SO much has been said and written in mainstream and social media about the obvious attempt to cover up the anomalous and irregular process in the filing of the Bicameral Conference Report. To this day, the honorable politicians in the House of Representatives have so far refused to show proof…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AGAIN! If you think the 7 epaLiFes have run out of abnormal precepts of how Dagupan should be governed, think again, because they have new views based on their position as the majority at the Dagupan sanggunian! After suffering serious major setbacks in their efforts,…
SECOND District Representative Mark Cojuangco speaks to residents of Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Pangapisan North in Lingayen — a community that has been branded as “water world” for 24 years due to persistent flooding — to explain the P23-million floodgate project intended to solve their longstanding problem. “Sixty percent is already…
REJECTING DILG REG’L OFFICE OPINION DAGUPAN City’s seven-man opposition in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is turning to Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juvic Remulla for his legal opinion on issues that the department’s regional office, issued, mostly not in their favor. “We are seeking legal opinion on…
HEALTH SERVICING NOT IN PRIORITY LIST BARANGAY Health Workers (BHWs) in Pangasinan must pay the P970 assessment fee required to obtain a National Certificate II because Barangay Health Servicing is not included in the province’s priority skills training list, according to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). In…
THE Municipal Environment and Natural Resource Office (MENRO) of Lingayen again reminded the town residents that burning trash is prohibited under a national law and called on barangay officials to strictly enforce the ban. Open burning is banned under Section 48 of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Poor water quality detected in Pangasinan’s western coast THE coastal wasters of Bolinao and Anda, where fish cages abound, registered low dissolved oxygen levels, which is not conducive to the growth of fish being raised in captivity, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic…
URDANETA STUDENTS WIN! — Members of Urdaneta City High National School, one of the contenders in UP Subol Padunungan 2025 “Sabayang Pagbigkas” contest, practiced outside the NRSCC gym in Lingayen before the actual competition, and eventually won the championship of the most intense and suspenseful competition with literary piece “Kumintang ni Marcelino Beltran” written…
A businessman and his office caretaker who were abducted on January 20 in Dagupan City were rescued and their three kidnappers arrested on January 23 at a COMELEC checkpoint operation at 7:50 p.m. in Bokod, Benguet. Rescued were William Lee Chua, 59, a resident of Barangay Lipit Tomeeng in San…
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office, in a series of legal opinions issued on January 12, 2025, sustained all the actions taken by the five-man minority councilors of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) when they held the majority last year while three opposition councilors were…
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