SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, 8 RESOLUTIONS PASSED THE new majority in the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod immediately got down to business and passed in less than six hours the long-delayed Supplemental Budget No. 2 of 2023 amounting to P557 million, and eight vital resolutions concerning different programs and projects. Councilor and new Majority…
WITH 3 COUNCILORS SUSPENDED “IT was what I earlier considered as another Divine Providence or an act of God favoring us.” This was the terse reaction of Mayor Belen Fernandez to the preventive suspension of the three councilors of the majority bloc for 60 days by the Office of the…
MANAOAG Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario was elected new president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)-Pangasinan Chapter, replacing Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil who stepped down from the post to focus on his congressional campaign in next year’s elections. Governor Ramon “Mon-mon” Guico III presided over the transition ceremony…
COJUANGCO CALLS FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN COASTAL CLEAN-UP — SECOND District Rep. Mark Cojuangco has called on everyone, especially his constituents, to come together for a community-driven coastal cleanup at the Lingayen Beach. Together with his dedicated staff, Cojuangco himself has been regularly working to restore the beach’s natural beauty, and now…
A MORE efficient waste management could be expected in Dagupan with the passage last week of the long-delayed supplemental budget of P557 million by the new majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) following the 60-day preventive suspension of three majority councilors opposed to the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez. Supplemental Budget…
THE observance of Undas this year was largely peaceful throughout the Ilocos Region, with no significant incidents reported, according to P/BGen. Lou Evangelista, regional director of Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1). During the regular Monday flag-raising ceremony, Evangelista credited this success to the comprehensive deployment and mobilization of police personnel…
VISITING departed loved ones this year for the traditional observance of Undas on November 1 proved challenging for many Dagupeños as public and private cemeteries were flooded triggered by a series of typhoons, incessant rains, and the daily high tide. At the public cemetery in Bonuan Boquig which has around…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) DSWD assures enough relief goods for typhoon victims THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office assured there is enough food packs on stockpile for distribution to people affected by the recent series of three typhoons — Kristine, Leon, and Marce. DSWD…
THE 7 opposition councilors at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod met their second comeuppance with the 60-day preventive suspension of Councilors Redford Erfe-Mejia, Alipio Serafin Fernandez and Victoria Czarinna Lim-Acosta. The preventive suspension was issued by the Office of the President based on a petition filed by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua,…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE suspension of Dagupan epaLiFe Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez, and Irene Lim-Acosta is plain karma and the direct consequence of their juvenile arrogance. So the 4 epaLiFe Councilors Celia Chua-Lim, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Alvin Coquia, and Marilou Fernandez, who were perhaps more restrained in the…
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