REAL estate properties in Dagupan City, including commercial buildings and private lots, with unpaid real property taxes (RPT) are set to be auctioned on October 30 by the city government. City treasurer Romelita Alcantara said up for sale are some 500 properties included in the initial list with tax delinquencies…
LINGAYEN—As the provincial government pursues the Casa Real restoration project, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved last week Provincial Resolution No. 1487-2012 giving Governor Amado Espino Jr. the authority to apply for a special patent title for the historic building. Provincial Chief Tourism Officer Malu Elduayan said her office, in cooperation with…
Capitol to ask for Casa Real special patent
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan is set to ratify in its regular session on Monday the proposed P1.473 billion Annual Investment Plan (AIP) for the next six years, according to SP appropriations committee chaired by Councilor Jesus Canto. A press release issued by city hall last Friday said Canto,…
SP set to ratify P1.4 billion AIP
DAGUPAN Councilor Red Erfe-Mejia, this year’s City Fiesta Hermano Mayor, met with members of the working committee and chairpersons of various events last October 23 to plan for the annual event. According to Mejia, the city fiesta, celebrated annually in reverence and thanksgiving to the city’s patron St. John the…
Dagupan City Fiesta 2012 Committee convenes
THE PUBLIC Order and Safety Office announced on Thursday the traffic rerouting plan dubbed “Oplan Kaluluwa” to be enforced in Dagupan on November 1, All Saints’ Day, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. A one-way traffic system will be observed from the Burgos Street junction and corner of West Central…
Traffic rerouting plan for Undas readied
THE jail warden stood watchful over two queues of wards lined up for breakfast. Those on the left line were being handed a bowl of porridge by deputy wardens, after which they move to the right for milk. Breakfast in hand, the wards took their spots in the compound, mostly…
Dagupan BJMP reaches out to the community
LINGAYEN—The application of the Urdaneta District Hospital for an expansion into a 100-bed capacity has been endorsed by the provincial board to the Department of Health. The current 50-bed hospital, owned by the provincial government, recorded an unprecedented increase in occupancy from January to August this year from 139 per…
Urdaneta Hospital expansion sought
LINGAYEN–The province is a top contender in the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award, a nationwide search launched by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Pangasinan has been chosen among the 11 provinces during the 2nd evaluation conducted by the search evaluators, ranking first based on health, peace and…
Pangasinan, top contender in “Gawad Pamana ng Lahi”
MANGALDAN AS PILOT TOWN STARTING off at the barangay level, the Office of the Ombudsman has launched a series of seminars on good governance for the local government units in Pangasinan and other northern Luzon provinces. The initial seminar – focusing on the principles of good governance that includes public…
Barangays learn lessons in good governance
BJMP FEEDING ACTIVITY—Personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Dagupan City (left photo) distribute porridge with malunggay to pupils of North Central Elementary School in Bonuan Gueset last Monday for a feeding program to celebrate the National Children’s Month as City Jail Warden Jun Melchor Boadilla (right photo)…




