THE Latinissimo DanceSport Team of the Alejandro F. Oligan National High School in Sison put on an outstanding performance and bagged 14 gold, 12 silver, and two bronze medals during the Urdaneta City Fiesta Open DanceSport Competition last December 7 at the Urdaneta Cultural and Sports Complex. Among the gold medalists are Lebron Dwayne Giltedez (Solo Youth Standard ChaCha, Rumba, Jive), Mark Morales (Solo Youth…
STUDENTS from nine campuses of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) gathered early on December 9 to participate in the ‘TatakBoluntir Fun Run and Volunteerism Exhibit’ held in Lingayen town, which kicked off the celebration for National Volunteer Month and in support of the campaign to end Violence Against Women and…
SOME seventy-four anti-Duterte forces composed of civil society leaders, Magdalo faction, left-wing activists and members of the Makabayan bloc have filed not one, but two separate impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte accusing her of having committed more than two dozen crimes. As of this writing, a third complaint…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AFTE the suspension of epaLiFe Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez and Irene Lim-Acosta 4 weeks ago, the remaining four: Councilors Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Celia Lim, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez, can very well be suspended by either the Office of the President or the Ombudsman for…
BRIGHT CHRISTMAS AHEAD — Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the ceremonial lighting of the giant Christmas Tree in front of the City Plaza to signal the official start of month-long festive activities in the city. She is joined by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and other officials of Dagupan City. (Punchphoto…
THE Mapandan local government under Mayor Karl Christian Vega was awarded the 2024 Gawad Kalasag Beyond Compliant Award by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the highest honor recognizing excellence in disaster management. In 2023, the town already received a Gawad Kalasag Fully Compliant award, which meant disaster…
FORMER Interior Secretary and Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. underscored the need to amend the Local Government Code of 1991, saying it no longer meets the needs of many local governments across the country today. “The Local Government Code has laid out how the national government, governors, cities,…
THE demolition of several buildings to give way to the construction of the Mother and Child Hospital in Dagupan City will start soon after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) declared the supplemental budget of P5 million allotted for the structural clearing work “operative in its entirety” This was…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Dagupan vendors favor fish importation FISH vendors at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City are in favor of the importation of 8,000 metric tons of galunggong (scud fish) and mackerel, saying this will fill in the acute shortage of such varieties in the…
A total of 300 disadvantaged residents in the Second District were given P15,000 each on November 28 to support their small businesses. Congressman Mark Cojuangco thanked the DSWD for its Sustainable Livelihood Program and acknowledged Senators Pia and Alan Peter Cayetano for their help to his constituents. The financial assistance,…
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