DESPITE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS DESPITE the fact that Dagupan City was without a P267-M supplemental budget to cover deficits in 2022 annual budget passed on by the Lim administration, it still earned high marks in the Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index (CMCI) in 2022 from among 108 component cities in the…
TO further boost fire responses in towns and cities, the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) national headquarters distributed brand new firetrucks to the towns of Asingan and Villasis and 72 others in the country. DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos said priority has been given…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SOME weeks ago I was asked by some local media colleagues if I really know the history of Pangasinan cycling by just being a former cyclist and as an active sports writer of this paper. Of course, they know I do know but perhaps…
FOR 21 INFRASTRUCTURES THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved on Monday a resolution authorizing Gov. Ramon Guico III to negotiate and enter into a loan agreement with the Land Bank of the Philippines in the amount of six billion pesos (P6,000,000,000.00) under the terms and conditions of the Omnibus Term Loan Facility (credit…
COWBOY MONKEY PET — While most everyone takes time to walk their pet dogs, this elderly woman walks her pet monkey dressed like a cowboy with a toy gun tucked on its waist and approaches an amused bystander for a piece of the sliced mango. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) clarified it has stopped issuing voters ID since 2017. This was clarified by the polling body after new voter registrants have been airing complaints over the perceived failure of the commission to issue these. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said COMELEC already announced that…
NATIONAL Cancer Awareness Month is observed annually every February to raise awareness about cancer and spread the importance of early detection, which is paramount to its prevention. This year marks the second year of the campaign “Close the care gap” to reduce the inequities that exist in accessing quality cancer…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved a resolution during its regular session on February 20, calling for the establishment of the Pangasinan Safety and Emergency Response, Command, Control and Communications (PASER C3) as the province’s Emergency 911 Hotline Center. Authored by SP Member Vici M. Ventanilla, the resolution which was endorsed to…
(Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Discipline zone ordinance enforced in Alaminos City ALAMINOS City government has started enforcing its Discipline Zone Ordinance seeking to institute discipline among its people and put order in the entire city. The ordinance provides penalties for jaywalking, illegal parking, illegal vending, improper disposal of wastes,…
GOLD HARVEST — A tobacco farmer diligently inspects Virginia tobacco leaves being dried in his farm in Barangay Angio in San Fabian town in Pangasinan. The tobacco industry has been a source of income and provide a livelihood to most residents in this part of the region. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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