AGREE…AGREE – Senator Imee Marcos seems to be saying as she gives Rep. Arthur Celeste a ‘five’ indicating her approval of his thoughts during a tete-a-tete with Governor Ramon Guico III after the ceremonial lowering of the time capsule at Guiguiwanen Fishing Port in Brgy. Luciente 1. The event signifies the…
SANTIAGO Island in Bolinao will finally be linked to mainland Pangasinan following the groundbreaking ceremony for a P1.9-billion bridge on September 1 and with construction expected to start immediately and be completed in three years. The bridge, spanning 629 linear meters, lands at the Guiguiwanen Fishing Port in Barangay Luciente…
Bridge to Bolinao’s Santiago Island finally underway
WARNS VS FAKE NEWS DOCTOR Roland Joseph Mejia, director of the Region 1 Medical Center, strongly denied allegations linking him and his son, Mangaldan Vice Mayor Mark Stephen Mejia, to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), saying the rumors are nothing but fake news. He added that they have already…
R1MC chief: I’m not involved in POGO
MARUSAY River in Calasiao is now above critical level as of 9:00 a.m. of September 6, which prompted the evacuation of residents of barangays in both Calasiao and Dagupan to to higher grounds. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported the level of water of the Marusay River, south of Dagupan City, was already 8.5 feet, more…
Marusay River breached critical level, Sinocalan normal
Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News Anti-drugs task force revived in Region 1 THE Seaport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Force (SIADITF) has been revived in the Ilocos Region in a bid to stop the entry of illegal drugs through coastal areas as well as seaports. SIADITF, first formed in 2017, was…
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ELEVATED ROAD, DRAINAGE FOR TAPUAC ROAD — Motorists and pedestrians will continue to suffer from perennial flooding along the Tapuac road that hosts 5 schools, 2 hospitals, and 10 popular restaurants each time high tide alone hits the city. Until the planned DPWH project to elevate the road and drainage system…
ELEVATED ROAD, DRAINAGE FOR TAPUAC ROAD
THE entire town of Manaoag, which has 26 barangays, was declared “drug-cleared” by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Program, led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1. The last two barangays evaluated, Cabanbanan and Pao, were granted drug-free status on August 22 in a ceremony held…
Manaoag declared 100% drug-cleared
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…
Mother Tongue for teaching advocates tell Senate: Don’t scrap law
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…
Hundred Islands boatman killed by lightning
(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…