ONLY 37 BACKED OUT OF MODERNIZATION PLAN WHEN the April 30 extended deadline for the consolidation lapsed, there were only 37 jeepney owners in Pangasinan who did not comply with the PUV modernization program. This translates, however, to 99 percent of jeepney owners who managed to consolidate, according to Bernard…

BOAT SUPPLIER PAID WITHOUT DELIVERY AN incumbent official and a former official of the past Lim administration filed a complaint on April 19, 2024 before the Ombudsman for Northern Luzon  accusing former Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim, two other past officials, and an official of a supplier for alleged misappropriation…

PASSAGE OF 2023 ANNUAL BUDGET IS LEGAL THE opposition, which comprises the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod, suffered another setback when Branch 76 of the Regional Trial Court in Dagupan City denied their prayer for preliminary injunction during a court hearing on April 18. Denied by RTC Judge Michael…

10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. SUN EXPOSURE NOT SAFE NOWADAYS, it’s not just about bangus that Dagupan City is known for but for its continuously reaching dangerous levels of heat indices in the past days. According to PAGASA, Dagupan City continuously reached high heat index levels since Saturday, April 6,…

IN THE NAME OF POLITICS THE opposition comprising the majority bloc of the Dagupan Sanggunian Panlungsod again turned back on its word indicated in last week’s regular session that it would support the implementation of the P150-million Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) when it  resisted anew to pass the resolution…

P4-M WORTH SEIZED, 2 MINORS NABBED JOINT anti-narcotics and police operatives eradicated almost P4-million worth of ready-to-harvest marijuana in a plantation in Barangay Mapita, Aguilar town on March 26 and arrested two minors cultivating the plants. In a report, the pieces of drug evidence were seized in three areas with…

P1.385-B PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AFTER boycotting the March 12 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the seven opposition councilors finally endorsed the passage of the 2024 Annual City Budget in the amount of P1.385 billion, surprising the minority councilors and Mayor Belen Fernandez. Arriving at the session hall together in time for…

PASSAGE OF DAGUPAN 2023 BUDGET DELAYED AGAIN THE members of the majority-opposition did not only make good on its assurance that the committee on finance, budget and appropriations that submit its report on the 2024 annual city budget to the plenary session on March 12 but worse, they decided to…

REDUCED BUDGET EXPECTED ANEW MANY in the Dagupan City government are no longer optimistic about passage of the 2024 annual budget this month despite indications by the opposition that it will submit its final decision on the budget. Given statements issued by some members of the majority, the opposition will…

FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS THUS was the appeal Mayor Belen Fernandez she left with members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod who man the committee on finance when the elevation of roads during their committee hearing on the 2024 annual budget of Dagupan last February 27 at the conference room…