TO EXCLUDE MEDIA, PUBLIC THE majority at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod finally made it official that budget hearings will be held at the small conference room at the third floor of the SP building, a room that can only accommodate the committee members and resource persons, purposely to exclude media…
REGION 1 Medical Center Chief Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia has belied rumors circulating that he has been suspended and relieved of his position as hospital head. In an interview with Mejia on Wednesday, February 8, Mejia asserted that the allegations and rumors circulating are not true, and is a demolition…
THE Bikers’ Camp in Barangay Malico in San Nicolas town remains open to visitors even after fire broke out at the forest area near the Bikers’ Camp in Barangay Malico last Saturday morning, February 4. The forest fire was declared fire out on early Sunday morning, February 5 but to…
FASCINATING SIGHT — A farmer in Urdaneta City takes a break from preparing the farmland for planting rice and watches the egret birds fly around his area confident that he can finish the job with the four-wheel tractor provided by national government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DESPITE the walkout by members of the majority bloc when she addressed the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod on the invitation of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua to explain and field questions from the councilors pertaining to the 2023 annual city budget, Mayor Belen Fernandez is still confident that the city’s annual appropriation…
TWO RECKLESS INTOXICATED RIDERS KILLED TWO fatal vehicular incidents in Dagupan City, both of which involved motorcycle riders and believed to be intoxicated by alcohol, prompted the local police, on order of Mayor Belen Fernandez, to require all motorists and riders traveling at night be subjected to breath analyzer tests at…
AGRI PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY THE National Bureau of Investigation – Dagupan District Office (NBI-DADO) is closely monitoring and conducting surveillance on warehouses in the province suspected of hoarding and keeping smuggled agricultural products. This was confirmed by Atty. Rizaldy Jaymalin, NBI-DADO Chief, during an interview on Thursday, February 9….
AS couples plan on celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 14, the Police Regional Office 1 warned of scams aimed at victimizing the loveless man or woman. P/Chief Master Sergeant Archimedes Fernandez, cyber investigator of the Regional Anti Cybercrime Unit 1 (RACU), said criminals find their victims via online dating apps…
AFTER VM KUA’S RELUCTANCE TO ADJOURN THE majority members of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod spurned the appeal of Mayor Belen Fernandez for unity and reconciliation and to pass both the 2023 annual budget and the Annual Investment Program when she addressed the legislative body in last week’s regular session, on February…
SUGAR CANE JUICE FOR PATUPAT –Domingo Dulay, 73, feeds newly harvested sugar cane from his farm into the mill (darapilan) in Pozorrubio to extract sugar cane juice for “patupat“, a sticky rice delicacy wrapped in coconut leaves. The leftover juice is then turn into “sinakob” (unrefined sugar). (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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