MISS WORLD PHILIPPINES FRANCHISE THE provincial board approved a resolution on Feb. 13, 2023 authorizing Gov. Ramon Guico III to enter into and sign a memorandum of agreement with ALV Events International, Inc. for its participation in the conduct of a beauty pageant search in the province of Pangasinan. The…
ALL 24 department heads of the Dagupan City government signed a manifesto dated August 22, 2023 addressed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod seeking the implementation and release of their 2023 salary increase as provided for in the Salary Standardization Law, for which funds were allocated in the still unacted 2023 annual budget….
THE elevation of roads and construction of bigger drainage canals in Dagupan is part of a master plan prepared by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to provide solution to the incessant floods in the city requested by LGU Dagupan in 2021, or during the Brian Lim administration….
BRIGADA ESKWELA VOLUNTEERS – Two volunteers rush to paint the ceiling of a classroom inside the Dagupan City National High School in time for the opening of classes this week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it is not the proper agency to render legal opinion as requested by Mayor Belen Fernandez on whether the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod violated the law when it said “it will not honor Section 323 of the Local Government Code.” This…
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is eyeing to ban electronic cash transfers through bank or electronic wallet applications days prior to the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), to restrict the usual vote-buying during elections. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said the COMELEC head office already formed a committee…
THE Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO) will energize 23 sitios in different towns and city starting on the third week of September this year. Engr. Rodrigo Corpuz, CENPELCO general manager, told the PUNCH in a phone interview that the ongoing construction project is under the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) of the…
ARTISTS SALTY GATHERING –Local artists and art lovers gather at the newly opened N Gallery at Nepo Mall in Dagupan City during the opening of “A Salty Gathering”, an art exhibit of the works of more than 50 artists mostly from Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE five-man minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod abstained from voting when the majority passed a resolution echoing the “sentiments” of residents, students and traders affected by the elevation of roads and drainage system on Arellano Street and A. B. Fernandez Avenue East. Councilor Michael Fernandez, majority floor leader, asked for…
SENATOR Imee Marcos urged farmers and fisherfolks to register with the Registry System for the Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) after noting that only a small number are benefitting from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) program providing interventions. In a press conference in Urbiztondo on Aug. 21, the presidential sister…
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