WITHOUT ORDINANCE THE cart came ahead of the horse in Dagupan City anew. This was the case because parts of Galvan, Jovellanos, and Zamora streets were already closed to give way to a flea market (baratillo) and “food strip”, even before the Sangguniang Panlungsod could pass a city ordinance. This…

ANOTHER five thousand (5,000) kilos of frozen meat were intercepted at the quarantine checkpoint in Barangay Carmen in Rosales town last Thursday morning and directed to return to its place of origin. The barangay officials of Carmen, Samahang Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG) Department of Agriculture (DA), Office of the Provincial Veterinarian…

THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Dagupan City has urged food cart operators to register their equipment and to be trained in handling accidents caused by gas leaks. The call was prompted by a fire incident in Barangay Mayombo involving a food cart that burned after a Liquified Petroleum Gas…

LINGAYEN –The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) will soon deploy its tourism police unit to specifically man tourist spots in the province.  PPPO provincial director P/Col. Redrico Maranan said the unit will be composed of policemen who are multilingual and trained by the Department of Tourism (DOT).  He said he’s…

THE 52nd branch in the country of a popular US international fast food restaurant chain opened on Tuesday along De Venecia Highway extension in Dagupan City. Britanny Lianne Tomagos, vice president for operations and whose family owns the Dagupan franchise of Wendy’s, said that it’s about time Wendy’s enters the…

THE town of Sual is drastically reducing its more than 1,000 floating fish cages number to make milkfish production more economically sustainable and prevent massive pollution of Cabalitian Bay. Mayor Liseldo Calugay had already ordered operators of more than 400 fish cages to remove their structures on or before the…

SUAL—Even after the proposal to construct another power plant in the town was foiled, the call for the establishment of the 2nd coal-fired power plant in the town won’t die. This after the Sual Pro-Progress, a group of residents threw their support to the development projects laid out by Mayor…

THE Sangguniang Panlungsod has passed an ordinance (No. 2178-2019) enjoining all business establishments, investors, contractors and the like to hire a minimum of 50 percent of their workforce from qualified and bonafide residents of the city of Dagupan. Also called “Trabaho Una ang Dagupeño” Ordinance authored by Councilor Cisco Flores, seeks…

THE Securities and Exchange Commission warned the public against transacting with  unregistered online lenders advertising in Facebook and Twitter.  SEC advised prospective borrowers to check with the Commission if the online lending companies are registered and have a Certificate of Authority to operate as a lending company.  Many have been…