MAYOR Belen Fernandez vetoed the Dagupan City’s Sangguniang Panlungsod’s approved ordinance providing an additional P3,000 honorarium to each member of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) per the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) guidelines. Ordinance No. 2287-2024 authored and passed by the seven majority councilors, and without any amendment nor objection…
AN official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority died in a vehicular accident involving his convoy of two motorcycles and two SUVs along the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Barangay Panaga, Laoac on August 20. Fatality was Ernie Tablega, an officer of the MMDA assigned with the Presidential Security Group,…
VOTER REGISTRATION IN CAMPUS –A student registers as a new voter during the Voter Education and Registration Fair initiated by the Commission on Election last Tuesday at the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano )
SPECIAL LANE FROM 5 A.M.-7 AM. ON ELECTION DAY SENIOR citizens, persons with disability, and expecting mothers — along with companions to assist them — can vote from 5 to 7 a.m. to vote in the May 2025 elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced last week. COMELEC Chair George…
URDANETA Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno declined to comment on the suspension of the city’s mayor, his cousin, Julio “Rammy” Parayno, saying legal actions will be undertaken after the 90-day suspension period. In an interview on August 19, the acting mayor assured that the city government’s services would not be affected…
A FIRE ravaged the old public market in San Carlos City early Thursday morning, affecting 400 vendors who occupy about 90% of the total stalls. Mayor Julier ‘Ayoy’ Resuello assured immediate assistance to the stall owners as he belied rumors over social media that the fire was intentional to give…
NEWSBREAK (Filed by IFM Dagupan News) PH now bullying capital of the world—ACT partylist THE Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) partylist expressed concern over the result of the survey conducted by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) that the Philippines has now become the bullying capital of the world. ACT…
CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY, KEY TO GOV’T EMPLOYMENT — Fresh college graduates and current government employees wait outside the Pangasinan National High School in Lingayen town last week, one of the testing centers designated by the Civil Service Commission, for the Career Service Examination, Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) to begin. To earn…
THE repeated call of the minority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod to the majority to desist from their illegal practice of plagiarizing the former’s proposed ordinances and resolutions are simply falling on deaf ears. In last week’s regular session, the majority bloc introduced for second reading Resolution No. 6403, a…
A tornado swept through the boundary of Basista and Urbiztondo on August 10, causing significant damage to 29 houses and uprooted trees. In Barangay Bayoyong, 26 houses were severely damaged, according to the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Basista. Another three houses in Barangay Pasibe East, Urbiztondo…
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