By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE findings so far of irregularities in the implementation of the Dagupan City Scholarship Program are enough indicators that the program became a source for corruption during the 2019-2022 Brian Lim administration at the expense of children of poor Dagupeños deserving of government support. But…
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS – Students from San Emilio National High School in Ilocos Sur perform a cultural presentation during the Region 1 celebration of the 25th Jubilee of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA ) and IP month celebration held in Barangay Malico in San Nicolas town. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS – Gov. Ramon Guico III stresses a point to Hanica Rachael Arshia Ong, assistant secretary of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development after the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement for the strengthening of partnership and linkages in the implementation of housing programs and projects in the…
TWO new offices created by the administration of Gov. Ramon Guico III were finally funded when the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed Supplemental Budget No. 5 that appropriated P102,203,667 during its regular session on Monday (October 17). The supplemental budget will fund the operations of various offices, including the newly created Provincial…
NO FUNDS FOR POLICE, SCHOLARS, SCHOOLS THE special session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) called by Mayor Belen Fernandez Friday afternoon to discuss and approve the Supplemental Budget and its Supplemental Annual Investment Plan which she certified as urgent was boycotted by the seven-man majority in that chamber. Not even…
A VIOLATION OF NATIONAL HERITAGE LAWS MORE issues hound the construction of the three-storey One-Stop Shop building in front of the old Dagupan City hall. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) maintains that the location of the new building, blocking the historical old city hall built in 1925…
WEAKENED WAWA BRIDGE – A part of the Wawa Bridge, renamed Romulo Bridge, collapsed when two loaded dump trucks, one loaded with aggregates and the other fertilizer- crossed at the same time 3:17 p.m. last Thursday, halting vehicular traffic between Bayambang, Pangasinan and Camiling, Tarlac. (Punchphoto by Butch UKa)
FOUR individuals were injured after the Carlos Romulo Bridge connecting Bayambang, Pangasinan, and Camiling, Tarlac in Barangay Wawa, Bayambang town, collapsed at 3:17 in the afternoon of Thursday, October 20. CCTV footage recovered by authorities revealed two trucks – a dump truck and an elf truck, were crossing the bridge at the…
SOME 30,000 informal settler families, most of whom live in hazardous areas in 44 towns and four cities of Pangasinan can look forward to safe sustainable relocations. This was reported by Alvin Bigay, chief of the Provincial Housing and Urban Development and Coordinating Office (PHUDCO), to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on…
THE battle to defeat breast cancer among Pangasinan women shifted to a higher level after the Region I Medical Center (R1MC) announced it is offering free mammogram services to 30 women in observance of the celebration of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. The hospital encourages women to…
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