CASES ON PASSAGE OF 2023 BUDGET THE Office of the Ombudsman has cleared with finality Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez and seven other city officials of criminal and administrative cases over the passage of the 2023 budget during a city council session on September 26, 2023, when it denied the motion for reconsideration…

CHINESE, FILIPINO ARRESTED IN BUY-BUST LAW enforcers seized some ₱850-million worth of the illegal substance methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu. They arrested two alleged high-value drug personalities, one of them a Chinese national, during a buy-bust operation along Romulo Highway in Barangay Polong, Bugallon, on October 2, 2025. Authorities…

PARTS OF PANGASINAN FLOODED SEVERAL parts of Pangasinan were already flooded early last week as Super Typhoon Nando (international name: RAGASA) swept through northern Philippines along with the prevailing southwest monsoon, and more rain was expected until the weekend from another severe tropical storm, named Opong (international name: Bualoi). As…

AFTER INFANT ABDUCTION INCIDENT FOLLOWING a shocking infant abduction at the Lingayen District Hospital last week, local officials have called for an increase in security measures at all hospitals under the Pangasinan provincial government. Proposed measures include adding more CCTV cameras and stricter controls at hospital entrances and exits. Meanwhile,…

PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS ‘ULTRA VIRES’ A proposed ordinance mandating full transparency, accountability, and regular monitoring of all flood mitigation projects in Dagupan City authored by lone opposition Councilor Librada Reyna is beyond the power of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), according to the city’s legal chief. This was disclosed by Councilor…

FIRST IN ILOCOS REGION A stronger police station is coming to Dagupan following a resolution promulgated by the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) , upgrading the classification of the  Dagupan City Component Police Station into a Type C City Police Office (CPO), which will be headed by an officer with the rank of a colonel.  …

THREE committees of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will recommend the filing of criminal charges against erring contractors of the past Lim administration and ask the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to assist the City Legal Office in preparing the cases that will be brought before the Office of the…

‘FATHER’ AND STEPMOM ARRESTED THE City Prosecutor’s Office in Dagupan has filed charges against the suspects in the killing of a seven-year-old girl whose body was discovered along the shoreline of Bangus Ville, Barangay Bonuan Gueset, on August 15, 2025. After evaluating the evidence — including material proof and witness…

AFTER THREE-DAY POLICE INVESTIGATION THE identity of the person who posted a bomb threat at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City on August 12 that sowed fear and panic not only among students, faculty members and officials of the university but also the entire city has been determined by…

12 AGAINST ONE IN DAGUPAN SANGGUNIAN “NOISE without any substance.” This was how Dagupan City Council Majority Leader Michael Fernandez described the privilege speech of lone opposition Councilor Librada Reyna-Macalanda during the August 4 regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) when she again sought documents on the still uncompleted…