CITY LEGAL OFFICE ORDERED MAYOR Belen Fernandez has given the go-signal to City Legal Officer Aurora Valle to file charges against former city officials involved in the scholarship program of the past administration in her first meeting for the new year with the Local Development Council (LDC) on January 16,…

COLORS FOR LUNAR YEAR – Four performers wearing colorful head icons symbolizing spring season for good harvest, for summer and excitement, for autumn, winter and sole empire, march ahead of the Lunar Year ahead of the Dancing Dragon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COLORS FOR LUNAR YEAR

A TESDA training assessor of Pangasinan was murdered by a still unidentified suspect inside her house in Brgy. Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City on January 11. The victim, identified as Lizandra Mamaril, 57 years old, was alone in her house when her husband Eusebio Mamaril, 60, found her naked, her face covered by a pillow and her head…
Husband finds wife murdered inside their house
A REFORMATION facility for drug offenders called ‘Balay Silangan’ will soon rise in Dagupan following an inspection conducted by Mayor Belen Fernandez last January 12, 2023 located on A.B. Fernandez West, Poblacion Oeste. The Balay Silangan is seen as an alternative approach to address illegal drug use and help drug…
Dagupan’s Balay Silangan opens soon for drug offenders
TWO former members of the “militia ng bayan” of the Sigmaru Unit Command of the Kilusang Larangang Gerilya Caraballo of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to police and military authorities on January 14. The surrenderers, a couple, were identified as Tomas Cabonitalla, alias “Ka Tomas”, 59; and Felicidad Cabonitalla,…
Two ex-communist militiamen surrender
A VISITING woman from Pampanga lost the sacks of onions and 5 bags of eggplants she bought at the Urdaneta City Agri-Trading Post that she was about to transport, to an unidentified tricycle driver. A closed circuit television camera recorded the theft past 2:10 pm on Lachica St., beside the People’s Park and…
Tricycle driver runs off with 2 sacks of onion, 5 bags of eggplants

THE first Pangasinan Cold Room, a joint venture of the UNICEF and Department of Health, in the region was inaugurated on January 18, at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City. The event was led by Dr. Carla Orozco, immunization specialist representing the UNICEF, Dr. Veronica Guadiz of…
First walk-in vax storage facility in region installed
ONLY four barangays in Dagupan City, out of 31 barangays, are drug-cleared today but Mayor Belen Fernandez expressed confidence that all the city’s barangays will be drug-cleared before the year ends. She made the commitment after she and some city officials inspected the building that will house the future ‘Balay…
Mayor Belen sees Dagupan drug-cleared before end of 2023
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano assured the Pangasinan provincial government that it can expect more help from the national government to support its health programs and projects. Cayetano, who was in Pangasinan last week, said more health care facilities need to be put up to respond to the immediate health needs of the…
Senator Cayetano assures more health care facilities in Pangasinan
THRE provincial government provided financial assistance to barangay officials and civilian volunteer organizations (CVOs) in the First District to its partners and frontline workers at the grassroots level. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was the special guest during the distribution of the financial aid held in Alaminos City on Thursday, January…