TAKE TWO FOR MAYOR BELEN — Reelected Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez Mayor Belen Fernandez delivers her second inaugural address after taking her oath of office before Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Sarah Jane Fernandez at the People’s Astrodome on Saturday, June 28. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TO meet the increasing demand of more applicants for the Dagupan City scholarship program, Mayor Belen Fernandez asked the new Sangguniang Panlungsod led by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez to pass an ordinance adding 1,000 slots for tertiary education scholarships. The additional 1,000 scholars will…
FOLLOWING the success of the tree planting activity during the Agew na Dagupan on June 20, Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez is scheduling another greening program at the Bonuan dumpsite in Octobe for its early conversion into an eco-park and fun site with a football field. She said that by October,…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the suspension of face-to-face classes in kindergarten to senior high school and the alternative learning system (ALS) on July 4, following an orange warning alert that means potential heavy rains and possible flooding in parts of the city. Her Executive Order No. 2, Series…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Mangaldan Comelec prepares for 2025 BSKE THE Commission on Elections, Municipal Treasury Office, and Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in Mangaldan jointly opened ballot boxes that were used in the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections as part of preparations for the…
SANGGUNIAN ASKED FOR GREEN LIGHT THE Dagupan City administration asked the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to concur with the filing of formal complaints before the Ombudsman against contractors of the past Lim administration who defaulted in their contracts, delivered sub-standard projects, or failed to complete projects on time. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle…
A court in Pangasinan acquitted 102 victims of human trafficking who were wrongfully accused and imprisoned for nearly two years. According to their lawyers, the charges filed against them by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) were based on false accusations. Judge Roselyn Andrada-Borja of the Regional Trial Court Branch…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Woman electrocuted while doing laundry, dies A 37-year-old woman lost her life after an electrocution incident while doing laundry in the town of Binmaley. According to police investigations, the victim, identified as Johara Castro Bautista, was using a dryer/spinner when she accidentally touched a section of…
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BENEFICIARIES—Senator JV Ejercito confers with patients of the free ward of the Region I Medical Center in his visit to Dagupan City to check if the Philippine Universal Health Care Law or Republic Act No. 11223, which he authored, is benefiting the poor Filipinos. (Punchphoto by Ray…
THE minority bloc in the just-concluded Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) gave the majority members a taste of their own medicine when they intentionally skipped most of the sessions in the last weeks through official leave privileges. Vice Mayor and SP Presiding Officer Bryan Kua – who was reelected last May…
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