PROCLAMATION NO. 1302 FINALLY, the Dagupan City government is ready to close the 50 year old dumpsite in compliance with Republic Act No. 9003, or the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000”. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez announced in her inaugural address that Proclamation No. 1302, series of 2016, amending…
IT’S YOUR TURN — Outgoing Governor Amado Espino Jr. (right) presents to incoming Governor Amado Espino III the seal of the province in a symbolic turnover of power and responsibility after the latter took his oath of office at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen last June 30, 2016. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TO SUPPORT DUTERTE’S PLAN LINGAYEN— His predecessor was not fortunate to have a permanent provincial police director to work with, so the new governor, Gov. Amado ‘Pogi’ Espino III is hoping that Pangasinan will finally have one during his term in order to be effective in accomplishing orders of the…
FOR REAL CHANGES LAST Thursday, the country waited with bated breath for the first official pronouncements of Davao Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte as President. People wanted to know what he intended to do for them, and for the nation, and they heard it. They liked what they heard. But since…
MINORITY NO SHOW THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), with six majority councilors in favor and one abstaining, has passed the city’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance during its regular session last Tuesday, June 21 to support the recently approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). The measure was passed despite the warning of Vice…
SEA OF BOOKS — Students of the Dagupan City national High School pull out their largest books in the their school bags for the ‘drop-cover-hold’ routine during the drill held at the school campus last week simulating the occurrence of an earthquake with a 7.9 magnitude in the Richter scale. (Punchphoto…
LINGAYEN— Ten days before he officially assumes the highest elective seat in the province, incoming governor, Board Member Amado “Pogi” Espino III, disclosed to the media that his father, outgoing Gov. Amado Espino Jr., gave him one simple advice. “Gawin mo ang trabaho mo.” he said was all that his…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez, back from a speaking engagement in the United Nations from June 13 to 17, revealed it was the best practices of Dagupan that prompted the world body to invite her as one of the panelists to the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Laws of the…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the region arrested 15 illegal drug suspects, three of whom are listed as top priority target in the province, this week. On June 18, the Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) and PDEA RO1 arrested Christian “Botog”…
COMPUTER, SMARTPHONES & INTERNET WATCH out world! Dagupan’s senior citizens are determined to conquer the cyber world, never mind that they often forget their passwords for their Facebook, email and chat accounts. Since the Fernandez administration decided that no elderly will be left behind in the use of computer technology,…
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