THE CITY’S CART BEFORE THE HORSE THE city fiesta and yuletide season in Dagupan has began in a curious way. The Sangguniang Panlungsod, in a special session on November 15, passed an ordinance temporarily closing parts of Galvan and Zamora streets, as well as a resolution temporarily suspending the implementation…
SUSTAINABLE, ECO-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS THE North Central Elementary School in Barangay Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City was adjudged winner in the 2019 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools (Elementary Level) and will be awarded on Nov. 22 in Quezon City. Maricris Ferrer, school principal, said she is thankful that the advocacy…
CHRISTMASSY CITY — From the Quintos Bridge in Dagupan City all the way to the city plaza, residents and visitors are treated to brightly lit Christmas colors every night. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNILATERAL CANCELLATION REJECTED THE Waste-to-Worth project, a joint venture agreement between the Dagupan City government signed during the term of former Mayor Belen Fernandez with Sure Global Philippines, Inc. in 2016, is still on course. This was underscored by Julia Courts Boughton, chief executive officer of Sure Global, in a…
WAR ON DRUGS THE Pangasinan Police reported the arrests of 927 drug personalities from Jan.1 to Nov.11 this year from their 895 operations. P/Col. Redrico Maranan, provincial director of Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), said arrested were 664 are pushers and 267 users and seized 834.7111 grams of shabu and…
TWO months after former congressman Amado Espino Jr was ambushed in San Carlos City, the filing of a case remains pending with the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. This was confirmed by P/Brig. Gen. Joel Orduña, Region 1 police director, who said his office has provided the prosecutor the basic elements of the…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan is set to act on the 2020 P4.4 billion budget for the provincial government following the endorsement of the Committee on Appropriations, Economic Affairs, and Ways and Means during a committee hearing on November 11. Board Member Angel M. Baniqued, Jr., committee on appropriations chairman, led the…
TURN ON THE LIGHTS — Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim leads city officials in the ceremonial lighting of the giant Christmas tree at the city plaza. Shown with Lim are Councilors Celia Lim, Joey Tamayo, Dada Reyna, Karlos Reyna and Marvin Fabia. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE biggest animated Christmas display by a local government unit unveiled on Nov. 15, 6:00 p.m. at the municipal plaza of Bayambang. “The ‘Paskong Disneyland sa Bayambang” showcases some of the most popular Disney characters to make it the most-anticipated season of the year and most memorable,” Rafael Saygo, senior…
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES’ PRIORITY ACCESS to free wifi in all towns is one of the priorities of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Pangasinan Chapter. According to LMP Pangasinan president and Lingayen, Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, the project will be accomplished under LMP National President Chavit Singson’s program of…
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