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…
MAYOR PARAYNO’S DARE IGNORED THE barangay captain of Catablan in Urdaneta City did not respond to the challenge of Mayor Julio Parayno III on the night of April 28 for simultaneous drug testing at the City Health Office to determine who between them is positive for illegal drug use. Parayno,…
FAKE NEWS SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA “WE are not disqualified.” Sual Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, who is running for reelection in May, stressed this in a Facebook video posted on April 24 as news spread about a disqualification case filed against him and his team at the Commission on…
2025 DAGUPAN BUDGET IS VALID THE Court of Appeals (CA) denied the petition for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Dagupan’s P1.6-billion budget for 2025 filed by the city’s seven opposition councilors. The Special Civil Action for Certiorari and Prohibition with Urgent Prayer for TRO, Writ of Preliminary Injunction and/or…
Standing in front of Vice Governor Mark Lambino, Gov. Guico cites the various “firsts.” (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) AIMS FOR 20 HOSPITALS IF REELECTED GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III highlighted his administration’s accomplishments, particularly the “historic firsts” of his first tenure, during his third State of the Province Address (SOPA) on…
TO SET RECORD STRAIGHT THE slogan of the opposition party in Dagupan City which says, “Kung walang sagabal, may magnanakaw”, drew a sharp retort from former Councilor Luis Samson Jr., saying it is they who have records of illegal transactions and questionable use of public funds. Samson, a veteran politician…
URDANETA, DAGUPAN, BINMALEY, SUAL EVEN before the campaign period for local candidates started on March 28, all eyes were already on Urdaneta City, Binmaley, Sual and Dagupan City in that order as the intense political rivalries among their candidates could lead to unsteady peace in these areas. All four places…
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