Filed by Ahikam Pasion Six men faking notaries’ signatures nabbed SIX individuals forging and faking documents by notaries were arrested by authorities in Dagupan City. Personnel from the PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG– Pangasinan launched an entrapment operation leading to the arrest of the suspects. The CIDG Pangasinan…
P1.385-B PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AFTER boycotting the March 12 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the seven opposition councilors finally endorsed the passage of the 2024 Annual City Budget in the amount of P1.385 billion, surprising the minority councilors and Mayor Belen Fernandez. Arriving at the session hall together in time for…
Dagupan SP finally approves 2024 annual budget
PASSAGE OF DAGUPAN 2023 BUDGET DELAYED AGAIN THE members of the majority-opposition did not only make good on its assurance that the committee on finance, budget and appropriations that submit its report on the 2024 annual city budget to the plenary session on March 12 but worse, they decided to…
SP opposition boycotts session to stop debate
TALABA FESTIVAL IS BACK – Residents and visitors have their fill of huge ‘Alaminos talaba ‘ (oyster ) brand harvested in barangays Pangapisan, Mona, Cayucay, and Balayedaan in Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TALABA FESTIVAL IS BACK
FOR STUDENTS FROM FOUR UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES EIGHTY students will benefit from a scholarship grant from South Korea’s Lotte Scholarship Foundation (LSF) following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between LSF and four educational institutions in Pangasinan on March 8. The MOU was signed by Gov. Ramon Guico III…
Lotte Scholarship Foundation grants 80 scholarships
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1) started closely monitoring rising levels of diarrhea cases in the region. Up until February 2024, the region registered more than 3,000 cases, out of which Pangasinan reported 1,478; followed by La Union with 1,023; Ilocos Norte with 415; and Ilocos…
DOH 1 on the alert for rise in diarrhea cases
FOR INDIGENT PATIENTS THE Department of Health (DOH) is set to provide the funds for the implementation of the Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP) program this year in all 14 government hospitals in Pangasinan. The 14 government health facilities, namely: Asingan Community Hospital, Bayambang District Hospital,…
Pangasinan’s 14 hospitals get P55.44M grant from DOH
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Bus companies preparing for Holy Week vacation BUSES with terminals in Dagupan City are preparing for a flood of commuters coming and going out of the province during the Holy Week, a week after next. Terminal officials said prior to Holy Week, they always see…
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HIGH POLICE VISIBILITY IS ON – Most town and city police stations in Pangasinan have begun deploying more personnel in popular tourist destinations like the Binmaley Beach Baywalk to ensure peace and order in the area. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
HIGH POLICE VISIBILITY IS ON
EXPECT more policemen on the streets and along tourists’ destinations in Region 1 when thousands of visitors arrive for the Holy Week observance. P/BGen. Lou Evangelista told Pangasinan newsmen on March 13 that Region 1 has many beautiful tourist spots accessible to Metro Manila only three hours drive now via the…