ILLEGAL OCCUPATION – Vendor along A. B. Fernandez Ave. in Dagupan City occupy sidewalks including parts of pedestrian lanes and footbridges like nobody’s business, without fear of being accosted by the police or POSO enforcers. The illegal occupation is in clear violation of President Duterte’s order to DILG but the city government…
IN the absence of a definite position in the pending Waste to Worth (W2W) technology, Dagupan City, Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo reiterated his suggestion that three sites be considered by Sure Global Philippines Inc. for the project. The first is the two-hectare land segregated from the 72-hectare area covered by Proclamation…
THE component cities of Dagupan and San Carlos have been cited by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as among the top component cities in overall competitiveness in the Ilocos region in 2019 based on the results of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI). Dagupan City ranks first,…
REMEMBERING HOW CHRIST WAS BORN— The interpretation of the Nativity scene featured at the Lingayen plaza has become a popular attraction in the capital town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BECAUSE OF SUSPENSION OF W2W THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) decided not to wait for Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim to make up his mind whether to pursue the Waste to Worth project as a condition to allow the continued operation of the open dumpsites in the…
THE Dagupan City Police raised an alarm about a surge in activities of thieves operating as a group preying on parked cars and shoppers in crowded malls. The police cited the cases of four car owners who reported break-ins by thieves by breaking car windows and carting away valuables left…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed another supplemental budget (No. 5) in the amount of P6,710,000, reverting unspent budgets from various offices and realigning them to fund five projects deemed as priority by the administration of Mayor Brian Lim. The additional outlay are for training expenses under the City Treasurer’s Office-Market…
DEADLY FIRE– An investigator from the city’s Bureau of Fire takes note of the houses razed to the ground in Barangay Bacayao Norte where banned firecrackers were illegally manufactured. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
UNDERGROUND FACTORY TWO persons were killed and another seriously injured when five houses were razed to the ground in just a 40-minute fire suspected to have been caused by mishandling in the manufacture of firecrackers in Barangay Bacayao Norte, Dagupan City at about 1:17 p.m. on December 14. Fire Chief…
STRANDED OIL TANKER THE Bolinao government is set to file charges against the owner of the Chinese oil tanker that ran aground off the coastal waters in Barangay Patar once the town’s corals are confirmed to have been destroyed. Mayor Alfonso Celeste said the municipal council already passed a resolution…
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