MODERN-DAY PAYROLL PADDING RACKET BETTER old than corrupt. So it’s back to the antiquated system of salary payments for some employees of the Dagupan City hall after Mayor Belen Fernandez recently discovered that the modern-day system of payment through bank ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) is being used to cover for…
P40-M COLLECTION SHORTFALL WHEN IT RAINS, it pours, and it’s pouring hard on the Dagupan City government. Worse, it will expectedly continue to pour till the end of the year, courtesy of the previous administration under Mayor Benjamin S. Lim. Here’s why. The cash-strapped Dagupan City government appears to be…
BAYAMBANG—Did you know that this town was once the capital of the Philippines? This fact will be highlighted when Bayambang celebrates its quadricentennial (400 years) anniversary on April 5, 2014. Dr. Henry Fernandez, chairman of the celebration, said and the yearlong celebration kicked off last April 5, keeping the town…
ACTING ON THE complaint filed by Atty. Gonzalo T. Duque, president of the Lyceum-Northwestern University (LNU), in behalf of himself and the university, the Office of the Acting City Prosecutor of Dagupan City has recommended the filing of a libel case against a broadcaster of Bombo Radyo Dagupan and Bombo…
LINGAYEN– The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has again intensified its campaign against illegal gambling, resulting in the arrest of one supposed jai-alai collector on Nicanor Street, Poblacion about 3:40 p.m. of July 21. Arrested was Malbert Sison, 30, of Pantal, Poblacion who was caught in the act of collecting bets for…
GOV. ESPINO DECLARES WAR LINGAYEN – The provincial government, in partnership with the Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency (PDEA), has adopted an integrated approach to intensify the campaign against the trafficking and use of illegal drugs in the province. The partnership was forged after Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. met with…
LINGAYEN—Recognizing that previous redistricting proposals did not go through consultations with Pangasinenses, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has given assurance that the renewed plan to create new districts in the province will go through a series of public hearings.
ONCE the Commission on Audit (COA) completes its audit report on the true state of finances of Dagupan, those involved in deliberately deceiving the city with misstated city’s funds will likely be slapped with appropriate charges. This became apparent after Councilor Maybelyn Fernandez, who is back as majority floor leader…
A DOSE of his own medicine. This might as well be the case as the Comprehensive Set of Internal Rules of Procedures prepared by the majority of the past Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) headed by then Councilor Brian Lim, now vice mayor of Dagupan and chairman of the SP, was adopted…
DOWN WITH ILLEGAL FISHPENS—A composite team by Dagupan City Agriculture Office and Task Force Ilog continue to dismantle emptied illegal fish pens built along the Calmay River following orders from Mayor Belen Fernandez to clear the city’s rivers of illegal structures. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
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