PROPOSED 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET THE committee on finance, budget and appropriations, composed of members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod released its weekly schedule of committee hearings on the proposed P1.33 annual city budget of Dagupan for 2024 until the end of January this year. Based on list submitted…
IS the Urduja House, the official residence of the provincial governor, under security threat? This question cropped up after The PUNCH got a copy of a memorandum (No. 004, Series of 2024) dated January 4, 2024 signed by Provincial Administrator Melicio Patague II. Subject of the memorandum is the implementation…
IMPLEMENTATION of 20 of 23 projects funded by the 20 percent development fund in the 2023 annual budget are ongoing but the majority members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod appear bent on stopping these by questioning the passage of the supplementary budget in court. The situation was cited by Mayor Belen…
SURVIVING WWII VETERANS — The 12 of 37 surviving veterans of World War II listen and watch Gov. Ramon Guico III pay tribute to their courage and heroism during the Pangasinan Veterans Day Celebration at the Veterans Memorial Park in Lingayen town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LTC JAIME ARZADON WARD A DAY after the commemoration of the Lingayen Gulf Landings in Pangasinan, a significant event unfolded for the province’s World War II veterans and their dependents. The Region I Medical Center (RIMC) opened the LTC Jaime Arzadon Veterans Ward, a dedicated facility that will serve medical…
CASES STILL ON THE RISE THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 3,592 influenza cases (or a 66-percent increase) in 2023 compared to only 2,158 cases in 2022. The PHO Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) attributes the spike in cases from September to December last year due to the shifting…
TWENTY-ONE Pangasinenses died from dengue in 2023, compared to 9 dengue deaths in 2022, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The PHO Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit’s report noted that 3,308 dengue cases were recorded from January 1 to December 31, 2023, compared to only 2,965 cases in 2022. Youngest…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Pangasinan enters drought period—PAGASA THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration revealed that the province has begun reeling under the prolonged period of low rainfall. PAGASA Chief Meteorologist Jose Estrada Jr. based in Dagupan said this was the national assessment of the PAGASA central…
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FROM THE SEA — Fishermen slowly pull their nets as they catch fish along the beach in Lingayen Monday morning. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
BACKLOG in production and distribution of driver’s licenses in Land Transportation Office (LTO) Dagupan Office is already more than ten thousand due to low supply of PVC cards.= LTO Dagupan chief Romel Dawaton said the 10,600 backlog includes new applications, renewals, and student licenses. The office stopped printing, leaving only…
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