TO meet the increasing demand of more applicants for the Dagupan City scholarship program, Mayor Belen Fernandez asked the new Sangguniang Panlungsod led by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez to pass an ordinance adding 1,000 slots for tertiary education scholarships. The additional 1,000 scholars will…
FOLLOWING the success of the tree planting activity during the Agew na Dagupan on June 20, Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez is scheduling another greening program at the Bonuan dumpsite in Octobe for its early conversion into an eco-park and fun site with a football field. She said that by October,…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the suspension of face-to-face classes in kindergarten to senior high school and the alternative learning system (ALS) on July 4, following an orange warning alert that means potential heavy rains and possible flooding in parts of the city. Her Executive Order No. 2, Series…
(Filed by 107.4 IFM Dagupan News) Mangaldan Comelec prepares for 2025 BSKE THE Commission on Elections, Municipal Treasury Office, and Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in Mangaldan jointly opened ballot boxes that were used in the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections as part of preparations for the…
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BENEFICIARIES—Senator JV Ejercito confers with patients of the free ward of the Region I Medical Center in his visit to Dagupan City to check if the Philippine Universal Health Care Law or Republic Act No. 11223, which he authored, is benefiting the poor Filipinos. (Punchphoto by Ray…
THE minority bloc in the just-concluded Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) gave the majority members a taste of their own medicine when they intentionally skipped most of the sessions in the last weeks through official leave privileges. Vice Mayor and SP Presiding Officer Bryan Kua – who was reelected last May…
MBTF: PROBLEM LIES WITH CONTRACTOR CONTINUATION of the construction of the new Dagupan City hall undertaken during the previous Lim administration in 2022, could not move forward until the Commission on Audit (COA) gives its approval to the work done under the project’s first phase, according to Mayor Belen Fernandez….
A dozen nonagenarians received a cash gift incentive of P10,000 each in Pozorrubio on June 25 from the local government in line with the implementation of Republic Act 11982, also known as the Expanded Centenarians Act of 2024. The distribution of cash incentives was led by Mayor Kelvin Chan, in partnership with…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Pangasinan police campaigns vs school bullying THE campaign against bullying in schools is continuing, according to P/Capt. Aileen Calugay, public information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office. In an exclusive interview by IFM News Dagupan, he advised parents of victims and the victims themselves…
BOAT TO SCHOOL — Students, accompanied by their parents, from island villages of Dagupan City use a motorized banca daily to cross Calmay river to attend classes on the mainland. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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