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Classes in Dagupan suspended due to heavy rains

By | Inside News

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…

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Classes in Dagupan suspended due to heavy rains

By July 8, 2025Inside News

NEWSBREAK

By | Inside News

(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…

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NEWSBREAK

By July 8, 2025Inside News

MBTF administration to sue Lim contractors

By | Headlines

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…

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MBTF administration to sue Lim contractors

By July 8, 2025Headlines

GUV GUICO AT THE HELM ANEW

By | Top Stories

GUV GUICO AT THE HELM ANEW — Reelected Governor Ramon Guico III is joined by members of his family on stage after taking his oath of office before RTC Branch 14-FC Presiding Judge Avelina Villegas-Rosario at the historic Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)

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GUV GUICO AT THE HELM ANEW

By July 8, 2025Top Stories

Dagupan SP vows check-and-balance

By | Top Stories

DESPITE SUPERMAJORITY DAGUPAN Mayor Dean Bryan Kua and members of the city council assured Dagupeños of strong checks and balances in governance despite holding a near-unanimous supermajority aligned with Mayor Belen Fernandez. Following the inaugural session of the 12th Sangguniang Panlungsod on July 1, Kua, who sits as presiding officer…

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Dagupan SP vows check-and-balance

By July 8, 2025Top Stories

SP passes resolution on MCH revival

By | Top Stories

THE new Dagupan City council hit the ground running with 10 resolutions passed and another 10 scheduled for committee hearings during their first session last week. Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) presiding officer, said they intend to maintain a high level of productivity during their three-year term…

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SP passes resolution on MCH revival

By July 8, 2025Top Stories

Your SUNDAY PUNCH, moving from 69th to 70th year

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

ON July 5, 1956, PUNCH founder-editor Ermin Erfe Garcia, decided to publish a pocket-sized weekly community newspaper with contributions from some close friends. He believed that newspaper readers would find it more convenient to be updated with local news that could be folded to fit a man’s back pocket. (Nobody…

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Your SUNDAY PUNCH, moving from 69th to 70th year

Political Statesmanship

By | Punchline

  By Ermin Garcia Jr   I don’t blame the new majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod led by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez, for gloating over the “powerless” position that Councilor Dada Reyna, the only survivor of the 2025 massacre of the epaLiFe in the…

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Political Statesmanship

By July 8, 2025Punchline