THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has practically drove the last nail to the coffin of the controversial Maternal Child Care and Lying-in Clinic of the past city administration when it passed a resolution on second reading realigning the P27 million fund for the project to support urgent and important projects of…

MAYOR Belen Fernandez expressed her determination to build a new Dagupan City Hall outside the central business district within her three-year term, having noted the inconvenience borne by the public due to regular flooding caused by the frequent rise of tidal water, which does not spare the existing city hall.

URDANETA City Vice Mayor Julio Parayno passed away last August 19 due to a lingering illness. In a special session Friday, the provincial board passed a resolution condoling with the bereaved family and recognized the public servant’s demise as a loss not just to Urdaneta but to the entire province…

LINGAYEN—The provincial board will take up a proposed resolution Monday urging the National Police Commission (Napolcom), through its chairman, Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, to speed up the process of appointing the province’s new police chief. A list of three nominees has been submitted by Police Director General…

PEREZ VS. BATAOIL LINGAYEN— Lingayen Councilor Ramon Bataoil will be squaring off with San Manuel Councilor Shiela Perez for the presidency of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) Pangasinan Chapter when it holds its election on Monday, August 19. The PCL president sits at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and is considered a…

LINGAYEN—A red alert has been raised by the provincial health office (PHO) with the increase on deaths due to dengue fever and the expected rise in cases of water-borne diseases following the flooding last week due to Typhoon Labuyo. Dr. Anna Theresa De Guzman, provincial health officer, reported that 12…

PREPARING FOR TYPHOON LABUYO—Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (standing) briefs members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) at the Mayor’s Office conference room on August 11 in preparation for typhoon Labuyo, which hit the city the following day. The city remained disaster-free despite being declared…

THIRTY-four indigent senior citizens of Dagupan City underwent successful cataract operation last August 8 as part of the city government’s new program, ‘Panangaro Kinen Laki tan Bai,’ for senior citizens. “The city has to help elderly citizens restore their sight due to cataract problems to continue to become productive citizens…

TASK Force for the Protection and Prevention of the Street Vulnerable, a new team formed by the Dagupan government, has began combing the city’s streets and hidden corners around the city to complete a profile of the “poorest members of society”. The team’s target beneficiaries are street children, beggars, abandoned…

DAGUPAN, a flood-prone city and once hit by a major earthquake, finally has a Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved it in a special session on August 15. The plan is in compliance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 10121, An Act Strengthening The…