DETERMINED to eradicate illegal drugs in Dagupan, Mayor Belen Fernandez outlined a strategy to achieve her vision of making the city drug-free, a turnaround from its current status as a drug hub in northern Luzon. Fernandez, in a speech during the celebration last Wednesday of the International Day Against Drug…

HIGH TIDE MISERY–The flooding in Barangay Careenan, as captured here last week, and many other barangays in Dagupan City has become a frequent occurrence caused by the regular high tide cycle, no longer by monsoon rains or typhoons. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao).  Back to Homepage

DAGUPAN Mayor-elect Belen Fernandez has ordered the City Agriculture Office to commence the demolition of illegal fish pens along various rivers after City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina reported that some 60 illegal fish pens are already empty and abandoned. The mayor issued the order during a regular meeting with department…

THE city government of Dagupan, now under Mayor-elect Belen Fernandez, has re-aligned funds and prioritized the payment of unsettled bills to the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) for the power consumption of public schools from February to May totaling close to P1 million. Funds were sourced by Fernandez from the mayor’s…

7TH SP CLOSES LINGAYEN—Members of the 7th Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) held their last regular board session on June 24, giving special commendation to their outgoing colleagues. “This 7th Sangguniang Panlalawigan has been a body that has supported the program of government of the honorable governor of the province of Pangasinan…

TWO-thirds of drug abuse patients suffer from mental illness, according to an official of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). Undersecretary Rommel Garcia, DDB vice chairman who was in Dagupan Wednesday for the observance of International Day Against Drug Abuse and illicit Drug Trafficking (IDADAIT), said that drug addicts have four…

DAGUPAN’S NOTORIETY ARRESTED drug dealers have attested that Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City is the main source of illegal drugs filtering into other parts of Pangasinan, other provinces in Region 1, and parts of the Cordilleras. Director Jeoffrey Tacio of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 1 made this announcement,…

PARENTS of children under a feeding program bankrolled by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and implemented by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) have complained to Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez that the food being served to the kids seemed spoiled. Looking into the matter, Fernandez…

BACK TO BASICS LINGAYEN—The police director of Region 1has instructed cops to be go out in the field “where it matters most”. Chief Superintendent Ricardo Marquez, in a visit to the province Wednesday, informed Pangasinan’s police chiefs about his program of going “back to basics”, which includes increasing police visibility…

THE principal of West Central Elementary School (WCES) in Dagupan City refuses to budge from his post despite a standing order from the schools superintendent. Dr. Gloria Torres, schools division superintendent, already issued her second order dated June 17 for the transfer of assignment of Dr. Reynardo Barrozo, principal IV,…