THE upgrading of the Dagupan City Police into a City Police Office, Class C, will be a big boon in the maintenance of peace and order as it will have a personnel strength of more than 700, five times more than its present 153 personnel. P/Lt. Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub,…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) 500 students benefit from Cayetano educational assistance SOME 500 students from Calasiao received educational assistance on September 30 from the offices of siblings Senators Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano, in cooperation with the municipal government. The Calasiao local government said the recipient students went…
STREET SAFETY — Children play in flood water along the MacArthur Highway in Barangay Nalsian, Calasiao, amid vehicular traffic on October 9. The lingering flood is attributed to rains from recent typhoons, high tide, and the damaged dike at the Marusay River. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A dozen barangays in Calasiao have been severely affected by flooding following the onslaught of Typhoon Paolo, prompting local authorities to suspend face-to-face classes at several public schools on October 6, 2025. According to Freddie Villacorta, chief of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), the floods were…
SEVERAL local government units (LGUs) in Pangasinan promptly implemented precautionary measures, including the suspension of classes and government work, following a magnitude 4.8 – later revised to 4.4 – earthquake that rocked parts of Northern Luzon at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said…
THE local government of Sta. Barbara will call a meeting with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to discuss the damage to several infrastructure projects contributing to the flooding in the municipality. Ray Santos, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said one of the primary sources…
THE controversy involving the alleged mismanagement of funds by the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chair in Barangay Talibaew, Calasiao has been resolved following a series of discussions between the concerned parties and the SK Federation, and new transparency rules have been set to avoid a repeat of the incident. The issue…
LADY OF MANAOAG IN DAGUPAN — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas presides over the Eucharistic Celebration and Anointing of the Sick at the St John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City after the solemn procession held around the city in celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag….
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has clarified that Phase I of the Calmay Bridge project is now complete, and the second phase is just awaiting funding that is scheduled for release in 2026. DPWH clarified malicious information being posted on social media by a candidate who lost in…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution last week approving a supplemental budget for the Annual Investment Program (AIP) worth P102 million and an ordinance approving a Supplemental Budget of P69 million to fund 11 various projects. Both measures were passed by the SP on motion of Councilor Jeslito Seen,…
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