MINORITY COUNCILORS STAGE ANOTHER WALKOUT THE new minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) walked out anew shortly after two read their written manifestation without tackling any item listed in the agenda of the November 26 session. But since the session was not adjourned by Acting Vice Mayor and presiding…
COUNCILOR Michael Fernandez, speaking before city government employees during the flag-raising ceremony at the Dagupan City Plaza last November 25, said God continuously smiles on the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez given the series of legal victories against the political opposition in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). He cited the preventive…
FOR SCHOLARS IN 2ND DISTRICT SECOND District Rep. Mark Cojuangco distributed a total of P5.84 million in educational assistance to 1,168 deserving students from across his district in a ceremony held at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen on November 28. The students, representing the municipalities of Aguilar (38), Basista (283),…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) PBBM underscores disaster preparedness PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told Pangasinenses last week that his administration seeks to further strengthen the government’s disaster preparedness program and capabilities. He called on all public agencies to double efforts and at the same time urged Filipinos fully support…
Salamat po, Cong. Mark – Residents in the Second District affected by the series of storms, particularly those in evacuation areas, expressed their gratitude to Rep. Mark Cojuangco’s unwavering commitment to assist them. They said his constant monitoring of their situation and distribution by his staff of nutritious cooked meals…
ACTING MAJORITY LEADER DADA ADJOURNS SESSION CONTENDING that all acts of the new majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod since November 5 are ultra vires and void ab initio — or beyond the scope of authority and has no legal effect — the depleted opposition again walked out of the…
OPPOSITION COUNCILORS DISPROVEN THERE was nothing in the House Rules drafted on July 7, 2022 and supposedly amended in October 2023 that requires 2/3 of the votes of all members present to amend or change the same claim contrary to the claim of the new opposition councilors in the Dagupan…
SUSPENSION of classes at all levels was extended in Dagupan City on November 19, a day after Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-yi) exited the country, as water from the swollen Sinocalan River in Sta. Barbara and Benguet from Upland were still cascading. Acting-Mayor Bryan Kua, in his Executive Order No. 53, called…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) 500 barangays tagged flood-, erosion–prone THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) tagged the number of barangays in Pangasinan as flood and erosion-prone areas: Alcala (1 barangay), Asingan (21), Balungao (20), Basista (5), Binalonan (24), Bolinao (6), Calasiao (9), Dagupan City (2),…
EVACUEES’ DILEMMA – A mother and her son try to locate their assigned tent after collecting food for the night. Like hundreds of typhoon-affected families, they have to rely on local government provisions to survive the onslaught of series of typhoons. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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