MAJORITY BLOC NEUTRALIZED THE minority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) invoked Article 107 of the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) of the Local Government Code in rejecting the opposition’s claim that the supposed amendment to the SP house rules on October 17, 2023 is valid. Article 107 dictates that…
DATA released by the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) indicates a significant surge in grassfire incidents, with reports showing 47 cases in 2024 compared to just 10 cases in 2023, a 370% increase. CDRRMO Chief Ronald De Guzman emphasized during the flag raising ceremony last Monday,…
FOR EFFECTIVE QUICK RESPONSE THE Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) advised residents to first call its emergency numbers: 09684449598 / 0755400363, to report any emergency or fire incident before posting live updates on social media. This advisory was issued during an executive meeting attended by local…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Dagupan J.O. employees get P2K additional pay MAYOR Belen Fernandez announced that the salaries of job order employees in Dagupan have increased from P12,000 a month in 2024 to P14,000 a month this year owing to the passage by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Ordinance No….
Checking on a new flood-control project — Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco conducts a brief site inspection at the Aplaya Floodgate in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Pangapisan North, Lingayen, to ensure safety before the project is officially opened and utilized. The project is designed to manage water discharge from heavy rains….
THE approval of the minutes of a past council session can only be done by those who attended that session, based on an earlier legal opinion of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). This was the ruling of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua when all seven members of…
AFTER OBJECTING TO SRI TWO opposition councilors secretly received their respective Special Recognition Allowance (SRI) of P20,000 each, like the rest of regular employees of the Dagupan City government as provided for in an appropriation ordinance (AO) passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod at the time three of their colleagues were…
THE Guico provincial administration aims to improve the presentation of the role of Lingayen Gulf landings and the importance of war veterans through changes at the new Capitol Complex Plan (CCP) after it sought the approval of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to relocate World War II…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) PDEA declares 34 Pangasinan towns and cities as drug-cleared THIRTY-FOUR of the 47 cities and municipalities in Pangasinan — with the exception of Sto. Tomas, which remained drug-unaffected — have been cleared of illegal drugs as of the end of 2024, according to the…
DESTRUCTION OF CONFISCATED ILLEGAL FIRECRACKERS –Pangasinan Police Director P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian (center), takes delight in leading in the destruction of confiscated illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics at the provincial office compound in Lingayen town on Monday as a warning, two days before the New Year revelry, to would-be violators. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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