MORE healthcare workers will be deployed by the Department of Health (DOH) in hospitals across Region 1 from December 21 to January 6 in anticipation of the rise in number of patients during the Christmas and New Year holidays, especially due to injuries from fireworks. Ethelreina Sugando, Nurse V at…
BRIGHT CHRISTMAS AHEAD — Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the ceremonial lighting of the giant Christmas Tree in front of the City Plaza to signal the official start of month-long festive activities in the city. She is joined by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and other officials of Dagupan City. (Punchphoto…
THE Mapandan local government under Mayor Karl Christian Vega was awarded the 2024 Gawad Kalasag Beyond Compliant Award by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the highest honor recognizing excellence in disaster management. In 2023, the town already received a Gawad Kalasag Fully Compliant award, which meant disaster…
FORMER Interior Secretary and Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. underscored the need to amend the Local Government Code of 1991, saying it no longer meets the needs of many local governments across the country today. “The Local Government Code has laid out how the national government, governors, cities,…
THE demolition of several buildings to give way to the construction of the Mother and Child Hospital in Dagupan City will start soon after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) declared the supplemental budget of P5 million allotted for the structural clearing work “operative in its entirety” This was…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Dagupan vendors favor fish importation FISH vendors at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City are in favor of the importation of 8,000 metric tons of galunggong (scud fish) and mackerel, saying this will fill in the acute shortage of such varieties in the…
BREAKTIME FROM QUADCOMM HEARINGS — Vice President Sara Duterte leaves Metro Manila away from the House of Representatives, to lead the distribution of 2,000 gift packs to beneficiaries from various sectors in Lingayen to mark the 89th anniversary of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on November 28. She is assisted by…
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),…
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