PREPARING FOR BOUNTIFUL HARVEST – A tobacco farmer in Barangay Macayo in Alcala town plows an area in his farm to uproot weeds that will compete for the water through the plowed area, The plowed area in-between tobacco plants serves as a channel for water. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE internal rules of the Sangguniang Panlungsod cannot be over and above a substantive law—Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991. This was stressed by City Legal Officer Aurora Valle as she cited the LGC that prescribes the conduct of public hearings before its passage and…
ANOTHER VIOLATION OF LGC THE majority in Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod rejected the minority bloc’s move to make the hearings on the annual budget and all its integral plans, including the Annual Investment Program for 2023, public and not as a closed-door committee hearings. Speaking for the majority, Councilor Alfie Fernandez…
KIDS’ PRE-SUMMER FUN – Children cool off on a sunny day in a discarded bathtub that parents turned into a mini swimming pool by the highway in Sta. Barbara town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos expressed his desire to see present Local Government Code of 1991 (LGC) amended to make it more relevant to the evolving political, economic and social times that will allow local chief executives to act effectively for the benefit of their constituents. Speaking to…
CITY Secretary Ryan Ravanzo was directed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) by a vote of 7 to 5 to draft a reply to the January 11, 2023 letter from the Department of Budget and Management inquiring about the status of Proposed Supplemental Budget No.1 in 2022. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia’s motion,…
DEPED DAGUPAN’S DILEMMA DEPED Dagupan is in a serious quandary. It has no funds to conduct its division meet scheduled on February 6 -10 – to select its athletes that will represent the city of Dagupan to the Region 1 Athletic Meet slated on April 24 to 28, in accordance with…
ANIMAL quarantine checkpoints were again placed on alert following an executive order of Governor Ramon Guico III dated February 2, 2023 implementing a one-month temporary total ban on the entry of live swine/pigs, pork, and pork by-products from all red/infected zone municipalities into the province from February 2, 2023 to…
LAST MINUTE REGISTRANT FOR SK ELECTIONS – A young boy goes through the process of submitting his biometric data to Comelec five minutes before the registration closed. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
(Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan) Dengue cases in region down to 23 THE number of dengue cases in Region 1 during the month of January 2023 has declined, according to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1. Records of DOH-CHD 1 showed there were only 23 that were logged which…
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