IF you see a sky blue Volks Combi in Tondaligan Park, Dagupan City, chances are, that’s ‘Stay Stoked Ice Cream’ by Tia Chloe Simms. Simms, 23, from Barangay Bonuan Binloc is originally from Melbourne, Australia. Her family migrated to Binloc 21 years ago. Thus, she and her brother had studied…
UNLISERBISYO THE Dagupan City government reached an understanding with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy for the promotion of Bangus Festival. Specifically, DFA will arrange visits and arrivals of foreign ambassadors to the Philippines so they can be more informed about the festival for…
NO 2023 FUNDS, NO FOOD, EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS DAGUPAN City may not be able to defend its back-to-back title in the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) set to be held in May this year in San Carlos City owing to lack of training due to lack of funds. According to Finnela…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! MARCH 20 – (Dagupan City) Arnulfo Ramirez, Anita Ramirez; (Calasiao) Crisanto De Vera MARCH 23 – (Dagupan City) Marilou Visperas; (Manaoag) EUFEMIA MENDOZA, Consuelo Fe M. Bautista, Arkeen and Shanlee Madrigera MARCH 24 – (Manaoag) Princess Enriquez MARCH 25 – (Dagupan City) Percival Feliciano Happy Birthday! AZUCENA VARQUEZ…
THE ballyhooed Tigil-Pasada of the jeepney operators and drivers failed to pressure the government to suspend the jeepney modernization plan, and it’s just as well. The threat to stage a strike each time it disagrees with a policy is an old ploy that the jeepney operators should have known that…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE you have it. DILG dealt the ‘Sunday Punch’ (Merriam-Wester: A powerful devastating blow) knockout on the 7epaLiFes at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on the 9th round (month)! The glory days of the 7 EpaLiFes are definitely over. Whether they like it or not, the legal…
VM KUA’S ACTIONS SUSTAINED THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sustained Vice Mayor and Sangguniang Panlungsod presiding officer Bryan Kua’s decision when the later did not adjourn the regular session on February 7 right away despite the motion to adjourn by the majority while Dagupan City Mayor…
EARTHQUAKE DRILL UNDER THE SUN – Students of Dagupan City National High School cover their heads with books for the drill and for protection from the sun while waiting for the drill to end during the first quarterly nationwide earthquake drill on Thursday. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LEGAL OPINIONS FOR WRONG CLAIMS? THE majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is not willing to accept the legal opinion issued by the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in response to the issues raised by the minority without further clarification. Councilor Alfie…
“STOP PLAYING POLITICS!” IN exasperation, the chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan of Dagupan delivered a privilege speech, calling on his colleagues in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, particularly those in the majority, to stop playing politics and finally pass the proposed 2023 budget citing the continued sufferings of many residents in the…
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