BAD habits are simply hard to break. The Sangguniang Panlungsod last Monday again failed to convene when only six councilors showed up for the regular session. The SP already failed to meet two weeks ago for lack of quorum. Recorded present last week were Acting Vice Mayor Michael Fernandez, Councilors…

The Office of the Mayor rebuffed one of its closest allies and presented a document for the planned retrenchment of city employees entitled the “2006 Revised Organizational Structure Staffing Pattern of the Dagupan City Government” to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Councilor Teofilo Guadiz III, chair of the committee on Good Government…

WITHHELD IRA FINALLY RELEASED Treasurer releases financial bonanza LINGAYEN – It’s Christmas in July for 3,365 officials and employees of the provincial government. The provincial board approved Friday a supplemental budget that included the workers’ additional compensation allowance (adcom) of P1,000 retroactive to January this year. Supplemental Budget Ordinance No….

TAYUG–The municipal government is also violating environment laws. This was the finding of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that looked into the violations of a big piggery farm in barangay Barangobong, Tayug. The EMB headed by Regional Director Joel Salvador discovered…

REALIGNMENT, NOT RETRENCHMENT THERE will be no retrenchment at city hall, only a realignment of human resources. This was emphasized by Councilor Teofilo Guadiz III during a committee hearing last Tuesday, attended by city hall rank and file employees that discussed the planned reorganization of the city government. His assurance…

SAN FERNANDO CITY–Rice supply in the Ilocos region remains steady despite low production in some areas. This was assured by National Food Authority regional director Joseph de la Cruz who urged provincial managers to exert extra-effort in beefing up their stockpiles by sourcing other rice farming communities. In Pangasinan, NFA…

LINGAYEN- The provincial government, together with the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), has stepped up its information and education campaign on the dreaded bird flu disease although no single case has been reported yet. Gov. Victor Agbayani earlier directed the office of the provincial veterinarian (OPVet)…

For People’s Initiative DAGUPAN CITY–The Provincial Elections office based here has invalidated 40 percent of the signatures solicited in Pangasinan by Sigaw ng Bayan for the People’s Initiative amending the 1987 Constitution, specifically, for the shift from the presidential-bicameral system to a unicameral parliament system. But still the number of…

20-80% sharing system questioned A Dagupan City councilor wants the controversial draft ordinance on parking implemented to shore up revenues for the city. Insisting the city needs money, Councilor Luis Samson Jr. revived his proposal for the approval of his long pending draft ordinance seeking to fix the rate of…

Mayor Benjamin Lim is showing the way to keep jueteng out. The city mayor has made known his displeasure at the illegal numbers game by putting up streamers carrying the message: “Dagupan City must be jueteng-free” He made the move just after he issued a memorandum to Supt. Edgar Basbas,…