NO POLITICAL REORGANIZATION OFFICIALS and employees of  provincial government heaved a sigh of relief after Governor Ramon Guico III told them during his first flag ceremony at the capitol grounds that reorganization based on politics is not his cup of tea. “We would like to roll our sleeves and get…

MORE NEW INVESTMENTS SEEN PANGASINENSES can look forward to a more progressive province with more economic opportunities and benefits for them. This capsulized the vision of Governor Ramon Guico III in his inaugural address before local officials after he was sworn into office by Presiding Judge Harriet Cabreros of the…

HITMEN RIDING-IN-TANDEM ARE BACK CRIMINALS riding in tandem struck again, killing the president of the Lingayen-Dagupan Transport Cooperative whose fleet of modernized vehicles are among those giving Libreng Sakay to commuters to and from Dagupan daily. The ambush happened 7:15 p.m. on June 23 in Lingayen town at the corner…

AFTER FIVE DAYS OF BUCK-PASSING AFTER initially refusing to receive on June 10 the approved 2022 budget ordinance, the office of outgoing Mayor Brian Lim had a change of heart and decided to receive it five days later on June 15. The 1st endorsement – “Respectfully forwarded to the Honorable City…

DAGUPAN’S REENACTED BUDGET TO END THE Sangguniang Panlungsod finally passed Dagupan City’s 2022 P1.380 billion annual budget unanimously but not without an attempt by the minority to append to the approved budget what it referred to as a “Minority Report”. Ordinance No. 2244-2022, authorizing the annual budget of the City…

DAGUPAN’S GARBAGE WOES WORSENS THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB),  an agency under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has warned Mayor Brian Lim that he is liable for an  administrative case for continuously allowing the use of the already closed open dumpsite in Barangay Bonuan Boquig for the disposal…

FOR WATER RATE INCREASE THE Liga ng Barangay (LB) of Dagupan headed by ex-officio City Councilor Marcelino Fernandez interposed its objection to the application of Pamana Corporation for a franchise to increase water rate filed with the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) that was conducting its second hearing on the…

NOT AN ELECTION PROTEST A people’s initiative signed by 21,000 registered voters in Pangasinan seeking a manual recount of all the votes cast in Pangasinan during the May 9, 2021 elections was filed on May 16 before the Provincial Elections Office in Dagupan City. Clarifying that it is not an…

THE NEXT BATTLEFRONT THE Abante Pangasinan Ilokano (API) political party vowed to file an electoral protest as it questioned the voting process that resulted in “unbelievable” numbers in the election for “the gubernatorial post down to municipal councilors.” In a statement read by Atty. Nelson Gayo, municipal vice mayor of Laoac…

PEACEFUL VOTING SEEN THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) deployed 3,224 police personnel and another contingent of 337 as additional security forces to help ensure the holding of safe, peaceful and orderly election on May 9. P/Lt. Colonel Ferdinand de Asis, deputy police provincial director for operations, said the additional…