TASK Force Kalikasan, the group undertaking the province-wide river clean-up project, is being harassed by affected fish pen operators but remains unfazed and is pressing on with its mission. Paterno Orduna, head of the task force, said some “unscrupulous individuals” have begun hampering their work by attacking task force’s volunteers while…
RIVER CLEAN-UP—Task Force Kalikasan chief Paterno Orduna (center, holding microphone) gives an update on the ongoing clean-up drive of river tributaries and waterways in Pangasinan during a press conference Wednesday at the PDRRMC hall. Nets and other illegal fishing paraphernalia (right photo) have been confiscated by the task force from…
THE Lim administration in Dagupan City plans to revisit the vision it had set 8 years ago crafted by stakeholders in the city. “We have to think 25 to 50 years from now,” exhorted Mayor Benjamin Lim when he addressed the City Development Council Meeting and Planning Workshop recently.
A TOTAL of 9,635 new registrants in the Ilocos Region have been enrolled as members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in its nationwide registration campaign for health access dubbed as ‘PhilHealth Sabado.’ New registrants were categorized into individual paying, sponsored and others.
MOST EXPENSIVE FISH—Bulidaw, one of two most expensive fish in the country which is indigenous to Ilocos Sur, is set to be cultured at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center in Dagupan City for possible introduction in the fish farms of Dagupan and other parts of Pangasinan. Bulidaw costs…
THE city council has approved on second reading the proposed P18,690,982 supplemental budget submitted by Mayor Benjamin Lim for various programs of the city government. The amount will be drawn from the additional Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of the city government as certified by City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara.
ALAMINOS City’s tourism industry is getting another major boost as the local government builds its own hotel to attract more visitors to the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP). The groundbreaking rites for the project, costing P35 million, was held September 30 coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the turn over…
A RESOLUTION calling for an increased Christmas bonus for public school teachers in Dagupan City was proposed last week, coinciding with the celebration of World Teachers’ Day on October 5. Councilor Jeslito Seen, the resolution’s author, urged Mayor Benjamin Lim to include the additional benefit in the city’s 2011 budget,…
Mayor Lim: “No extension, no sacred cows” ILLEGAL fish pens in Dagupan will be demolished by the city government starting October 4 in preparation for the implementation of a one year moratorium to clean up the city’s river system. Owners have earlier been given until September 30 by Mayor Benjamin…
TWO of the country’s biggest shopping mall and real estate developers and the linking of San Fabian town to the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) could result in unprecedented economic boom in the area, particularly the Calasiao-Dagupan-San Fabian triangle. Dr. Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum-Northwestern University (LNU), made this forecast…
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
