A rehabilitation plan to help backyard hog raisers in Pangasinan whose pigs were culled as part of the protocol against African Swine Fever (ASF) to help recoup their loses is being readied by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Ilocos regional office during the first quarter this year. Erlinda Manipon, DA-1’s…

SAFER PANGASINAN INDEX crimes in Pangasinan decreased by a significant 25.83 percent last year (2019) compared to statistics compiled by the police in 2018. This was bared by P/Lt. Colonel Norman Florentino during the KBP Forum last week, where he said that overall, only 1,479 crimes recorded in 2019 down from…

THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) presided by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, passed a resolution expressing the intent of the city of Dagupan to enter into a sisterhood agreement with the city of Manila whose mayor is Isko Moreno Domagoso. The resolution was authored by Councilor Cisco Flores following a call made by Mayor Brian Lim…

IS Dagupan City ready to meet the threat of polio? This question was posed by Councilor Dennis Canto, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s committee on health and asked that the OIC City Health Officer Dr. Erlinda Cuison be invited to attend the next session of the city council to report on…

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 4th Pangasinan District Engineering Office (PDEO) has resumed the road rehabilitation/construction of the 403-meter stretch along the boundaries of Calasiao and Dagupan City last Wednesday, Jan. 22. This was confirmed by Engr. Allan Abulencia, resident engineer of the DPWH 4th PDEO and…

FORMER Councilor Vladimir Mata is back as a city administrator of Dagupan. This after the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed the resolution confirming the appointment extended to him earlier by Mayor Brian Lim. Mata replaced Alan Dale Zarate who was earlier designated by Lim as OIC city administrator. With Mata’s appointment, Zarate is back…

THE provincial government is set to send P1.3 million in financial assistance to the victims of typhoon Ursula and Ramon in the provinces of Cagayan, Eastern Samar, and the City of Roxas to help in their recovery and rehabilitation. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed the resolution authorizing Governor Amado Espino III…

LEAGUE of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)-Pangasinan chapter president Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil is encouraging his fellow mayors in the province to organize to extend support to victims of the Taal Volcano eruption.  “I urge my fellow mayors to do their own initiative to help the victims in Batangas. Although I…

A group of recreational cyclists mobilized themselves to solicit and deliver relief goods for the displaced victims in evacuation areas. Fred Arzobal, founder and president of the Mapandan Unified Bikers Club, a non-government organization in Mapandan town composed of bikers or cyclists as their recreational or sports activity, led the…