THE majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod requested for a special session — but did not specify a date — to take up the resolution relating to the establishment of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) and an ordinance for the approval of Supplemental Budget No. 2-2004. But eventually, until…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez slammed the majority councilors of Dagupan when they proposed that the P150-million Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) be located on a small patch of land vacated by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) located beside the Pantal River in Barangay Poblacion Oeste instead of the land donated to the Department of…
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III refuted claims that he is concentrating his efforts solely on Urdaneta City, saying he has actively been traveling throughout the province to engage with residents and address their needs. “I focus on every part of the province, but of course, I have a connection to the…
A bill filed by Senator Imee Marcos seeks to extend the term of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to six years from the current three, meaning the next BSK Elections will be in 2029. “I hope, na maayos natin ito,” said Marcos, among the authors of the bill, in a press…
OVER the past two decades, Pangasinan was always one of the worst-hit provinces in north and central Luzon each time a super typhoon hit the province. Yet so far, the Pangasinan provincial government has only gone as far as creating the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PPDRRMO),…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. LET’S talk about the ongoing committee hearings on POGO in both Senate and the House of Reps. First, what’s common about them: They’re asking the same questions. (What a waste of time and resources) There is no prior approved motion of any recommended amendment or…
Joshua Fontanilla led Pangasinan to its eleventh win in MPBL with 21 points (FB Grab) THE Pangasinan Heatwaves went full throttle to wallop Imus Agimat VA Drones in a dominant fashion, 112-83, last September 14 at the Angeles University Foundation Gymnasium in Angeles City, Pampanga. Pangasinan had a sizzling start in the opening period, shooting…
THE Mayor Kevin Basketball League Inter-Barangay Basketball Tournament 2024 kicked off on September 14 at the Calasiao Sports Complex despite continued rains, which triggered flooding in parts of the town. Billed to run for two weeks, the tournament seeks to unify the youth in 24 barangays of the municipality, which has…
HOSPITAL FOR MOTHERS & CHILDREN – Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez shows local media the concept illustration of the Department of Health’s ‘Mother and Child Hospital’ after sending a second certificate of urgency of its passage to the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod. She warned that the P150-M fund allocated by the national government…
ORIGINALLY AUTHORED BY MINORITY THE majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod hastily deferred a proposed ordinance with all its seven members as authors, but which the minority councilors again claimed as their own. Calendared for second reading during the September 17 regular session of the Sanggunian was Draft Ordinance No….
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