THE Villa Verde Road in Barangay Malico in San Nicolas town, famous for its Baguio-like scenery and cool temperature, is temporarily closed to motorists and tourists after a series of landslides in the area last week brought about by torrential rains caused by Typhoon Florita and ‘habagat’. Bernard Leo Serquiña,…
By Al S. Mendoza TIME to sing praise for Dante M. Velasco, a great son of Dagupan City whose corporate feats have become so global that Nobel Prize-like plaudits for him have long been overdue. Always a step ahead of his peers, Dante is a many dimensional dude worthy…
By Gonzalo Duque THE perennial flooding in Dagupan City, occurring even if the sun is shining brightly, is a matter that seriously concerns us. But we are consoled by the fact that Mayor Belen Fernandez took steps at the start of her term to ask for help from the DPWH to solve this problem. Through her strong…
CHAOS MARKS DSWD AYUDA DISTRIBUTION – Parents of enrolled children trooped to the satellite office of DSWD on A.B. Fernandez Ave. with no guidance on procedure for the distribution, reach out to a DSWD personnel for their priority queue cards. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Dagupan City government offered to hold the distribution of the educational assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in a bigger venue but only for students residing in the city. Mayor Belen Fernandez discussed her offer with DSWD officials of the satellite office and City…
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development Office (DSWD) Region 1 has warned unscrupulous persons who are faking documents to benefit from the educational assistance fund. Alarmed by report that in order to avail of the education assistance fund, DSWD Regional Director Marie Angela Gopalan said anyone who would be…
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1 recorded 8,074 cases of tuberculosis during the first and second quarters of 2022. This was reported by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV of the CHD, in a press conference on August 19, in celebration of the National Tuberculosis Day….
DAGUPAN City received a mobile clinic from the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 1 on August 24, 2022 at the City Health Office (CHO). Mayor Belen Fernandez thanked the DOH’s continued support to the city government’s program providing quality facilities and equipment as part of the implementation…
ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN – A man walks nonchalantly by a damaged sewerage drainage on A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City, unaware of a possible injury to his person. Not a few narrowly escaped falling into it since it is close to a jeepney loading/unloading zone. (Punchphoto by Buth Uka)
EFFORTS to restore the Sure Global Waste to Worth Innovations (W2WI) Facility as a long-term solution to the 70-year-old garbage problem of Dagupan City have started. City Mayor Belen Fernandez visited the open dumpsite in Bonuan Boquig, near Tondaligan last week with W2WI founder and Chief Executive Officer Jill Boughton…
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