OPPOSITION Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia was grossly mistaken when he said that the long delayed Special Recognition Incentive (SRI) of regular employees and Gratuity Pay of Job Order Employees for 2023 will be drawn from the newly approved annual budget of Dagupan in the amount of P1.385 billion. Minority Councilor Michael…
MAYOR Pedro Merrera III issued an executive order (EO) suspending classes in all public and private schools in all levels including work in Binmaley I and II District Offices from April 4, 2024 to April 8, 2024 due to dangerous heat index being experienced in the municipality. Merrera said EO…
WHILE 80 percent of the ongoing road improvement projects in Dagupan completed to date, the city government is set to close Herrero-Perez Road at the back of SM Central Dagupan for upgrading. Public Order and Safety Office chief Arvin Decano said the parallel roads that connects to A.B. Fernandez Avenue,…
NATURE’S REFLECTION OF PROCESSION – Parishioners in Dagupan joining the Good Friday procession are unaware that their participation is reflected in the water dump on the street. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
RABIES cases in Pangasinan recorded three victims that died. This was verified by the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I April 4. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, DOH-CHD medical officer, said these were cases logged from January 1 to March 16 this year. All patients, said Bobis,…
THE Holy Week may have ended, but the period for penitence of Pangasinenses will still continue. This, after the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned that the warm dry season has only just begun with easterlies or warm air from the Pacific Ocean entering the Philippines. In…
UNLIKE other cities and towns in Pangasinan, the Lingayen local government gave school administrators of public and private schools in all levels to decide whether they should suspend face-to-face classes amid the prevailing high heat index in Pangasinan. Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, said the teachers and school administrators can discern…
NO truth to the health tip spreading on social media that drinking cold water when feeling hot due to today’s climate is bad. This was stressed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer of the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD), and said there is no scientific evidence…
PALM SUNDAY RITUAL — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas blesses palm fronds before the celebration of his Palm Sunday Mass at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BUS operators in the Dagupan City coped with the overcrowding in their terminals by shortening buses’ departure from the usual one hour to 10-minutes intervals or less depending on volume of passengers arriving in their terminals. Martin Nges O, terminal master of Victory Liner Bus in Dagupan City, said passenger…
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