HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! MARCH 25 – (Dagupan City) Clarissa Servito; (Mangaldan) Arthuro Mendoza, Christopher Mendoza MARCH 26 – (Dagupan City) Lailani de Vera; (Calasiao) Caridad de Guzman MARCH 29 – (Mangaldan) Orlando Sales; (Calasiao) Armando de Guzman Happy Birthday! ERMIN GARCIA, JR. (March 23 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! RONALD TALANIA…

THE Mother and Child Hospital that would have brought immeasurable relief to mothers and their children in Dagupan City over their health concerns is lost. The credit for it belongs to the seven councilors who were dead set on stopping it for the past three years. Celebrating city’s loss today…
Losing the Mother-Child Hospital
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE action-filled drama and suspense last week on the “kidnapping” of former President Rodrigo Duterte ‘will certainly create an opportunity for an independent filmmaker to produce a two-hour blockbuster documentary movie. It had all the ingredients – deception by Marcos Jr. about involvement of foreign…
‘Duterte’, a blockbuster movie

STATE OF DAGUPAN CITY – Mayor Belen Fernandez addresses city government officials, stakeholders and residents with her annual report of the city’s 2024 state of affairs at the CSI Stadia on March 18, 2025. The seven councilors of the majority bloc were absent. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
STATE OF DAGUPAN CITY
CITY HALL OPERATIONS REMAIN NORMAL URDANETA City’s top four councilors as of March 19 have officially expressed their refusal to serve as acting mayor and vice mayor and the other six, all political allies of Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno, are expected to make the same…
Urdaneta councilors refuse mayor, VM posts
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez said she is confident that the city can have a P2-billion economy before the end of 2025, citing current economic trends as well as the numerous awards and recognitions achieved by the city over the last two years under her administration. “We know we are doing…
MBTF: Dagupan City eyes to become a P2-B economy
INTEL WORK VS DRUG FUNDS CONTINUE THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasinan has temporarily suspended its drug clearing operations in barangays as preparations ramp up for the May 12 election. PDEA Provincial Chief Rechie Camacho announced last week that the decision to pause their operations is to avoid…
PDEA halts barangay drug clearing operations
LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN Archbishop Socrates Villegas, in his Lenten message read in Mass in all churches in the archdiocese on March 16, called for unity, sobriety, and reflection amid what he referred to as a “constant state of crisis” in the country and the deepening divisions created by political chaos in the…
Father Soc calls for ‘sobriety with vigilance’ amid political chaos

WE STAND WITH DUTERTE – Local supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte in Pangasinan sign the Solidarity Wall as they join their counterparts across the country and overseas in prayer rallies. (Punchphoto by Burtch Uka)
WE STAND WITH DUTERTE
PLANTING of different tree species in some of the cleared areas of the city’s dumpsite in Bonuan started last March 14. This was announced by Mayor Belen Fernandez during her State of the City Address (SOCA) on March 18, adding that the dumpsite restoration started while clearing operations of the…