FOURTH District Rep. Christopher ‘Toff’ de Venecia called on the Dagupan City government to develop more green spaces to help combat the impacts of climate change to the widely-concretized urban area. He said since Dagupan is vulnerable to natural hazards such as flood, storm surge and having a heat index…
FINAL GUIDELINES STILL PENDING PROVINCIAL Election Supervisor Ericson Oganiza told the provincial board that the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is ready for the campaign period and the May 12 elections. Oganiza, speaking during the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Question Hour on February 12 said, the training of election personnel started on February…
MEMBERS of Tricycle Operators and Drivers Associations (TODA) in Pangasinan will now be officially part of public safety and emergency response with the establishment of the TODA RESCUE, an initiative of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office. A PPPO launched the innovative Strengthening Community Emergency Response Through Tricycle Operators and Drivers…
AFTER all the months and weeks of listening to national and local officials and the Commission on Elections how prepared they were fpr the 2025 midterm elections, well, the test of the pudding is now in the eating, which began last week. However, the preparations they cited were mainly about…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT started as a political move to give a voice to marginalized sectors has turned out to be not only the country’s biggest highway robbery but also the biggest joke on the electorate. The system uses marginalized sectors as a front, disguised with motherhood statements,…
FLOWERS FOR THE VALENTINE DAY RUSH — A flower arranger man busily prepares his display of assorted colorful flowers for celebrating lovers in his flowers shop along Burgos Street in Dagupan City on Valentines Day. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE provincial government launched several programs last year to enhance the agricultural sector by improving the skills of farmers and women and providing marketing support. Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya said her office’s Agri-business division conducted skills training on crops and fishery production, food processing, package and technologies, and institutional and entrepreneurial…
ARMY troopers confiscated an arms cache from a group previously linked to the communist movement in Sitio Cabalitian, Barangay Santa Maria, San Nicolas town on February 10, 2025. Lt Colonel Benny Singca, battalion commander of the Philippine Army’s 71st Infantry Kaibigan, said the operation was done in collaboration with the community and a former member of the group….
A passenger bus overturned along the provincial highway in Barangay Unzad, Villasis on February 12, leaving all 25 people on board injured but no reported fatality. Villasis police chief P/Major Edgar Allan Serquina said the driver lost control of the steering wheel and veered off the slippery road caused by heavy rain….
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is still investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in a subdivision in Barangay Tapuac, Dagupan City, where the house of an Indian national was severely damaged. According to Fire Chief Inspector Michael John Escaño, head of BFP Dagupan, the second floor…
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