THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is now probing the allegedly anomalous purchase by the administration of former Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim of about P35 million worth of tablet computers intended for high school students during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. This was reported at the September 11…
MANGALDAN Mayor Bonafe de Vera Parayno has issued a stern directive to ensure strict monitoring of all public infrastructure projects within the town, stressing that no project should fall below set standards. During a joint executive-legislative meeting on September 8, Parayno said the Municipal Engineering Office (MEO), under the leadership…
THE provincial government’s proposed budget for 2026 is projected to reach a little over ₱7 billion, Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino said in a media interview on September 8. According to Lambino, the amount reflects an increase of about ₱1.2 billion compared to the current year’s allocation. He explained that…
FROM COLEGIO DE SAN ALBERTO MAGNO A 1908 diploma of a graduate of the defunct Colegio de San Alberto Magno, the first sectarian school in Dagupan City run by the Dominican fathers, was presented on September 8, 2025 before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) by Architect Alex Villaflor, one of the…
A PAYLOADER OF TRASH — With so much trash collected at the Baywalk Binmaley, the town’s Waste Management Office had to deploy a payloader on September 3, 2025 to haul it all out. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution commending the city administration under Mayor Belen Fernandez and the allied public health system for exemplary performance in Universal Health Care (UHC) implementation, for which Dagupan was recognized in the recent National UHC Summit. Fernandez received the certificate of commendation during the NUHC…
PROPOSED ORDINANCE COVERS 2016-2025 LONE opposition councilor Librada Reyna proposed a draft resolution and a draft ordinance calling for and mandating full transparency, accountability and regular monitoring of all flood mitigation projects in Dagupan from 2016 to 2025. The proposal is expected to pass the eye of the needle in…
A resolution was passed by the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod urging the City Schools Division to support and implement the “Good Touch, Bad Touch” information and awareness program, a globally recognized educational tool that aims to prevent child abuse and inappropriate advances. The program is recommended for implementation in all public…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) R1MC says blood supply insufficient due to growing demand SUPPLY in blood banks is still insufficient to meet demand throughout the country, according to Dr. Gerald Dioquino, Blood Donor Recruitment Manager of the Region 1 Medical Center, as he appealed to the public for…
IMMOBILE POLICE VEHICLE — A Police Mobile Patrol vehicle of the Dagupan City Police Station has been left at this gasoline station for over a month as of September 3, 2025 after it broke down, according to fuel attendants. Police personnel recently came to take one wheel and the battery,…
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