PARAYNOS: ONLY COMELEC RULE APPLIES MORE than a month after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) served the one-year suspension order to Mayor Julio Parayno III and his cousin, Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno, on January 7, the two city officials continue to occupy their respective posts and…

COMELEC CITES ‘NO-SUSPENSION’ RULE  URDANETA City Mayor Julio Parayno III is not leaving his post, citing a February 4, 2025 letter of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) backing him and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno against a suspension order from the Office of the President. The letter was in response to the…

FOR VIOLATION OF OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Virgilio Sison is facing a complaint filed jointly by Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), charging him for violation of the Omnibus Election Code…

EIGHT CHARGES FILED BEFORE OMBUDSMAN URDANETA City Mayor Julio Parayno III is fighting back against his political opponents and filed criminal and administrative complaints against Gov. Ramon Guico III before the Office of the Ombudsman for Luzon, as a result of his 90-day suspension in August last year that stemmed…

DANGER FROM MANILA TRENCH ALL of Dagupan, not just its coastal areas, will be affected in the event of a tsunami triggered by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake coming from the potentially active Manila Trench, according to Meliquin Bauzon, chief of the Public Alert Response and Monitoring Center (PARMC). In a…

AFTER PASSAGE OF 150 ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS MAYOR Belen Fernandez sees a more progressive year for Dagupan in 2025 as it will no longer operate on a reenacted budget, unlike in 2023 and 2024, which she described as “excruciating years” for the city and people. The mayor told the city hall…

DURING MINORITY’S BOYCOTT THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan ended 2024 by passing one more ordinance and 15 resolutions during a special session on December 27, its last working day for the year. Called by Mayor Belen Fernandez, the special session tackled other pending measures she deemed important and urgent. The…

UNDER NEW DAGUPAN SP MAJORITY IN less than two months, from November 5 to December 23, the new majority at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recorded an unprecedented accomplishment of passing 26 ordinances and more than 100 resolutions, during six regular sessions and one special session. City Secretary Ryan Ravanzo…

A BIG BOON TO DAGUPAN ALMOST 90 years after the Franklin Bridge was washed out by a big flood in 1935, a new bridge will soon cross the Calmay River in Dagupan City. Groundbreaking rites for the new Calmay Bridge were held in the morning of December 20 in Barangay Calmay, led by Pangasinan Fourth District Rep. Christopher…

DESPITE OPPOSITION WALKOUT DAGUPAN’S Sangguniang Panlungsod passed 14 ordinances and 10 resolutions during a special session that ran for less than five hours on December 12, a record accomplishment for the city’s lawmaking body, despite another walkout by four opposition councilors. Among the measures passed were ordinances: 1. Establishing the…