FORMATION OF PSB SNAGGED ANEW IT’S been nine months since the resolution creating the Personnel Selection Board (PSB) was submitted and certified urgent by Mayor Belen Fernandez, and the seven-man majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod continues to block its adoption. The committee on civil service and government reorganization, chaired by…
THREE members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) surrendered and returned to the fold of the law through the government’s Oplan Balik-Loob program facilitated by the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Pangasinan. The three surrenderers, whose identities were withheld by police authorities for security…
By Ahikam Pasion Known gun-for-hire group leader shot dead A leader of a gun-for-hire group was shot dead by still unidentified suspects on Tuesday night, May 30. Victim was identified as Virgilio dela Cruz, resident of Barangay Taloyan, Malasiqui town. Dela Cruz was riding his scooter along the provincial…
NEW CALASIAO-DAGUPAN ROAD –The Arenas diversion road linking Calasiao and Dagupan City, being built through the initiative of 3rd District Rep. Rachel Arenas, is now nearing completion. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan confirmed the appointment of a former news anchor of ABS-CBN Corporation on Monday as the new provincial information officer. Dhobie de Guzman, born and raised in Barangay Balligi, Laoac town, got the nod of the SP members after a 40-minute deliberation about his qualifications. De Guzman, who…
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS LOCAL athletes who participate and win in international competitions can begin to look forward to receiving cash incentives from the provincial government upon returning home. That is if Gov. Ramon Guico III approves Vice Governor Mark Lambino’s recommendation to pass a legislation that will grant cash incentives to…
ANTICIPATING heavy rains, Super Typhoon Mawar will bring on account of the southwesterly windflow (weak Habagat), the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Regional Office I issued an advisory to drivers of public utility vehicles for their safety. The advisory issued by LTFRB Regional Director Ahmed Cuizon urged PUV drivers…
HIRING, PROMOTIONS DEFERRED NO qualified personnel can still be appointed to help in the delivery of basic services and special programs and neither will the city hall employees set for promotion can get their due because the 7-majority suspended action anew on the resolution granting Mayor Belen Fernandez the authority…
RACING WITH THE WAVES — With two kids, in front and one at the back, a father leisurely drives his bicycle along the shoreline at Tondaligan Ferdinand Beach in Bonuan on a bright Sunday morning as if he is racing with the waves of the Lingayen Gulf. (Punchphoto by Willie…
DEPRIVED of funding for her infrastructure projects following the deliberate deletion of the 20 percent development fund in the approved 2023 annual city budget by the 7-majority councilors, Mayor Belen Fernandez is forced to source funds from national government officials and agencies so Dagupan City can implement some major projects…
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