OBSTRUCTIONISM IN CITY COUNCIL ENDS DAGUPAN’S new set of councilors kept their momentum on their second week in office, passing supplemental funds totaling about P250.63 million to bankroll priority programs and projects of the city administration. In its session last July 7, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed Supplemental Budget (No. O01-2025) worth…

SANGGUNIAN ASKED FOR GREEN LIGHT THE Dagupan City administration asked the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to concur with the filing of formal complaints before the Ombudsman against contractors of the past Lim administration who defaulted in their contracts, delivered sub-standard projects, or failed to complete projects on time. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle…

EARLY TRANSITION INTO FUN SITE SEEN THE first phase of the two-phase clearing of the Bonuan Dumpsite or 85% of the area has been completed, and operations for the remaining 15% are continuing, according to Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez. The more than 60-year-old dumpsite will be transformed into an…

GUILTY OF SIMPLE MISCONDUCT THE Office of the Ombudsman, in a decision dated 31 January 2025, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH on Thursday, fined former Dagupan City Mayor Marc Brian Lim for simple misconduct due to a complaint filed by a private citizen over the closure…

NATIONWIDE ANTI-DRUG OPERATION ON THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) obtained a list of drug lords behind the illegal drug trade in the country and is now working on the arrest of these individuals. In an interview aired over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, PDEA Chief Isagani Nerez, a retired police general…

CONNECTED TO ILLEGAL DRUGS FOUND IN ZAMBALES AUTHORITIES recovered a total of six sacks containing suspected shabu, discovered in two separate incidents by fishermen, off the coasts of Bolinao and Agno on June 5. Initially, three fishermen reported finding five sacks containing white crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine hydrochloride…

AMID SUSPENSION ROW AMID a tense standoff on May 26 at the Sual Municipal Hall in the presence of officials from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the police, the town’s legal officer, Gerald Velasco, clarified in a media interview that Mayor Liseldo ‘Dong’ Calugay remains…

TWO MORE KEY INFRA PROJECTS BREAK GROUND PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the inauguration of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) Cancer Institute today in Dagupan City, marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to provide equitable and high-quality cancer care under the Universal Health Care (UHC) Program. The…

‘KONTRA-BIGAY’ OPS ON EVE OF POLLS SIX people from different parts of Pangasinan, who were caught and arrested by the Dagupan police in the act of buying votes a few hours before the election on May 12 at a vacant lot in Barangay Mayombo, have been indicted and are now…

13-0 TRENDING IN DAGUPAN DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez cheered the endorsement by Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) of her and her entire Unliserbisyo team, saying the support of the religious group that is known to vote as a block is a big boost to their candidacies in the May 12…