ANOTHER FEATHER ON THE CAP THE Dagupan City government received another feather on its cap when it was presented the Anti-Drug Abuse Council Performance Award by the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The award, signed on November 24, 2023 by DILG Regional Director…

ANOTHER GOOD PROJECT DUMPED THE committee on health and sanitation of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, manned by the majority bloc, rejected a draft resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to enter into a memorandum of agreement on behalf of the city with Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 for the construction…

611 SUCCESSFUL ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 1 said the recent arrests of 43 targeted drug personalities and 13 drug den maintainers were among the 721 persons arrested over the past 10-month period, highlighting its accomplishment from  January to October 2023. Those arrested, according to PDEA…

VM KUA TO SEEK COURT RELIEF, INJUNCTION THE minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod manifested its own strong objection to a fresh  manifestation of the majority for the new set of substantial amendments of the SP’s Internal Rules and Procedures of the SP, which was officially submitted during the November 7…

ALSO IN TWO ‘ORANGE’ BARANGAYS THE October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in Pangasinan were characterized as generally peaceful and orderly, with no major disruptions reported. Both Provincial Elections Supervisor Marino Salas and PNP Provincial Director P/Colonel Jeff Fanged, extended their appreciation in a joint statement to the people of Pangasinan for contributing…

3 SUSPECTS CHARGED FOR MURDER THE alleged mastermind and other suspects the killing of aspiring barangay chairman Arnel Adolfo Flor Mata in Aguilar town are already in the custody of the police after their arrest  last Thursday, October 26. P/Colonel Jeff Fanged, provincial director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office…

AFTER DEFERMENT MOVE FAILED THE seven-man majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod introduced substantial amendments to the council’s Internal Rules of Procedures (IRP), in response to Vice Mayor Bryan Kua’s role in the 2023 budget dispute. Among the amendments to the IRP include provisions for virtual attendance at council sessions…

LEGAL BATTLE INSIDE DAGUPAN SP THREE members of the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) are facing criminal complaints for illegal detention, oppression, and slander in connection with an incident that occurred during the October 10 SP session. Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, along with minority bloc councilors Michael Fernandez,…

AFTER DELAYED APPROVAL OF 2023 APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE MAYOR Belen Fernandez is set to recommend a P1.385 billion budget for the city government for the year 2024. The mayor made the announcement after the Dagupan’s Local Development Council (LDC) approved the mayor’s presentation of the proposed annual budget of Dagupan for…

WITH ONLY 4 MAJORITY MEMBERS PRESENT   IN a strategic move, the minority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod took advantage of the absence of three majority councilors, who were on personal leave, and finally passed the shelved P1.3 billion annual budget of Dagupan for 2023. With five members from the…