THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in a letter dated January 7, 2025, said Dagupan’s P557.2 million Supplemental Budget No. 2 for Fiscal Year 2024, enacted through Appropriation Ordinance 2299-2024 by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on November 5, 2024, “shows substantial compliance with Republic Act 7160 and its Implementing…
NO CLEAR VIOLATIONS NOTED WEEKS before the official campaign period starts, posters of candidates for both the national and local elections in May have been flagrantly posted across Pangasinan but no violations could be filed. According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) these posters do not explicitly state that they…
ABIGAIL Supilanas Cajegas, a 26-year-old platform engineer from Dasol town, was crowned Ms. Aqua Queen of the Universe 2025, a beauty competition celebrating marine conservation. Cajegas actively engages in volunteer work to support environmental causes. She shared her advocacy focused on seagrass conservation, aiming to protect marine biodiversity — a…
NO MOTORCYCLE, NO PROBLEM — This ambulant vendor selling house items is proof that selling on foot instead of using a motorcycle or a cart, is more profitable these days and he surmises he is well ahead of his mobile competitors who have to spend more to sell, what with the three-week…
IMPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN DAGUPAN City sealed a long-term partnership with Holcim Philippines, Inc. for the conversion of the city’s non-recyclable wastes into alternative fuel for the company’s cement plant in Bulacan. Mayor Belen Fernandez signed the Memorandum of Agreement for and in behalf of the city of Dagupan with…
FIRST IN PHL AND SOUTHEAST ASIA SAN Roque Power Corporation’s (SRPC) hydropower facility in Pangasinan was issued the Hydropower Sustainability Standard Silver Certification, the first in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia. Located in the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas in Pangasinan, and extending into Itogon…
THE head of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) called for the reversal of the tariff reduction on imported rice under Executive Order (EO) 62, which took effect in July 2024, saying that this failed to lower prices of ric In his January 21, 2025 letter addressed to President Ferdinand…
DA ASSURES SUPPLY STILL STABLE THE Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed the spread of onion-eating army worms, known locally as harabas, in nine towns in Pangasinan, but gave assurance that onion supply in the markets remains stable. Vida Cacal, spokesperson for DA-Region 1, told an interview with Bombo Radyo Dagupan…
PUBLIC ASKED TO COOPERATE AND KNOW THEIR RIGHTS THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) designated 1,000 personnel to man checkpoints to prevent election-related violence and ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of the midterm polls in May. P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian, police provincial director, appealed for public cooperation at these control…
BINMALEY Vice Mayor Simplicio “Sammy” Rosario, who is running for mayor against re-electionist Mayor Pedro “Pete” Merrera in the May elections, vehemently denied various allegations leveled against him, describing the smear campaign as politically motivated. Among the rumors circulating is that he would evict residents living near the river once…
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