TO BE USED FOR PATOGKAWEN RIVER ANOTHER dredging machine has been deployed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to Dagupan City, which will be used at the Patogkawen River, one of the tributaries of the Sinocalan-Pantal River. Mayor Belen Fernandez said this is the sixth dredging machine…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Parents call for more CCTV cameras for children’s protection PARENTS in Dagupan called for the installation of more CCTV cameras in public spaces as they expressed concern over the safety of their children amid rising crimes, including at school premises. They said children could…
THE Dagupan City Police, under the new leadership of Lt. Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub, had their hands full last week. And they skillfully delivered. Only a few days after Calub assumed the role of police chief, the Dagupan Police demonstrated remarkable efficiency by solving in less than 24 hours the tragic death…
‘FATHER’ AND STEPMOM ARRESTED THE City Prosecutor’s Office in Dagupan has filed charges against the suspects in the killing of a seven-year-old girl whose body was discovered along the shoreline of Bangus Ville, Barangay Bonuan Gueset, on August 15, 2025. After evaluating the evidence — including material proof and witness…
SLOW PROGRESS — With just a few workers on site, progress on the construction of a new Dagupan City Hall building appears slow. The project broke ground in May 2022 under then-Mayor Brian Lim, who said completion was expected by December of that year. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
NBI, COA, OMBUDSMAN ASKED TO ASSIST THE Blue Ribbon Committee of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will continue its hearing on a proposed resolution seeking to authorize the City Legal Office to file criminal cases before the Ombudsman against contractors of the past city administration whose projects were substandard, abandoned,…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution on August 18 commending the exemplary performance of the Dagupan City Police Station, under the leadership of its new chief, P/Lt. Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub, for his swift action resulting in the solution of two high-profile crimes and the arrest of a foreign national…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez said she is in full accord with the manifesto of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) supporting President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s call for transparency and accountability on flood control projects. The manifesto, dated August 22, 2025, was signed by San Juan City Mayor…
THIRD District Rep. Rachel Arenas has assured consumers that she will work to find concrete solutions to the persistent power supply problems within the service area of Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO). In a Facebook post on August 20, 2025, Arenas said that as vice-chair of the House Committee on…
SUN PROTECTION — A lady pillion rider holds an umbrella as protection from the sun as they traverses the streets of Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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