MOTHER tongue advocates appealed to the Senate not to proceed with Senate Bill No. 2437, which aims to cancel the use of Mother Tongue as the medium of instruction for young learners. Melchor Orpilla, a Pangasinan language advocate, translator, and historian, said the use of mother tongue or a person’s…
A boatman tragically lost his life after being struck by lightning while preparing to pick up tourists on one of the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City on August 25. The 28-year-old victim, Alexander Rivera, was with fellow boatman Joshua Rivera, who immediately sought help from Alaminos City rescuers after the former…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Pangasinan ships 2-M kilos of salt to PCA THE Pangasinan Salt Center in Bolinao, operated by the provincial government, shipped an initial two million kilos or 40,000 sacks of Agricultural Grade Salt Fertilizer to the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) as part of a partnership…
OUR TEAM AGuiLa READY FOR 2025 – Gov. Ramon Guico III, hosts the press conference at the Urduja House to belie rumors that the team has been dissolved. Shown shortly before the press conference are 5th District Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. . former Bayambang Mayor Cesar Quiambao, 1st District Rep. Art Celeste, 2nd District…
AGuiLa, a coalition of influential political leaders in Pangasinan that played a crucial role in the 2022 election victories of the province’s governor, vice governor and other officials, remains united and are preparing for an even stronger campaign in next year’s midterm elections. This was underscored during a press conference…
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez put her foot down on the ordinance enacted by the seven majority councilors for the establishment of Primary Health Centers or Clinics within the premises of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), a national agency, with an annual allocation of P450,000 from the local budget….
MAYOR Belen Fernandez vetoed the Dagupan City’s Sangguniang Panlungsod’s approved ordinance providing an additional P3,000 honorarium to each member of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) per the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) guidelines. Ordinance No. 2287-2024 authored and passed by the seven majority councilors, and without any amendment nor objection…
AN official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority died in a vehicular accident involving his convoy of two motorcycles and two SUVs along the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Barangay Panaga, Laoac on August 20. Fatality was Ernie Tablega, an officer of the MMDA assigned with the Presidential Security Group,…
VOTER REGISTRATION IN CAMPUS –A student registers as a new voter during the Voter Education and Registration Fair initiated by the Commission on Election last Tuesday at the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano )
SPECIAL LANE FROM 5 A.M.-7 AM. ON ELECTION DAY SENIOR citizens, persons with disability, and expecting mothers — along with companions to assist them — can vote from 5 to 7 a.m. to vote in the May 2025 elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced last week. COMELEC Chair George…
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