GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE CAPITOL –Residents and visitors watch a performance by provincial employees after the ceremonial lighting of the 50-ft Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Capitol grounds by Governor Ramon Guico III and Vice Gov. Mark Lambino. (Punchphboto by Willie Lomibao)
THE authority of the Department of Budget and Management sustained its mandate when it issued the legal opinion that it does not only reviews appropriation ordinances submitted by a particular Local Government Unit, but submits its view that a submitted budget can be presumed valid. Deemed as valid was the…
AS TWO-WAY STREET TILL TO JAN. 6 IN response to requests of businessmen, Mayor Belen Fernandez announced that Arellano Street will be temporarily reopened to a two-way traffic from December 16 to January 6 next year. In a talk to newsmen on Wednesday, Fernandez said that this is in keeping…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Office (PHO), including its state-run hospitals, raised its alert status to ‘Red’ in anticipation of increase in number of patients requiring immediate treatment for injuries during the Christmas and New Year celebration. Dr. Cielo Almoite, provincial health officer I, said hospitals are already on standby to receive…
COUPLES WITH HOT LIPS — Four newly married couples go into action after accepting Mayor Belen Fernandez’s challenge on who the best and longest kissing couple after the mass wedding. Guess who won? (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
FOR BABIES 0-23 MONTHS OLD THE Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) conceded that it failed to reach the 95% target immunization set by the Department of Health. Dr. Cielo Almoite, Provincial Health Officer I, told the Philippine Information Agency’s Pantongtongan Tayo virtual program, that only 31,726 individuals out of 60,360…
THE minority will seek guidance from the Department of the Interior and Local Government on whether a member of the city council can still participate in sessions of the Sangguniang Panlungsod while vacationing abroad. Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez said the minority will merely seek its guidance on whether Councilor…
(Contributed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan) Low demand for Christmas lights, decors THERE is still low demand for Christmas lights as well as lanterns and other yuletide decors to date, according to an informal survey conducted by IFM Radio Dagupan among sales clerks of malls and shops and vendors selling such…
RIDERS TOLD: RIDE RESPONSIBLY — Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua welcomes the more than 300 motorcycle riders that participated in ‘1st Dagupan City Police Station – Chief of Police, Ride for a Reason’ upon arrival at the Bonuan Tondaligan Beach Park. The ride started from Daang Kalikasan in Mangatarem (Tree Planting) and…
WHILE ON VACATION LEAVE THE plot thickens when Councilor Alvin Coquia, again registered his presence in the November 28 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, while still on a vacation leave in the United States, amid legal questions about his earlier participation in the session of the legislative body last November…
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