A CONCERNED citizen’s call to Dagupan City’s Basic Emergency Life Extending Network (B.E.L.E.N.) 16911 which operates 24/7, saved a truck driver’s life last September 9. That call triggered a quick response from a team of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DCDRRMO) that had to extricate the…

AFTER anomalies surfaced in the implementation of policies of Pangasinan State University’s (PSU) on-the-job-trainings (OJT) for graduating students, PSU president Dexter Buted said a more transparent policy will be in place to protect the students. Buted admitted there were loopholes in the old system before he took over. He said…

THE Region I Medical Center (R1MC) now holds the distinction of being the first government hospital in the country to be accredited with the international standards organization (ISO) 9001:2015 version. Dr. Edwin Sanchez, assistant regional director of the Department of Health, said RIMC achieved the milestone in DOH history and transformed…

THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) unanimously passed a resolution expressing full support for the ongoing investigation by the House of Representatives to ferret out the truth behind the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison. Authored by Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, a lawyer, was Draft Resolution No. 5384 that endorsed and supported “the current crusade of the Department of…

THE traffic in Dagupan City’s commercial district has improved as several experiments proved successful. This was the claim of the new Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) chief Carlito Ocampo when he appeared before the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities chaired by Councilor Alvin T. Coquia during a dialogue on…

‘ROSAL’ is officially now Dagupan City’s official flower. Approved last week by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Ordinance No. 0-585, otherwise known as “An Ordinance Recognizing Rosal as the Official Flower of the City of Dagupan”. The ordinance was authored by Councilor Jeslito C. Seen, chairman of the SP’s Arts, Culture and…

IN LIEU OF REHAB CENTER SAN CARLOS CITY–The city of San Carlos is showing the way in taking care of its more than 600 drug users that surrendered. A reformatory house for surrendered drug dependents is now rising in San Carlos City and is set to be operational by the first…

NBI INVESTIGATION THE case of the 22-year-old graduating student from Dagupan City whose body was found dumped at the boundary between Manaoag and Mapandan on July 19 and believed slain by suspected vigilantes, is finally coming to light. Rowena Tiamson was not a drug user, pusher. Not at all listed as a…

NO CONFISCATION OF LICENSE POLICY ANOTHER innovation to improve traffic in Dagupan City has been introduced –  a “no confiscation of driver’s license of erring motorists” rule is now being implemented by the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) and City Action Service Team (CAST). Carlito Ocampo, now the city’s…