THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Marc Brian Lim to enter into a memorandum of agreement on behalf of the city of Dagupan with the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) for the implementation of the Free Wi-fi for All’ project, a free public service internet network. Authored by Councilor Jose Netu…
75th LINGAYEN GULF LANDING ANNIVERSARY AMERICAN and Australian war veterans will join their counterparts in Pangasinan in another nostalgic reunion during the two-day commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Lingayen Gulf Landings and 13th Pangasinan Veterans Day on January 8 to 9. Both commemorations will be led by Governor Amado…
American, Aussie veterans set to join local vets
THE Pangasinan Reformation Center (PRC) in Barangay San Vicente, Burgos is not used solely for drug rehabilitation of drug surrenders but for youth camps as well. This was clarified by Carlo Resurrecion, head of the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) secretariat. He said Governor Amado Espino III wanted it made…
Reformation Center open for youth camps
COLORUM transport operations in Pangasinan paid P3.850 million in fines to the Land Transportation Office in the region. This was confirmed by LTO-1 Regional Director Teofilo Guadiz III after reporting P4.750 million collection from its 42 operations in the region. “Most of the violators were operators of Asian Utility Vehicles…
P3.85 -M fines collected from colorum transport operations
The PUNCH staff talked to readers and residents and asked them to share their resolutions they hope to accomplish by end of 2020. Jun Magsano, 33, Bonuan Gueset, market vendor: Titigil; na ako sa aking mga masamang bisyo. Tignan no, halos buto’t balat na ako dahil sa alak at sigarilyo. Sana,…
What resolutions for 2020 look like…
LINGAYEN–Although measles tapered down during the second semester of this year, it still is the number one cause for morbidity among children in Pangasinan with 1,485 suspected cases this year against 415 in 2018. Of the number, 217 cases or 30 percent were confirmed in a laboratory analysis. The Provincial Health Office’s…
Measles on rampage in Pangasinan in 2019
THE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL – A vendor of colorful toy horns in front of the CSI Square (left panel) carefully arranges her items to better attract customers to her display away from the long row of firecracker stalls (right panel) permitted by the city government to sell in front of the West…
THE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL
THE Calasiao municipal government decided to cut down on usual events for its Puto Festival 2019 and instead decided to allocate more funds for the planned relocation of the puto vendors to help restore the lost demand owing to their temporary makeshift location. Municipal administrator Mark Paolo Caspillan said the…
2019 Puto Festival staged for producers
THE Pangasinan Reformation Center (PRC) in Barangay San Vicente, Burgos is not used solely for drug rehabilitation of drug surrenders but for youth camps as well. This was clarified by Carlo Resurrecion, head of the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) secretariat. He told newsmen during the Talakayan sa Kapitolyo that…
Reformation Center open for youth camps
CONTINGENCY PLAN ANTICIPATING a Cease and Desist Order from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over the operation of open dumpsites in Dagupan, the city government already considered a contingency plan to contract a service provider to haul the city’s wastes regularly to a location outside the city. …




