A Tourist Rest Area (TRA) is about to open at the Capitol beachfront in Lingayen, which will have essential amenities like clean restrooms, a comfortable lounge, phone charging stations, a lactation room, and an information hub – all designed to enhance the overall travel experience of local and international visitors….
WITH PUSH FROM PANGASINAN GOV’T MSME PROGRAM MORE micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Pangasinan are breaking through the international market through their participation in national trade fairs such as the recent International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines, with help from the provincial government. Among the success stories is…
Dagupan bangus ‘karaage’ latest product to hit global market

STAGNANT WATER ALONG TAPUAC-BURGOS EXT. — DESPITE days of sunny weather, remnants of the recent flood in Dagupan City persists on August 8, 2025 in this part of Tapuac District and Burgos Extension. Business owners and residents have raised concerns over the inconvenience and health risks of the stagnant water…
STAGNANT WATER ALONG TAPUAC-BURGOS EXT.
POLICE Lt. Col. Lawrence Keith Calub took over as Dagupan City’s police chief on August 4 following a turnover ceremony held at the Dagupan City Police Station. Calub succeeded Lt. Col. Brendon S. Palisoc, who was commended for his service by Col. Arbel C. Mercullo, Officer-in-Charge of the Pangasinan Police…
Calub is new Dagupan City police chief
TWO of the 31 barangays of Dagupan City earned a Seal for Good Local Governance for Barangays (SGLGB) for 2024, an annual recognition given by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). These are Barangays Pantal headed by Punong Barangay Julieta Perez, and Barangay Bonuan Gueset headed by…
Pantal, Bonuan Gueset bag good governance seal for barangays
TO EXPAND TESTING AND TREATMENT PROGRAM WITH the increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in Pangasinan, the provincial government is considering the proposed establishment of a dedicated facility to better manage, monitor, and support people living with the virus that attacks the body’s immune system. Acting Provincial Health…
Pangasinan eyes HIV center amid rise in cases
VICE Mayor Bryan Kua, presiding officer of the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), unequivocally declared that lone opposition Councilor Librada Reyna is not entitled to job order (JO) workers because she has no committee chairmanship. Reyna filed a request for a driver, a secretary, and an administrative staff on August…
Kua asserts Reyna not entitled to JO employees
12 AGAINST ONE IN DAGUPAN SANGGUNIAN “NOISE without any substance.” This was how Dagupan City Council Majority Leader Michael Fernandez described the privilege speech of lone opposition Councilor Librada Reyna-Macalanda during the August 4 regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) when she again sought documents on the still uncompleted…
VM Kua, Councilor Fernandez lambaste Reyna over requests

ILLEGAL UNLOADING — SACKS of fish feed are illegally unloaded on August 8, 2025 in this accident-prone section of the Judge Jose De Venecia Sr. Diversion Road in Dagupan City, as this is the easiest route for motorized bancas to bring the goods to the island barangays. (PUNCHphoto by Butch…
ILLEGAL UNLOADING
LAW enforcers apprehended a 16-year-old male high school student in Barangay Mayombo, Dagupan City, on August 5 for possession of illegal drugs valued at over P700,000. The buy-bust operation conducted at around 1 a.m. was led by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)….