LOCAL councils are prohibited from discussing any other matter until the annual budget for the succeeding year is passed, based on Section 323 of the Local Government Code — and this contributed to the delay in the passage of just a simple resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a…
MAJORITY BLOC QUESTIONS LIMITATIONS DAGUPAN City Legal Officer Aurora Valle maintains that in all cases of preventive suspension, the suspended official is barred from performing the functions of his or her office and does not receive salary although not vacating and losing the title to the office. In a letter to…
CAMPAIGN STARTS FOR LOCAL BETS AS the campaign period for local candidates started on Friday, March 28, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Pangasinan reminded aspirants and their supporters to adhere to the rules on campaign materials, especially on where these are placed. Provincial Election Supervisor Ericson Oganiza emphasized strict…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Lingayen’s bagoong industry thrives THE bagoong industry in Lingayen continues to grow, according to Daniel Bernal Jr., one of the biggest producers in the town. Throughout the years, the industry continues to enjoy steady support from residents because it provides jobs, attracts tourists, and promotes…
OTHER STREET PROJECTS UNDERWAY THE newly rebuilt Herero-Perez Road connecting A.B. Fernandez Avenue to Perez Boulevard has been completed and is expected to be opened to vehicular traffic by April. Mayor Belen Fernandez said the old Herero-Perez street which was perennially flooded after every heavy rains and high tide was elevated…
THE Department of Health (DOH)-Ilocos Region led the blessing and inauguration of the third Super Health Center (SHC) in Pangasinan on March 17, 2025, in the town of Alcala. DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco said there will be more SHCs to be opened in Pangasinan since it has the…
SOME 30 children with disabilities in the town of Asingan received financial assistance through the joint efforts of the local government and the Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center (STAC) on March 26. The local government led by Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. and the Municipal Social Welfare and Development (MSWD) distributed P5,000 to each of the beneficiaries….
THE Mangaldan Municipal Health Office (MHO) reported a confirmed case of rabies in Barangay Navaluan involving a child, prompting Mayor Bona Fe de Vera-Parayno to direct all barangay leaders to strictly enforce the “Aso Mo, Itali Mo” ordinance. The MHO, acted swiftly in collaboration with the Municipal Agriculture Office to…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasinan apprehended on March 26, one of its high-value targets during the implementation of a search warrant in Binalonan town. The suspect, identified as Gregorio Manuel Agbayani Jr., also known as “Bong,” was apprehended at his residence on Zamora Street in the Poblacion…
AUTHORITIES have identified parts of the dismembered body found floating last week at a National Irrigation Administration canal in Barangay Lagasit, San Quintin. P/ Captain Esteban Fernandez, officer-in-charge of the San Quintin police, said the recovered partial remains, the torso from the upper abdomen to the knees, belonged to Michael…
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