LABRADOR—Who would have thought that change for a better life would come for lowly sawali weavers in this town? From shanty housing out of crafted bamboo splits, members of the Sawali Makers of Labrador Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) in Barangay Bolo here now live in a safer and more…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES PROGRAM THE implementation of infectious diseases program by Dagupan’s City Health office (CHO) has been adjudged the best in Region 1. This was disclosed by City Health Officer Dr. Ophelia T. Rivera who added that Dagupan was also 3rd runner-up in the FLAME Award during the Pammadayaw ti DOH 2017 in San…
E.O. NO. 28 FIRECRACKER REGULATION MANUFACTURERS and vendors of firecrackers are reminded to get permits from the barangay, municipal/city hall and police. And barangays are required to establish firecracker zones, meaning lighting firecrackers in the streets, front or back yards are prohibited. The reminder and warning was made by the…
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed an ordinance naming the headquarters of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) as Camp Antonio Sison. Second District Board Member Nestor Reyes, majority floor leader, said since it was Antonio Sison, a native of Lingayen town, was a former governor of Pangasinan who donated the land occupied by…
LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on December 11 has started its probe on a hospital’s alleged detention of a deceased patient, whose family was not able to immediately settle the hospital bill. The issue was probed after Dahlia Marcelo of Urbiztondo town complained to 2nd District Board Member Raul Sison…
FOR BEING ‘EPAL’ ELECTED officials, beware! For being ‘epal’, the Office of the Ombudsman has suspended from office for one year without pay the town’s mayor and vice mayor. Their violation? They placed their names and images on the town’s new ambulance. Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Gerard Mosquera and Ombudsman…
FOR the third consecutive year, Dagupan City was named a finalist in the 2016 Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Municipalities and Cities by the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) during the Gawad Parangal held at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace on December 12. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez received…
PASEO DE BELEN – The entry of Barangay Pantal in Dagupan City gives children an idea of the biblical concept of the Nativity scene in Bethlehem. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE FOR FIESTA – Dagupeños stand awed by the Christmas lights that were lit ceremonially in front of the City Museum at the plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN SPARED LINGAYEN—Pangasinan was initially disappointed that the province was not chosen pilot area by the Department of Health for dengue vaccination but as it turned out it was a blessing in disguise. Pangasinan has been spared from the Dengvaxia vaccine scare because the province registered low dengue cases last…
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