CONSULTATIONS END THERE are more Dagupeños that favor the transfer of city hall than those against as gleaned from the public consultations conducted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) in six barangay clusters from June 27 to July 1. This was the assessment of Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, chairman of the…

WHEN President Duterte assumed the presidency a year ago on June 30, most Pangassinenses had high hopes for better life in the country given his campaign promises that catapulted him to the presidency. For senior citizen, Nestor Gutierrez from Barangay Poblacion of Binmaley, said people can see the big difference…

BOLINAO town government continues to wait for the town to be declared drug-clear. And P/Sr. Inspector Joseph Mark Sibayan, Bolinao police chief, said the town will have to wait for the final notice from Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) to declare the municipality of Bolinao as drug cleared. Sibayan said…

MORAL-SPRITUAL COUNSELLING VILLASIS— A total of 269 drug users who surrendered to the police last year completed their 24 sessions on moral and spiritual counseling under the chaplaincy of Association of Christian Churches in Villasis (ACCV) in partnership with the local government. Mayor Nonato Abrenica said the second batch of…

COVER AND DUCK – Students at the Dagupan City National High School are thankful for the earthquake drill that requires them to cover their heads with their books and notebooks while they sit out under the sun awaiting further instructions from school officials. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)

GHOST OF MC ADORE SALE THE allegation of corruption by Vice Mayor Brian Lim in his prepared video “Korupsyon 101” being presented by Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia has boomeranged on the two as both were involved in the fire sale of MC Adore for a measly sum of P119 million to the…

WAR ON DRUGS THE Dagupan City Police Station has begun re-evaluating status of the 28 previously drug-affected and subsequently cleared barangays to ensure that there’s no resurgence in the illegal drug trade in the city. P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz, Dagupan police chief, said the policy of PNP is to continuously monitor and…

DAGUPAN City was presented the region’s 2016 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG) by the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) for the third year in a row. In a ceremony on June 28 in Baguio City, the city was cited for its “commitment in promoting child rights to survival,…

WHILE Pangasinan was imagining the worst about the situation in Marawi City, the laity received a first hand report from the bishop of the Prelature of St. Mary in Marawi, no less. Bishop Edwin dela Peña, spoke to Catholic faithful in Pangasinan on June 29 for the first ever Solidarity…