SHABU PACKAGED AS CHINESE TEA — A PDEA operative opens a sack containing packages of Chinese tea brand filled with shabu ready for shipment and distribution to other drop-off places in Pangasinan and other provinces. More than 300 kilos of packaged shabu were seized in Pozorrubio last week. (Punchphoto by Ahikam Pasion)
LiFe COUNCILORS REVERSE THEMSELVES A state of confusion reigns at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod. Two weeks ago, the majority (composed of LiFe councilors) nixed the passage of the proposed ordinance submitted by the minority and certified by the office of the city mayor as urgent but the majority eventually reconsidered their position after the fact and decided to hold a public hearing contrary…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez met with officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) and youth organizations in the city last week to organize initial events for the year-long observance of Dagupan City’s Diamond Jubilee Year, marking the 75th ‘Agew na Dagupan’. Mayor Fernandez held the meeting shortly after she issued Executive…
THE Department of Education Dagupan City Schools Division Office (SDO) identified more structures that sustained damages when the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the city last July 27. In last week’s issue of The PUNCH, the SDO initially only listed the PAGCOR Building in Dagupan City National High School, some classrooms…
VIRTUAL GRIDLOCK FOR LEARNERS — Traffic along Tapuac Road in Dagupan City became one long parking lot as parents, siblings and guardians rushed to have their learners in six schools over a one kilometer stretch in school at the same time on the first day of in-person face-to-face-classes. (Punchphoto by Willie…
SISON-TUBA BOUNDARY DISPUTE THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan created an ad hoc committee headed by Vice Governor Mark Lambino to tackle the boundary dispute between the municipalities of Sison town in Pangasinan and Tuba town in Benguet, that heated up anew after a long lull. Vice Governor Lambino nominated Sixth District Board…
CLOSE to one million learners trooped to their respective schools in the region last Monday, August 22, when school year 2022 to 2023 officially begins. This was reported by Cesar Bucsit, spokesman of DepEd Region 1, who said that data as of August 18 showed that at least 948,027 pupils…
THE Dagupan City government was recently directed anew to conduct road clearing operations in all the barangays per guidelines set in 2019. Romary Soriano, newly assigned local government operations officer in Dagupan, reiterated the directive when she spoke before the Sangguniang Panlungsod last Tuesday, citing the need to clear all…
PLANS for the Department of Education’s priority projects for both elementary and secondary public schools in Dagupan City were presented to Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez during a meeting of the Local School Board. Dagupan City Schools Division Superintendent Aguedo Fernandez cited the construction of new school buildings and the…
DAWEL BRIDGE NOT A FACTOR DESPITE restrictions for crossing the Dawel Bridge, collection and disposal of garbage at the dump site by the Waste Management Division (WMD) continues. This was stressed by Councilor Lino Fernandez, chairman of the Liga ng mga Barangays in Dagupan in a privilege speech before the…
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