By Ermin Garcia Jr. WE should be alarmed that our families will now be at the mercy of drug syndicates. Our politicians know they can weaponize the ICC, so PH, after Duterte, will never see another president that will dare launch a drug war to protect our families from…

SWIMMERS from the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation Special Science High School and Speaker Eugenio Perez National Agricultural School — who make up the San Carlos City Swimming Team — asserted their exceptional skills when they amassed four gold, one silver, and three bronze medals during the Region 1 Athletic Association that kicked-off…
San Carlos swimmers shine in R1AA meet
WORK-FROM-HOME OPERATIONS TENSION was high at the Urdaneta City Hall early Friday morning, March 14, when a team from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) led by Regional Director Jonathan Paul Lausen Jr., accompanied by uniformed police officers, arrived to enforce the Office of the President’s suspension…
DILG, PNP enforce suspension vs Paraynos

DO NOT ENTER — Police from the regional office guard the entry at the Urdaneta city hall to implement the suspension order issued against Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Jimmy Parayno by preventing them from entering the building. (Contributed by IFM-RMN)
DO NOT ENTER
PHILHEALTH OFFERS HEAT-RELATED MEDICAL PACKAGE THE city governments of the two major urban areas in Pangasinan, Dagupan and Urdaneta, suspended face-to-face classes last week amid the continued rising heat index, reaching 45°C on March 12 and 13, higher than the 42°C recorded the previous week. Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno…
Dagupan, Urdaneta suspend F2F classes amid high heat level
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez will deliver her State of the City Address (SOCA) on March 18 at the CSI Stadia, 10 days before the start of the campaign period for local candidates in the May midterm elections where she is running for another term. Fernandez said her SOCA will highlight…
MBTF to deliver ‘State of Dagupan’ March 18
ADVISORY: PUBLIC TOLD TO OBSERVE PROPER FIRST-AID THE Dagupan City Health Office (CHO) recorded more than 2,000 cases of animal bites in just the first two months this year, an indication of the continued rise in such incidents that could be mainly caused by irresponsible pet ownership. Dr. Richmond Batulan,…
Dagupan logs more than 2K animal bite cases
THE Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Region 1 is intensifying monitoring efforts and response as dengue fever cases have surged by 114% in the first two months of the year, with six deaths recorded, including five in Pangasinan, including one in Dagupan City, and another in La…
5 in Pangasinan die from dengue

VIOLATING COMELEC RULES — All candidates for the 2025 midterm elections ignore and violate the Comelec rule that bans mounting of campaign posters on government buildings and infrastructures and trees because local Comelec officials ignore these. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
VIOLATING COMELEC RULES
THE Dagupan City Social Welfare Development Office (CSWDO) said there are 7,534 registered persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the city who continue to receive assistance under various programs. CSWDO Social Welfare Officer Christine Loresco, in an interview with radio program BK- Bida Kayo sa Aksyon over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, said…