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Dagupan swimmers bag back-to-back titles in Mayor’s Cup

By | Sports

THE Dagupan Swim Team scored back-to-back victories in two years when it clinched the championship in the Mayor’s Cup 2024 ABC Invitational Meet Swimming Competition held on June 8 at the Dagupan City Poolside. Earning its second championship since bagging the title in 2023, the Dagupan delegation bested the One…

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Dagupan swimmers bag back-to-back titles in Mayor’s Cup

By June 16, 2024Sports

Mayor warns barangay kaps: Don’t use official seal

By | Sports

MANGALDAN BIKE RACE NOT ENDORSED BY LGU IN a recent meeting of the League of Barangays (LnB) held last Monday June 10, Mangaldan Mayor Bonafe de Vera-Parayno warned barangay heads about illegal use of the Mangaldan municipal seal in unauthorized activities. The warning stemmed from the holding of an unauthorized…

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Mayor warns barangay kaps: Don’t use official seal

By June 16, 2024Sports

Birthdays/Anniversaries June 16 – 22, 2024

By | Birthdays/Anniversaries

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JUNE 17 – (Dagupan City) Arnold dela Vega; (Calasiao) Milagros De Vera JUNE 19 – (Dagupan City) Perlita de Guzman JUNE 20 – (Dagupan City) Rowena Centino; (Mangaldan) Arnulfo Ferrer JUNE 21 – (Pozorrubio) Noel Sarmiento; (Mangatarem) Michael De Guzman; (Alaminos City) Rowena Caspillan-Reyes Happy Birthday! MA. VIVIAN…

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Birthdays/Anniversaries June 16 – 22, 2024

Pattern for “official” junkets

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

THE Guico provincial administration has unabashedly established an unprecedented ‘incentive program’ for its officials, from members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to department heads, in return for their productive work and loyalty – to travel overseas for 7-10 days for free (from airfare to hotel accommodations, plus shopping allowance.) Such an…

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Pattern for “official” junkets

Who doesn’t want 7 epaLiFes suspended?

By | Punchline

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE recent statement of Dagupan City legal Officer Aurora Valle inviting anyone to file a cases or cases against the 7epaLiFes must have sent the 7 rowdy councilors rolling down the hall laughing boisterously, while exchanging fist bumps and high-fives. Who wouldn’t? She just confirmed…

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Who doesn’t want 7 epaLiFes suspended?

By June 10, 2024Punchline

Mangaldan LGU employees test positive for illegal drug use

By | Top Stories

SEVERAL employees of the Mangaldan local government unit (LGU) have tested positive for illegal drug use following a surprise drug test conducted last week. The exact number and names of those who tested positive have not been disclosed, but they are currently under the monitoring of the Philippine National Police…

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Mangaldan LGU employees test positive for illegal drug use

By June 10, 2024Top Stories

Mayor Belen calls on Dagupeños: Protect the bangus industry

By | Top Stories

DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez called for solidarity among the consignacion at the Magsaysay fish market to safeguard the city’s bangus (milkfish) industry. In an interview over Aksyon Radyo on June 6, Mayor Fernandez cited the current oversupply of bangus in Dagupan, attributing it to the influx of ‘alien bangus’p…

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Mayor Belen calls on Dagupeños: Protect the bangus industry

By June 10, 2024Top Stories

Anyone affected can file cases vs 7 majority councilors – Valle

By | Top Stories

THIRD REJECTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REACTING to another rejections, the appeal to expedite the passage of the new supplemental budget of Dagupan by the seven councilors comprising the majority despite a certificate of urgency from Mayor Belen Fernandez, City Legal Officer Aurora Valle said the seven committed capricious and whimsical…

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Anyone affected can file cases vs 7 majority councilors – Valle

By June 10, 2024Top Stories

Oversupply of bangus causes P20-P30 per kilo price in W. Pangasinan

By | Top Stories

PREMATURE harvesting of milkfish by fish farmers in Bolinao and Anda, who feared the effect of neap tide called “gataw” led to the drastic drop in the price of their product from P20 to 30 per kilogram last June 5. A report stated that traders and buyers trooped to Western…

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Oversupply of bangus causes P20-P30 per kilo price in W. Pangasinan

By June 10, 2024Top Stories