SANS ECC AND MASTER PLAN GOV. Ramon Guico III questioned the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) construction of a seawall without an Environmental Compliance Certificate in an environmentally protected area in Lingayen-Binmaley coastline covered by a presidential proclamation. Presidential Decree 156 series of 1993 signed by then President…

AFTER ONE WEEK BASED on the latest inspection and price monitoring operation conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for rice retailers in Pangasinan, at least 80 percent of rice retailers in Pangasinan have since started to comply with Executive Order (EO) No. 39, that President Ferdinand Marcos,…

AFTER concluding the committee hearings, the seven-man majority in the Dagupan  Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution during the August 29 SP regular session, asking Mayor Belen Fernandez to stop the ongoing elevation and construction of drainage canals in Dagupan City. The measure was, however, strongly opposed by the five-man…

CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO STOP THE five-man minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod abstained from voting when the majority passed a resolution echoing the “sentiments” of residents, students and traders affected by the elevation of roads and drainage system on Arellano Street and A. B. Fernandez Avenue East. Councilor Michael Fernandez,…

A BIG BOON TO THE CITY CONSULTATION was conducted last August 8 in Barangay Bonuan Gueset to gauge the reaction of fishermen regarding the proposed river restoration project by dredging along heavily silted river channels. A project of the national government, the activity was also part of the application process…

AFTER SEVERE FLOODING IN CITY MAYOR Belen Fernandez is set to ask the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s seven majority councilors again to pass the long overdue 2023 annual budget of the city. “It’s about time that they (seven majority councilors) approve the annual budget. Wala nang rason para muling i-delay ito. Nakita nila…

WITH SINOCALAN RIVER DOWN TO 6.1MASL BARRING more big rains upstream of the Sinocalan watershed, flood in Dagupan’s 31 barangays is finally expected to ease this week. The city is the catchment basin of rainwater from the Cordilleras originating from its fountain head in Tuba, Benguet. In an interview over…

PARTIAL REPORT PROVINCEWIDE VICE Governor Mark Lambino said initial damage report in agriculture left by super Typhoon ‘Egay’ in Pangasinan was placed at P34-million affecting mostly corn due for harvest. Lambino, who was acting governor, in an interview, reported that based on reports received from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction…

“TAX DECLARATION NOT PROOF OF OWNERSHIP” THE owners of houses and restaurants built on foreshore lands along the baywalks in San Fabian, Binmaley and Lingayen stand to be demolished and their owners sued by the provincial government. Gov. Ramon Guico III declared his intent adding that he will file complaints…

A ‘SWEETHEART DEAL’ IT’S official. San Miguel Holdings Corp. (SMHC) will build the P34-billion Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) that will connect Binalonan to Lingayen town at no cost to the provincial government. Gov. Ramon Guico III, who spoke before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) regular session on Monday, July 10, announced…