THERE is money in the bank. This assurance was made by the Dagupan City Treasurer’s office contrary to earlier claims by the administration of Mayor Benjamin Lim that the city has no more funds to pay for the salaries and wages of its workers.
MULTI-SECTORAL PLAN VS. RISING CRIMES TAYUG–Pastors and priests here won more community support for their plan to end the series of killings in the town by unknown assassins. A meeting is set for today led by Rev. Carlos Ebreo, minister of the Church of Christ in Tayug and president of…
“THE VOLUNTEER GROUP”–Twenty one non-government organizations based in Dagupan City have joined hands to form what they call “The Volunteer Group” whose representatives recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOA) with Mayor Benjie S. Lim (fourth from left, back row) in response to the mayor’s rallying battle cry that “our…
LEFTOVER RELIEF GOODS–The Dagupan City Social Welfare Office last Friday became the scene of a surprise “inspection” by several mediamen who found expired noodles in one bodega of the agency and boxes of Milo drinks due to expire in November this year in another bodega. City Social Welfare officer Elsa…
UNITED States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. hailed an ordinance in Dagupan seeking to further promote gender equality in the city. “I’m very happy that a local government unit (in the Philippines) was brave enough to pass such a measure,” said Thomas, who met with Dagupan City Vice…
THE University of Luzon (UL) is aiming for a Center of Excellence (COE) status for its Teacher Education Program under the College of Education. Representatives from the Technical Board for Teacher Education, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the Teacher Education Council visited UL last July 21 for an ocular…
DAGUPAN City has topped the Philippine Cities Competitive Ranking Project for 2009. Former City Information Office Ryan Ravanzo, who served under the previous administration of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., told The PUNCH that Dagupan bested the cities of Angeles, Butuan, Cotabato, Lucena, Naga, Legaspi, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Ormoc, Iligan, Tagum,…
LINGAYEN–Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, who sits as chairman of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), promised to work cooperatively with the provincial board members in the pursuit of quality legislative measures for the development of Pangasinan.
NUTRITION MONTH CELEBRATION IT’S Nutrition Month this July and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is calling on everyone to go for “go, grow, and glow” food to avoid diseases.
EARTHQUAKE DRILL–Employees of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation at M. H. Del Pilar Street on A.B. Fernandez Avenue cover their heads as instructed during an earthquake drill conducted by the Dagupan City Disaster Council and its attached agencies as part of the National Disaster Consciousness Week, which coincides with the…
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