“WORSENING PEACE AND ORDER” LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has formally invited the officer-in-charge provincial director to appear before the board’s Question Hour on June 2 to give a report on the province’s peace and order situation. “There is a need to assess the current peace and order situation in Pangasinan…
SOME 500 truckloads of silt have already been dug out of the Calmay River as of May 26 and dredging operations continue as part of efforts to minimize flooding in Dagupan City, especially in southern barangays and downtown area. Mayor Belen Fernandez has since advised parents of children who have…
WAR VS. ILLEGAL DRUGS THE GOVERNMENT’S war against illegal drugs is now being fought on the highways. A drug syndicate has devised another surreptitious scheme to transport illegal drugs from Manila to Dagupan: Using public transport drivers and conductors as couriers. This was confirmed after the driver and conductor of…
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed last Monday a resolution requesting President Benigno Aquino III to decide on the appeal of Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong over the administrative case filed against him. The SP again issued a 60-day preventive suspension against Balolong based on the administrative case filed by former municipal…
THE last 10 remaining illegal fish pens in Dagupan would have been demolished by May 31 by the city’s special task force if the owners had not voluntarily done so. The 10 cover an approximately one-hectare area in Talaib-Tocok in the southern portion of the Calmay River. “I am sure…
COOPERATION FOR BALON DAGUPAN—Mayor Belen Fernandez (second from left), after delivering her first State of the City Address on May 22, 2014 at the CSI Stadia where she reported on the turnaround of the city government’s financial standing and plans for achieving Balon Dagupan, is greeted by some of the…
“IT’S NOT OVER TILL IT’S OVER” DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez vowed to continue to fight for the recovery of MC Adore from the company that bought the property in early 2013 for P119 million following an alleged illegal process and irregular public bidding. “Yes, we will fight it out in…
1st STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS TEN months after she took over the helm of Dagupan City, Mayor Belen Fernandez reported in her first State of the City Address how she handled the financial crisis she inherited from the past administration and outlined her plans to transform Dagupan into an…
VISION FOR BALON DAGUPAN—Mayor Belen Fernandez delivers her first State of the City Address on May 22, 2014 during a special session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod held at the CSI Stadia where she described her vision for a Balon Dagupan as an “emerging smart city.” (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back…
THE city of Dagupan achieved a significant budgetary turn-around at the end of 2013. The Fernandez administration registered a surplus of P3.8 million from a deficit of P37.1 million incurred by the previous administration beginning January 2013. The recovery was made through vigorous revenue-generating initiatives, combined with decisive expenditure-cutting, said…
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