AFTER DEFERMENT MOVE FAILED THE seven-man majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod introduced substantial amendments to the council’s Internal Rules of Procedures (IRP), in response to Vice Mayor Bryan Kua’s role in the 2023 budget dispute. Among the amendments to the IRP include provisions for virtual attendance at council sessions…
OVERWHELMING CAMPAIGN — A mother carrying her baby and a companion try to make a sense of the campaign posters for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections that practically covered an abandoned house in Poblacion Oeste in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 1 issued a reminder to candidates participating in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on the prohibition of nailing or tacking campaign posters and materials on trees. This reminder is based on Presidential Decree No. 953, which penalizes the…
FOR ALLEGED PREMATURE CAMPAIGNING DESPITE the official start of the campaign period on Thursday, October 19, over a hundred candidates in Pangasinan were alleged to have conducted premature campaigning. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has issued show cause orders to over 150 candidates in the province for their alleged involvement…
THE committee on appropriations of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan started hearings for the proposed 2024 annual budget of Pangasinan, totaling P5.7 billion. Vice Governor Mark Lambino said since the proposed Appropriation Ordinance No. 4-2023 passed its first reading, it was immediately referred to the committee chaired by Third District Board Member…
COMELEC CHECKPOINTS — Uniformed personnel of the Dagupan City Police Station man a Comelec checkpoint like in other towns and cities manned by local police stations, as the official campaign period October 19 for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections begins. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE 384 classrooms in 30 public schools in the city will be used as polling precincts for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Monday, October 30 have been checked and prepared to conform with Comelec’s standards. This was confirmed by Atty. Michael Sarmiento, Dagupan City Election Officer, as…
THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Dagupan inaugurated newly-built Gender and Development-related facilities last week, October 17. Jail Superintendent Roque Sison III said the new facilities which include a conjugal room, lactation area, and child-friendly area located outside the male dormitory of BJMP are aimed at improving…
THE Dagupan City government’s department heads were recently convened by Mayor Belen Fernandez for an assessment of the activities launched in support of the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) campaign of the national government in preparation for the scheduled visit of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Central Office to the…
PLIGHT OF OFWS – Officials of national and local governments discuss other priority benefits and protection needed by OFWs during the vigil for Dagupeña Marjorette Garcia who was killed in Saudi Arabia. Gov. Ramon Guico lll, Vice Gov, Lambino and Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez are shown in a huddle with OWWA Admin. Arnel…
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