By Eva C. Visperas COMING back from a long weekend after All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day usually means slow Mondays, sleepy offices, and half-hearted attempts to return to reality. People are still thinking about family reunions, cemetery visits, and the short but well-loved break from work. But…
By Rex Catubig WHEN the anomalous flood control projects exploded a Pandora’s box of associative demons—SOP, payola, insertions, twenty-five percent, proponent, and other euphemistic turns of phrase, one exacerbating factor got somewhat overshadowed. Yet, it is a key player in all this. Beyond the dikes, the embankments, rip rap…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! NOVEMBER 11 – (Dagupan City) REYNO JUNIO; (CALASIAO) Aristotle de Guzman NOVEMBER 13 – (Dagupan City) Gretchen Aquino NOVEMBER 15 – (Rosario, L.U.) Salvina Quinto; (Manaoag) Jomel Garcia, Angel Tibule NOVEMBER 17 – (Manaoag) Janelle Tabayoyong Happy Birthday! RHIAN DENISE DELA CRUZ (November 10 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday!…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! NOVEMBER 2 – (Dagupan City) GING GING Ballesteros; (Calasiao) Rowena De Guzman NOVEMBER 5 – (Dagupan City) Jemylyn De Venecia, Merlita Sampaga; (Sta. Barbara) Nicole Natnat NOVEMBER 7 – (Mangaldan) Reynaldo De Vera Happy Birthday! HELEN B. BERNARDO MAXIMO GRIEGO GERANGCO (NOVEMBER 2 – USA/ Dagupan City) Happy…
FIRST 100 DAYS GOVERNANCE REPORT—Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez marks her first 100 days of good governance during the 3rd Special Session of the 12th Sangguniang Panlungsod held on October 29, 2025, at CSI Stadia, Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
The Department of Health (DOH) has urged communities to remain vigilant as influenza-like illnesses (ILI) continue to affect thousands of residents across the Ilocos Region. DOH–Ilocos Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco said the agency has activated several response measures, including community surveillance, health monitoring, public awareness campaigns, and coordination with…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez admitted that one of Dagupan’s biggest challenges is its recurring flooding problem, as the city serves as a catch basin for water draining from nearby mountains and sits only about one meter above sea level. In her First 100 Days Governance Report, Fernandez assured residents that the…
THE provincial government of Pangasinan has called on all residents to be on high alert for a massive tsunami that could reach up to six meters high if an 8.2 magnitude earthquake occurs, particularly in the potentially active Manila Trench in the West Philippine Sea. Vicente Chu, head of the…
THE province of Pangasinan has recorded the highest number of drowning incidents in Region 1 from 2022 to 2025, according to data released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Of the 280 drowning incidents reported in the region, Pangasinan accounted for 52 percent, followed by La…
Fernandez siblings, led by Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez, join Archbishop Socrates Villegas in the groundbreaking of the Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help along New De Venecia Highway, Lucao District, Dagupan City on October 28, 2025. The rite marks the beginning of a new sanctuary built in honor…
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