DAGUPAN City Administrator Vlad Mata has expressed confidence that the recent approval of the Local Development Council’s (LDC) P1.473 billion Annual Investment Plan (AIP) by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has no legal and procedural infirmities. In a radio interview, last Monday, Mata belied claims by Councilor Maybelyn Fernandez that some…
VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez belied a press release issued by the City Information Office claiming she grabbed a voter’s registration form from a person lining up outside the doors of the Sangguniang Panlungsod during the registration of voters at the City Election Office. “Hindi po totoo yon,” Fernandez said, explaining she…
LINGAYEN–Despite separation of church and state, the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan led by Most Reverend Socrates Villegas and the province of Pangasinan under the stewardship of Governor Amado Espino Jr. have agreed on three areas of cooperation. In his homily during the Eucharistic Mass held November 8 at Our Lady of…
P10 M FOR BSL’S CENTROMART INSERTED A P10 million fund for the repair of a private market owned-corporation led by Mayor Benjamin Lim as recommended by the Local Development Council in the Annual Investment Plan (AIP) of Dagupan City was approved by the majority members in the Sanggunian Panlungsod. The…
COUNCILOR Jeslito ‘Jig’ Seen said he has no doubt that the P1.4-billion Annual Investment Program (AIP) passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) at the insistence of the majority will be returned by the Department of Budget and Management (DBP) along with the annual budget of the city for 2013, which…
EAGER OR PAID TO VOTE?—Last minute registrants crowd the ramp leading to the City Election Office during the last day of registration on October 31. The unusual long line spawned speculations that many of them may not be from Dagupan and were merely paid to register or transfer their place…
THE Liberal Party in Dagupan City has filed a formal complaint against the City Election Officer for alleged failure “to properly conduct the voter registration proceedings in a manner that is free, unbiased and credible”. The complaint, dated October 29, 2012, was filed against Atty. Remarque L. Ravanzo, city election…
LINGAYEN–The celebration of Undas around Pangasinan was described as generally peaceful and orderly with no major untoward incident reported by the police. Chief Inspector Edison Revita, information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO), said the police will continue to be on heightened alert until November 4 as tourists…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan has been conferred the regional award for Gawad Pamana ng Lahi (GPL), considered as the ‘mother of governance awards’, by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Governor Amado Espino Jr., assisted by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, received the award from DILG Regional Director Corazon Guray…
“MATUWID NA DAAN”–Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma (center) gives the local media a lowdown on the progress of the “Matuwid na Daan” program and other programs of President Benigno Aquino III before addressing the Area Meeting of the Rotary Club in Pangasinan Tuesday night. Back to Homepage
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