‘NOT SUSTAINABLE TODAY’ MAYOR Belen Fernandez vetoed the ordinance passed by the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod seeking to increase the allowances of key court officials in Dagupan City. Ordinance No. 2273-2023, intended to raise the monthly allowances provided by the city government to judges, prosecutors, and public attorneys…
AFTER DELAYED APPROVAL OF 2023 APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE MAYOR Belen Fernandez is set to recommend a P1.385 billion budget for the city government for the year 2024. The mayor made the announcement after the Dagupan’s Local Development Council (LDC) approved the mayor’s presentation of the proposed annual budget of Dagupan for…
UNSINKABLE PORTA BOAT FOR DAGUPAN RESCUE OPS – A personnel of the Department Of Science and Technology demonstrates to CDRRMO personnel how DOST’s invented unsinkable Rescue Porta Boat is operated. The city is the first recipient of the boat in Region 1 in view of the city’s severe flooding occasionally. (Punchphoto by…
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 1 advised the Dagupan City government to ‘do everything it can’ in order to accomplish up its programs and projects’ per approved budget The advisory came after the Sangguniang Panlungsod, on September 26, approved the city’s P1.3 billion annual budget…
“THERE is no breakup within AGuiLa,” (Alyansang Guico Lambino)” This was stressed by Vice Governor Mark Lambino in an interview with The PUNCH, as he brushed off rumors that the political alliance may be in shambles. “AGuila is AGuila. It is bigger than one. It is bigger than two. AGuila…
IT’S THE ELDERS’ WEEK! — Senior citizens in Dagupan City get a free health checkup during a medical and dental mission organized by the National Commission of Senior Citizens in cooperation with Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) and the Dagupan City government in observance of the Filipino Elderly Week in the city. (Punchphoto…
2022 PANGASINAN ELECTION HERE’S lesson to be learned that can be applied in future elections like the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October 30 and in 2025 national/local elections. The Supreme Court En Banc, on August 17, 2023, denied the apela or Request for Manual Recount of the Votes…
THE Dagupan City government will implement a one-way traffic scheme on Arellano Street starting October 8, Sunday to alleviate traffic conditions in the ongoing drainage and road elevation upgrade in the area. According to the Public Order and Safety Office of Dagupan on October 5, – All public utility vehicles…
DESPITE the onset of colder weather, the regional office of the DOH- Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) is seeing a rise of rabies cases in Pangasinan, from three in May to six in September. This was contained in DOH-CHD’s report that Region I documented 21 rabies cases from January 1…
IN observance of the National Cooperative Month, the San Carlos City government, through its City Cooperative Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Development Office (CCELDO), organized a two-day industrial sewing training program in Barangay Nalintap. Supported by Mayor Juliet Resuello, the training took place on September 28 and 29 under the guidance of…
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