THE Bureau of Fire Protection, along with the Philippine National Police have issued lists of banned firecrackers. P/Captain Renan dela Cruz, Pangasinan PNP Information Officer, said the PNP Firearms and Explosives Office issued the following guidelines on whether a firecracker should be banned or not: Firecrackers should have a maximum…
THE Dagupan City hall employees packed the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Thursday afternoon bearing placards “Hwag ninyo kaming taguan, bonus aprobahan” went home feeling dejected after the seven members of the majority in that chamber rejected their request for the approval of a supplemental budget and its twin…
MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL THE P150 million allotted for the Mother and Child Hospital in the General Appropriations Act approved even during the previous administration is intended for Dagupan City only. This was clarified by Atty. Jordan Falces, legal officer of the Department of Health (DOH) regional office, during a…
PANGASINAN already recorded eight firecracker-related injuries as of December 27 monitoring of the Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region I. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV, said out of 12 persons injured, four were victims from the firecracker depot explosion in Barangay Malued, Dagupan City which occurred Monday…
BEACHGOERS in Binmaley town were unduly alarmed when the color of the beach’s water appeared differently that others mistook it for an oil spill. “Parang kulay-putik siya, akala naming oil spill”, said Melissa, a tourist from Benguet. Patrick Andrada of the Binmaley Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO)…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) PNP assures no indiscriminate gun firing on New Year’s eve P/Brig.General Lou Evangelista, police regional office 1 director, expressed confidence that there will be no indiscriminate firing of guns by policemen and decided not to put a tape the nozzle of their firearms. He…
EMPTY SEATS OF BOYCOTTING COUNCILORS – Seats reserved for Councilors Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Marilou Fernandez, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Irene Lim-Acostas, Alvin Coquia, Celia Chua-Lim and Alfie Fernandez are empty during the roll all in last December 19’s regular session. The session was later adjourned for lack of quorum. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THIRD DELAYING TACTIC OF MAJORITY THE December 19 regular session of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod adjourned without a chance to discuss the pending P150 million Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Dagupan City. Reason: There was no quorum since all seven members of the majority block were absent. Councilors Alfie Fernandez,…
THE Dagupan City government has began its search for a new alternative to help solve the worsening garbage disposal in the city after Sure Global backed out from the Waste to Energy project that was supposed to build a 15-million dollar facility that can convert garbage into diesel fuel and gas…
TRAFFIC enforcers of the Dagupan City Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) have been ordered not to greet motorists with usual Christmas and New Year greetings openly lest their gestures are interpreted to mean they are soliciting cash gifts. Arvin Decano, POSO Dagupan chief said the order was issued to…
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