THE Batacan Bridge, linking the towns of Mangatarem, Pangasinan and San Clemente, Tarlac, has been temporarily closed to heavy vehicles since Wednesday, February 7. This, after cracks along the bridge’s deck slab, and other signs of deterioration were found by authorities during an inspection. All heavy trucks and buses are…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Task force formed to arrest violators of smoking ban in Pangasinan THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Provincial Ordinance No. 43 prohibiting the sale and use of cigarettes, including vape, in any part of Pangasinan. So smoking in public places in the towns and cities in province is…
VALENTINE FOREVERMORE — Spotted in a gasoline station in Dagupan City is a flowers-bedecked two-door sports van highlighted by stuffed toys owned by a couple from Baguio City. The couple reportedly also decorates their vehicle during Christmas and Halloween with traditional images. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
A claim by opposition councilors that department heads are being prevented from attending the weekly committee hearings on the city’s annual budget to delay the process was vehemently denied by Mayor Belen Fernandez in a text message to The PUNCH. “It’s not true,” Mayor Fernandez’s text message reads when asked…
A GREENER Pangasinan will be experienced after provincial government achieves its target to plant one million trees in three years under the ‘Pangasinan Green Canopy’ project that was launched in 2023 . The Pangasinan Green Canopy project is a multi-sectoral approach to promote co-ownership in protecting and caring for the…
IS it going to be summer soon? After seemingly endless cold mornings in January, the province recorded its hottest day this year so far on Tuesday, February 06, 2024. PAGASA temperature reveals Pangasinan recorded 33.8 degrees Celsius of temperature at around 2PM, or 2.3 degrees higher than the normal maximum…
PANGASINAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OPENS THE opening of the Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) on February 14 marks the realization of Gov. Ramon V. Guico III to produce world-class talents and leaders in various fields. “PPC is not a business-as-usual transition. It is a mind-altering aspiration that will soon be translated into…
THE Commission on Elections’ “Register Anywhere Program” (RAP)_reeled-off last February 6, 2024 in four cities and one town to help register 30,000 to 50,000 voters new voters by September 30, 2024. Provincial Election Supervisor, Atty. Marino Salas said the program is available in the province’s capital town of Lingayen and in four…
Foot bridge on Arellano St. is dismantled to give way to elevation of the road. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) UPDATE ON GRIDLOCK THE return of Arellano Street to two-way traffic from one-way traffic was tentatively set by Mayor Fernandez on March 15 this year. The date was confirmed by City Engineer Josephine…
POLITICAL leaders in the 4th District of Pangasinan, led by former Representative Gina de Venecia, officially became members of the Lakas-CMD party on January 24. Manay Gina is the wife of five-time House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. and co-chairperson emeritus of Lakas and the mother of current 4th District Rep….
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