DONATE! If you cannot, stop barking! This was the dare of Dagupan City Councilor Jeslito Seen to Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia who continuously criticized the conditional donation of a 1.2-hectare land to the city by his brother-in-law, businessman Kerwin Fernandez. Seen said it is ironic that those who cannot make a donation…
THE MANY FACES OF FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL — Sleepy. Bored. Patriotic. Playful. Indifferent. These are the varied disposition of pupils of West Central School in Dagupan City who were in formation for the flag ceremony caught by PUNCH lensman Willie Lomibao.
NGCP’s ‘GAMIT NI BULILIT LABRADOR—The grade school pupils of 12 public schools in Pangasinan received school bags with assorted school supplies from “National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ (NGCP) Gamit ni Bulilit” Program. Melma Batario, NGCP’s regional communications and public affairs officer, said the recipient schools were Cabangaran Elementary School and…
HOUSE Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez took cognizance of the need to provide farmers in the north easier access to the markets in Manila for their products via the revival of railroad system. Alvarez echoed the need when the Congressional Caravan on Field Inspection for Northern and Central Luzon that started June…
THE Pangasinan Health Office reported that suspected dengue cases caused by mosquito bites are 33 percent lower this June compared to last year, but gastroenteritis cases have increased by 42%. Kempee Cruz, a PHO official, said from January to June 5 this year, there were only 514 dengue cases recorded…
BACK TO SCHOOL — In preparation for the school opening on Monday, June 5, teacher (left) at the Dulag Elementary School in Lingayen town supervises the distribution of textbooks to new pupils accompanied by their mothers. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Dagupan City police brushed aside speculations that illegal drug trading in the city has resumed, pointing to the arrests of ‘newly emerged drug personalities’ and not the drug personalities of old, and mostly from other towns. P/Supt. Franklin Ortiz, officer-in-charge at the Dagupan police, said the drug suspects being…
DAGUPAN City’s new police chief here initiated a dialogue with Moros residing in the city to improve on cooperation in maintaining peace and order in the city. P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz met on Tuesday with six Moro leaders in the city to reiterate the Dagupan City Police Station’s resolve to continuously…
THE Dagupan City government under the stewardship Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, recently conducted a two-day seminar on the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Government Procurement Reform Act, for city hall employees. Among those who attended the seminar were members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), its technical working…
LINGAYEN- -The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved on May 29 Resolution No. 729-2017 entitled “An Act Providing For The Improvement of The 54-Kilometer Road Located In Brgy. Muelang, Mangatarem, Province of Pangasinan to Brgy. Guisguis, Sta. Cruz, Province of Zambales and Declaring It As A National Road To Be Known As The…
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