NO MORE REENACTED BUDGET NEXT YEAR THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), under a new majority, passed on November 12 the city’s P1.61 billion proposed budget for 2025 along with the Annual Investment Program (AIP), allowing the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez to proceed with the implementation of its programs at…

ORDER FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT THREE opposition councilors of Dagupan were placed under preventive suspension for 60 days in an Order of the Office of the President dated October 30, 2024, a copy of which was received by the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on November 5. The…

ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR SUSPENSION VOIDED THE 90-day preventive suspension imposed on Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno III by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) was considered “excessive” by a Regional Trial Court (RTC) as there was only one case filed against him. Parayno already served part of the suspension, which was executed on August…

PREEMPTIVE EVACUATION IMPLEMENTED THE Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said the storm surge spawned by Typhoon  Kristine, emanating from the Lingayen Gulf and the West Philippine Sea affected the 12 coastal areas of Agno, Anda, Bani, Binmaley, Bolinao, Burgos, Alaminos City, Dagupan City , Dasol, Infanta, San…

SP MAJORITY BOYCOTTS SESSION ANEW AFTER attending a special session called by Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez on October 11, the seven majority councilors of the Sangguniang Panlungsod skipped the Oct. 15 regular session that set the proposed 2025 budget and Annual Investment Program (AIP) for first reading. Also, the Oct. 15…

COMPROMISED AGREEMENT REACHED THE establishment of the proposed Maternal and Children Hospital (MCH) in Dagupan City is pushing through after a compromise was reached during an October 7 meeting of city officials with the Department of Health (DOH) led by Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergerie. The meeting was attended by Mayor Belen…

REMATCH FOR GOVERNOR THE highly anticipated rematch between Gov. Ramon “Monmon” Guico III and former Gov. Amado ‘Pogi’ Espino III for Pangasinan’s top post in Pangasinan is set for the May 2025 elections as both have confirmed their candidacies although have yet to file their respective certificates. “How can I…

MAYOR Belen Fernandez and her political allies in Dagupan City joined President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s political party, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), before filing their certificates of candidacy for the May 2025 elections. Fernandez, along with Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Councilors Jeslito Seen and Dennis Canto, and Atty. Joey Tamayo,…

RESUMPTION OF POGO QUIZ MAYOR Lizeldo “Dong” Calugay of Sual town, denied allegations of business, political ties and even romantic ties between him and Alice Guo, the dismissed mayor of Bamban, Tarlac who is facing human trafficking and other cases arising from her alleged involvement in illegal online gaming operations….

PDEA-PANGASINAN POLICE JOINT OPERATION THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO), and Dagupan City Police succeeded in dismantling a notorious drug den in Dagupan City that resulted in the arrest of a high-value target and several other persons. The anti-illegal drug buy-bust operation took place Tuesday,…