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…
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…
Mayor warns barangay kaps: Don’t use official seal
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…
Birthdays/Anniversaries June 16 – 22, 2024
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…
Pattern for “official” junkets
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…
Who doesn’t want 7 epaLiFes suspended?
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2024—Philippine flags adorn the Lingayen town plaza in front of the monument of Dr. Jose Rizal in observance of the National Flag Day ahead of the 126th Independence Day celebration. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2024
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…
Mangaldan LGU employees test positive for illegal drug use
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…
Mayor Belen calls on Dagupeños: Protect the bangus industry
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…
Anyone affected can file cases vs 7 majority councilors – Valle
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…




