By Gonzalo Duque TWO precedent-setting cases that checked abuses of local Sanggunians must teach the Belen Fernandez administration how to deal with the recalcitrant seven members of the majority of the Dagupan city council. These cases — one in Quezon province and the other in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya — involved…
By Leonardo Micua THE six-month suspension of the vice mayor and nine members of the town council of Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya for abuse of authority and dereliction of duty due to the unlawful delay in the approval of the town’s annual budget for 2023 and other measures certified by…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THERE are many things I have learned, skills that I can command to this day. However, like my friends Teresita de Venecia (Tess) and Armi Bangsal, I haven’t learned how to drive. I tried but ended up confusing left and right, and ended up driving…
By Farah G. Decano THE personal tragedy of 2024 Olympian Carlos Yulo touches our core as human beings and our culture as Filipinos. We tend to weigh on these issues based on the totality of our experiences. Arriving at a resolution may be tricky if we do not detach…
By Eva C. Visperas IDENTITY revealed! Yes, because the preventive suspension order has been served on August 12 against Urdaneta City Mayor Rammy Parayno. Following my previous report, the unfolding events have been both stressful and more damaging. In addition to the 90-day preventive suspension order, Mayor Rammy allegedly…
By Rex Catubig MENTION San Roque during the monsoon season, and it conjures fear and flare-ups of goosebumps. A dam, sacrilegiously named after the saint, and notorious for unleashing water that turns into horrendous floodwaters as it cascades down the lowlands, is to blame for its ill repute—making it a…
THE Dagupan City government is raring to complete the elevation of the roads and drainage system in major junctions in the commercial district to minimize the impact of severe flooding in these areas during and after the onslaught of a typhoon. So far, the finished the completed construction of the…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE unprecedented frequency of plagiarism committed by the 7 epaLiFes that tarnished the integrity of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod as an institution, is reaching a revolting and nauseating stage that one wonders if the words integrity, honor, and accountability still mean anything to the 12…
OFWs’ COOKING DEMO — Overseas Filipino Workers(OFW) and their relatives, prepare the dishes during a cooking demonstration at the kitchen laboratory of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) in Lingayen last Friday, as part of the Balik Bayani sa Turismo: Tourism Kulinarya Training, a program of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Migrant…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) decision on the designation of Mary Ann Solomon as City Agricultural Officer is now moot and academic, after the council failed to confirm or deny her appointment within 15 days from submission. However, Councilor Alfie Fernandez, a member of the majority and chair of the…
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