Checking on a new flood-control project — Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco conducts a brief site inspection at the Aplaya Floodgate in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Pangapisan North, Lingayen, to ensure safety before the project is officially opened and utilized. The project is designed to manage water discharge from heavy rains….
THE approval of the minutes of a past council session can only be done by those who attended that session, based on an earlier legal opinion of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). This was the ruling of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua when all seven members of…
AFTER OBJECTING TO SRI TWO opposition councilors secretly received their respective Special Recognition Allowance (SRI) of P20,000 each, like the rest of regular employees of the Dagupan City government as provided for in an appropriation ordinance (AO) passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod at the time three of their colleagues were…
THE Guico provincial administration aims to improve the presentation of the role of Lingayen Gulf landings and the importance of war veterans through changes at the new Capitol Complex Plan (CCP) after it sought the approval of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to relocate World War II…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) PDEA declares 34 Pangasinan towns and cities as drug-cleared THIRTY-FOUR of the 47 cities and municipalities in Pangasinan — with the exception of Sto. Tomas, which remained drug-unaffected — have been cleared of illegal drugs as of the end of 2024, according to the…
DESTRUCTION OF CONFISCATED ILLEGAL FIRECRACKERS –Pangasinan Police Director P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian (center), takes delight in leading in the destruction of confiscated illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics at the provincial office compound in Lingayen town on Monday as a warning, two days before the New Year revelry, to would-be violators. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Health (DOH)-Ilocos Region repeatedly warned the public against using boga, an improvised canon, before the New Year’s Eve celebration, but records show the illegal device remained the most commonly used noisemaker in the province and was the second top source of firecracker-related injuries at 19 cases. DOH-Regional…
THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Region 1 activated its contingency plan in 16 local governments units (LGUs) in Pangasinan, covering 266 coastal barangays, amid the potential threat of a tsunami if the Manila Trench in the West Philippine Sea moves at 8.4 magnitude. Tsunami wave heights are projected…
THE Pangasinan Police, led by P/Colonel Rollyfer Capoquian, did a ceremonial destruction of confiscated 1,381 illegal firecrackers and 238 mufflers, and boga (makeshift cannons) on December 30 as a warning about the risks associated with dangerous and illegal pyrotechnics. In his remarks, Capoquian reflected on his past experiences with similar…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Red pepper price shoots up to P1,000/k THE price of pepper at the Dagupan City market becomes prohibitive, with the red variety costing P1,000 per kilo and the green ones, from P500-P600, due to short supply according to vendors. They said it may take…
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