BAMBOO POLES FOR FISHPENS—As Typhoon Crising is about to lash out Pangasinan on Friday, July 18, a big truck unloads bamboo poles on the right side of Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension facing the Calmay River, to be towed later by two or more bancas to an unknown destination in…
OFFICIALS and employees of the Dagupan City government paused from their afternoon work on July 16 and gathered at the city plaza at 3:00 p.m., about the same time the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck 35 years ago, to offer a prayer in remembrance and for Dagupan’s continuous protection from nature’s…
FORMER five-time House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. was commended during the 35th commemoration of the 1990 Luzon earthquake for his role in the rehabilitation efforts in Dagupan City following the devastating calamity. At a program held on July 16, 2025, Ryan Ravanzo, secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, recalled De…
ILLEGAL SALE OF PUBLIC LAND WARNED THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to apply before the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other government agencies for a tenurial instrument over the public lands along the coast in Bonuan Gueset, Bonuan Boquig and Bonuan…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recognized 57 fishermen from various towns in Pangasinan for their honesty and integrity after they promptly reported and turned over to authorities the illegal drugs estimated to be worth over P6.5 billion they found floating in the sea last June. The July 12 ceremony,…
FORMER SANGGUNIAN MAJORITY FIZZLED OUT THE Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the criminal and administrative complaints filed last year against Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez, Vice Mayor Dean Bryan Kua, and six other city officials in connection with the passage of the 2023 annual budget. The case stems from the approval…
MORE congressmen and senators have filed separate bills seeking to completely ban online gambling. It’s about time. However, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is inclined to support a plan by the Department of Finance (DOF) to impose new taxes on online gambling operators, provided the measure would be thoroughly studied…
NEW PD IN PANGASINAN—Police Regional Office I Director, Brig. General Dindo Reyes (center) presides during the turnover of command between outgoing Acting Provincial Director Ricardio David (left), and incoming OIC Police Provincial Director Colonel Ariel Mercullo (right) during ceremonies at the PNP Provincial Office in Lingayen last July 15. (Punchphoto…
POLICE Colonel Arbel Mercullo officially assumed his post on July 15, 2025 as the new officer-in-charge of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), succeeding Police Colonel Ricardo David. In a formal turnover ceremony held at Camp Gov. Antonio Sison in Lingayen, Mercullo outlined a strong vision for his leadership,…
AS he officially began his third and final term, Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino pledged a purposeful term anchored on legacy, inclusive growth, and principled leadership during his inaugural address on July 14. “Because this is my last, it will also be my most purposeful. We will not slow down….
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