prosecutor and judge to all its invited resource persons whom they have identified as “persons of interests” initially in hearings on the illegal activities of POGO…
REGULAR HIGH TIDE FLOODING — The sight of 30 cms. flooding in Tapuac Road in Dagupan City each time high tide occurs has become a regularity and becomes impassable if torrential rains fall during high tide. The situation is expected to continue until the road is elevated like Arellano Street. (Punchphoto…
THE majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod was accused this time of doing committee hearings on proposed measures filed by the minority. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez again decried another “hijacking” of the minority’s proposed ordinance by the majority bloc, which the latter submitted for first reading and…
16 BARANGAYS SUBMERGED CALASIAO is the first town in Pangasinan placed under the state of calamity in the aftermath of Typhoon“Enteng”. In a resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan upon the request of Mayor Kevin Roy Macanlalay, 16 of the 24 towns of Calasiao were still flooded as of September 10…
THE Department of Health Center for Health Development (DOH CHD) in Region 1 expressed growing concern over the rising cases of leptospirosis in the region. Dr. Rhuel Bobis, DOH CHD1 medical officer, emphasized that the rainy season has only just begun, and already reported leptospirosis cases have been increasing. CHD-1…
SEVERE tropical storm ‘Enteng’ caused extensive damage in Pangasinan, with P127,591,454 in losses across agriculture, livestock, and infrastructure. According to a terminal report from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office released on September 10, 2024, the storm left P56,571,354 in agricultural damages, P1,520,100 in livestock losses, and P69,500,000 in…
PRIEST RETURNS TO DAGUPAN TO BE ORDAINED BISHOP — Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan presents the mitre to Most Rev. Rafael Tambaoan Cruz, D.D. Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Baguio during his Episcopal Ordination at Dagupan Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist last Saturday. Rafael Cruz was ordained priest…
7 OPPOSITION DADS REJECT URGENCY NOTE DAGUPAN City may never see the Department of Health’s P150 million Maternal and Child Hospital established in the city for as long as the 7 opposition councilors hold sway at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod. The opposition councilors (Reford Erfe-Mejia, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Alipio Serafin Fernandez,…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez said flooding in Dagupan City was no longer as widespread compared to last year’s and past many years because of the elevation of major roads and the construction of wider and bigger drainage systems in these roads. Fernandez told a Radyo ng Pilipinas program in Manila, that…
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