NO LEGAL BASIS FOR 50% DISCOUNT ON TAX THE executive department of Dagupan City rejected a resolution authored by the seven-man opposition in the Sangguniang Panlungsod asking Mayor Belen Fernandez to grant a 50 percent discount to business permit fees of owners of establishments affected by the elevation of roads…
THE discovery of two ‘ghost’ motor boats of the past Lim administration is not an isolated case as there are several more questionable transactions entered into by the past Lim administration. In an interview, Mayor Belen Fernandez said there was the purchase of overpriced laptops, computer gadgets, multi-million peso feeding program…
SIZZLING hot weather in Pangasinan exacerbated by El Niño is not expected to end till after May, the peak period of the warm dry season, as evidenced by the 51 degree-heat index registered Monday afternoon of April 29. According to Gener Quitlong, PAGASA weather specialist, says the province will continue…
The San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) said there will be a steady supply of electricity for both homes and farms despite the drop in the dam’s volume of water nearing the critical level of 225 meters above sea level (masl), SRPC Vice President for Corporate Affairs Tom Valdez, said the…
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FAMILIES GONE? – The scene at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan on May 1, 8 am. was not what it used to be. The beach in previous years was always crowded to the brim with families picnicking, swimming, playing where they can find space but not his year. Blame it on the daily…
TWENTY-ONE out of 30 barangays in Mangaldan town have been identified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) with high flood susceptibility during continuous rainfall. A Facebook post of Mangaldan Public Information Office cited the results of the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) conducted by…
TWO provincial hospitals are set to enhance their services by virtue of two resolutions by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Provincial Resolutions Nos. 227-2024 and 226-2024 endorsed to the Department of Health (DOH) the application for a permit to construct a dialysis center at Bayambang District Hospital and a radiology diagnostic room…
TWO persons in San Fabian died from rabies due to dog bites. Municipal Agriculture Officer Johnny Jugo Paraan, in an interview, said the victims were from Barangays Gumot and Bolaoen. Paraan said the victims’ families failed to report the two deaths until the local officials conducted an investigation because the…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Poor families: P2 reduction in rice price not enough THE price of rice in public market of Calasiao is lower by two pesos per kilo owing to ample supply brought about by the just recent harvest of second crop rice. Regular-milled rice was being…
BONUAN ‘SMOKEY HILL’ ABLAZE — Dagupan City’s firemen try to control the spread of the fire that engulfed a portion of the dumpsite from atop the highest level of the garbage hill. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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