SO where will the State of the City Address (SOCA) be? Yet another point of contention has cropped up between Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim and the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). At presstime, Lim reportedly plans to carry on with his plan to deliver his SOCA at the People’s Astrodome on February 14.
DAGUPAN City’s budget for this year is expected to be finalized within two weeks. This was the assurance issued by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Sangguniang Panglungsod, after 13 department heads have completed their presentation of their respective budgets before an en banc committee of the SP.
SAN CARLOS CITY– The killing of barangay officials in the province continue. This time a barangay official of the city was shot dead last February 6 in again an attack by guns-for-hire riding in tandem on a motorcycle. The fatality was identified as Councilwoman Candida Posadas, 51, of Barangay Quintong…
LINGAYEN–The police have launched the Police Integrated Patrol System (PIPS), a new tactic intended to help stop the rising crime incidents around the province. PIPS involves intensifying police checkpoints and increased mobile and foot patrols for more police visibility, especially in crime-prone and population convergence areas.
Governor Amado T. Espino’s February 07, 2011 Capitol Plaza, Lingayen, Pangasinan Vice-Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr., and the members of the provincial board, distinguished guests, fellow public servants, my dear province mates: Good Morning. Once again, we are holding this traditional annual gathering to review our performance, and to renew…
WINNING DANCE–Street dancers from the Binmaley School of Fisheries amaze the crowd with their impressive performance that won for them the top prize of P50,000 in the street dancing competition on Feb. 2 of the 1st Sigay Festival. Eight street dancing teams participated while Laoag City’s Daklisan Group took the…
UNFAZED BY JEERS FROM CITY HALL THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will resume its hearing on the proposed 2011 budget of Dagupan during its regular session on Monday, February 7, according to Councilor Jeslito Seen, chair of the committee on finance.
“Too late the hero!”- Majority SEVERAL hearings on the proposed 2011 budget of Dagupan, undertaken by the city council en banc, have come and gone.
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin Lim is adamant that the continued delay in the approval of the city’s proposed P568 million budget by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is politically-motivated.
STOP wasting our time. This, in a nutshell, was the message sent out by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who concurrently chairs the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP), as she called on the critics of the city council and the minority group to just allow the councilors to do their job of reviewing the…
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