MISSION ACCOMPLISHED –Vice Mayor and Sangguniang Panlungsod presiding officer Bryan Kua is flanked by city councilors and barangay captains as he signs Ordinance No. 2244-2022 that authorized the passage of the 2022 annual budget of the city of Dagupan after it was approved unanimously in a special session on June…
THE Liga ng mga Barangay of Dagupan headed by Punong Barangay Marcelino Fernandez slammed the Pamana Water Corporation (PWC) anew in connection with its application for franchise as well as for water rate increase and called for its denial. This was gleaned from its expounded opposition on June 2, filed…
UNCOLLECTED TRASH PILING UP THE garbage collection problem in Dagupan City’s 31 barangays continues to worsen as wastes brought to the city’s Barangay Material Recovery Facilities (BMRFs) are left uncollected by the Waste Management Division (WMD) over the last two weeks. Reason? The city government does not provide fuel for…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod decided to finally approve the Annual Investment Program (AIP) of the City of Dagupan in the total amount of P1,457,168,766.00 in its regular session on Tuesday, June 7, without further clarification from the members of the city hall’s finance committee who continued to snub its invitations. Councilor…
WITH less than two weeks left before stepping down head of the Department of Health (DOH), outgoing Secretary Francisco T. Duque III mulls teaching in their family-owned university, the Lyceum-Northwestern University in Dagupan City. As a co-terminus cabinet official under outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, he is also set to…
A Pangasinense joins the Marcos government. President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. appointed ABONO Partylist Rep. Conrado Estrella III as Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary. Estrella served as one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives in the 18th Congress. He served as representative of the 6th District…
WHEN SUMMER IS GONE — A group of bikers with family members settle for a cool breezy morning at the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Dagupan City Health Office (CHO) strongly denied a baseless claim on social media that expired Moderna vaccine was being administered at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome. Dr. Dalvie Casilang, officer-in-charge of Dagupan CHO, said the vaccination team received the supply of vaccine June 6, 2022 from the Department of…
NO EXPIRED VAX THE Department of Health-Center for Health Development Region 1 (CHD) gave its categorical assurance that the alleged ‘expired vaccine’ issue in Dagupan City that drew flak among netizens recently is without basis. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, in an interview Thursday, June 9, said the city’s public information office…
A Dagupan City councilor called on the incoming city administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez to consider establishing a health facility, owned and operated by the city government. In a privilege speech on Tuesday (June 7) during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, reelected Councilor Dennis Canto said it has long…
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