THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has proposed the construction starting next year of a 1.5 kilometer river bank protection wall along the Pantal River to mitigate the regular flooding, even in the absence of rains, in several low-lying barangays in the southern part of Dagupan. This is…
TELLING STREETCHILDREN A STORY––Street children in Dagupan eagerly answer questions from Mayor Belen T. Fernandez after she engaged them in a storytelling session at the City Plaza last September 16 during the launching of the city’s revived mobile library. (CIO photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
LEARNING FROM THE BOOKS The Dagupan City government is reaching out to improve the literacy rate among its residents by encouraging them to read books and newspapers. To achieve this, a mobile library– made from a refurbished container van – will be going around the barangays in Dagupan to encourage reading…
KAGAWAD Alberto Gregorio of Bonuan Gueset has filed a complaint before the City Prosecution Office for direct assault and slander by deeds against a resident who failed to substantiate his earlier claim that the former mauled him in front of the Church of Annunciation in Bonuan Gueset in the morning…
LINGAYEN— The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) recently adopted a resolution to create a special committee that will handle boundary disputes between Pangasinan and its neighbor provinces The resolution cites in particular two existing boundary disputes: one involving Pangasinan’s San Nicolas town with Sta. Fe in Nueva Vizcaya over the “Little Baguio” village…
TAYUG—This town was identified as having the highest malnutrition rate in the province last June, observed as Nutrition Month in the country. Surprised and alarmed by the report, the municipal government immediately launched in mid-July a 120-day feeding program for 460 of the town’s most malnourished children.
LINGAYEN—After an alarming 60 percent increase from January to August, the number of reported dengue cases has dropped this month at 160 so far compared to 389 in the same month last year. But the Provincial Health Office (PHO) maintains the alert level and reiterated its call to all communities…
LINGAYEN—Relatives of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria can call their loved ones in the war-torn country for free through the Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO) located here. PESO chief Alex Ferrer noted, however, that there is a very small number of OFWs from Pangasinan in Syria as their…
THERE’S more work cut out for the Commission on Audit (COA) in Dagupan as the city government has asked for a review of several purchases made under the Lim administration suspected to be irregular and overpriced. Among these purchases, using the calamity fund, are some 248 hand-held radios and a…
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has given the nod to the Dagupan City government to take immediate action to recover the P2.5 million paid to a contractor as mobilization fee for the construction of the aborted Maternal Child Care and Lying-in Hospital. State Auditor Virgilio Quinto said Mayor Belen Fernandez…
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