“WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR BROTHER CHINA” THE Philippine government was called not only to stand in defense of poor fishermen who are prevented by China’s  Coast Guard to fish in the West Philippine Sea but to stop the destruction of the rich marine resources in the area by foreign…

COASTAL WATCH IN PANGASINAN INTENSIFIED SOME 900 grams of shabu, placed inside aqua blue plastic pack marked “Cal Yun Li” in Chinese characters were found floating in the water by fishermen in Agno town who were fishing in the West Philippine Sea last week. The Police Regional Office 1 said…

STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS MAYOR Belen Fernandez reported to Dagupan residents that the city is already in much better position today than what it was when she began her new term in 2022 with major developments and implementation of new programs in spite of endless attempts of seven opposition…

FR SOC:  TO PROTECT PH FROM AGGRESSOR THE 50-day Rosary Campaign versus China’s aggression in the West Philippines kicked off June 27 at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan and all its churches and chapels in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese. June 27, when the Rosary Campaign began, was the Feast…

MINORITY SUSTAINED ON THREE ISSUES THE Department of the Interior and Local Government regional office sustained the view of the members of the minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod that a councilor on leave and cannot participate in the session via Zoom or any online platform and neither can he…

INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH IN a speech during the 126th observance of Philippine Independence Day at the Dagupan City Plaza, on June 12, Mayor Belen Fernandez did not hold back her punches and minced no word against “enemies of the people within our ranks.” Without naming names and the group, she…

BANGUS HARVESTING STILL GOING ON THE earlier report that a fishkill struck in Anda town on June 4 was promptly clarified as an isolated fish mortality that happened in Anda town. Elizabeth Tomas, municipal agriculturist, made the clarification during an online press conference hosted by the Bureau of Fisheries and…

DESPITE CALLS FROM 31 BARANGAYS MAYOR Belen Fernandez again entered the lions’ lair, the Sangguniang Panlungsod, on Tuesday (May 28) to appeal to the opposition comprising the majority to act on the long overdue Supplemental Budget No. 2-2024 amounting to P557 million, needed to implement the programs for 31 barangays….

ANOTHER ‘NO -SHOW’ BY OPPOSITION COUNCILORS ALL seven members of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) were again a no-show during the city council’s May 21, 2024 regular session, and promptingvv Vice Mayor and SP Presiding  Officer Bryan Kua to adjourn the session after three roll calls. Only…

SECOND S.B. FOR 2024 DAGUPAN City’s Local Development Council approved a proposed Supplemental Budget No. 2-2024 signed by Mayor Belen Fernandez appropriating P557,276,800  representing the remaining balance of Supplemental Budget No. 1-2004 passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod two weeks ago that allotted only P43 million for benefits of employees and…