THE Dagupan City government and the Department of Health have agreed to install toilets in 42 households in the city’s barangays at an estimated cost of ₱1.3 million. The project was included in the Supplemental Annual Investment Plan No. 1 and subsequently in Supplemental Budget No. 1 that was approved…
DAGUPAN CITY PEOPLE’S ASTRODOME MEMBERS of the majority in the Dagupan City Council have distanced themselves from the allegation of Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, the minority floor leader, that there is irregularity in the ongoing improvement of the facilities of the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome. During the special session of the…
POLICE chiefs in the province attended the Men Oppose VAW (violence against women) Everywhere (MOVE) Summit held on May 24 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen. The MOVE Summit was an initiative of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 1 in partnership with…
WALKING THE DOG? — A mother and her daughter decide to take a beach plunge with their pet dog before the rainy season sets in. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SAN FABIAN—If the town is known for its “tuyo” and “tupig”, the town’s Center Beach in Barangay Nibaliw is fast becoming the most popular beach resort in Pangasinan. The town’s tourism officer, Jonathan Gacosta, affirmed this, citing the increasing number of visitors to the area. To ensure the continued popularity…
STA. MARIA—This town witnessed a stunning upset in the recent (May 14) barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections. The local Comelec office reported that Segundino ‘Jojo’ Esquijo, 50, a truck driver, defeated former mayor Pinky Odero Ginez in Barangay Mariano here, with a margin of 29 votes. Esquijo got 228 votes…
HER PRECIOUS VOTES – An elderly drops her ballot at the ballot box after casting her votes for her chosen candidates in a village in Lingayen during the synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on May 14. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
SAN FABIAN—Will the reforms introduced in the 2016 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Law finally give the youth councils the chance to organize and lead effectively? This was uppermost in the minds of Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia as he and his mother, former Rep. Gina de Venecia, cast their…
DAGUPAN’S LARGEST BARANGAYS A NEOPHYTE in barangay politics in Bonuan Gueset on May 14 won by a landslide over the reelectionist kapitan. In an official count, Manuel ‘Noel’ Bumanglag who challenged Ricardo ‘Rico’ Mejia who ruled the barangay for 26 long years, was credited with 5,200 votes against Mejia’s 2,963….
CALASIAO—All the barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) candidates in Barangay Longos in this town made history in the last local elections: there was no contest at all, all ran unopposed. Winning the barangay captain post, Haverdani Das Mesina, youngest brother of Vice Mayor Mahadeva Das Mesina who hails from Longos,…
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