PANGASINENSES can expect cooler temperatures in weeks ahead as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) declares the onset of a new meteorological phase. The Southwest Monsoon (habagat) is gradually weakening, making way for the Northeast Monsoon (amihan). Gener Quitlong, weather specialist at the PAGASA Agno River Basin…
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will allocate $250,000 to the provincial government for the adoption of the Tuberculosis Implementation Framework Agreement (TIFA) project. The TIFA finances 24 priority TB countries. Governor Ramon Guico III will sign a five-year cooperative agreement with Tien Ngo, senior agreements management officer…
USAID allocates $250K to fight TB
THE Barangay chairman of Bongalon in Labrador town expressed disappointment with the local government for reportedly ignoring continuous complaints from citizens regarding the stench and unhygienic piggery farm in the area. Chairman Alexander Vitu said complaints have been filed since 2022, leading to a dialogue at the mayor’s office and…
LGU Labrador under fire for inaction on complaints
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) 75 teachers excluded from BEIs due to candidacy of kin SEVENTY-FIVE public school teachers were removed from the list of members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in Dagupan after it was found out that they have relatives who have filed certificates of…
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FISHERMEN’S PROTEST — Residents of Barangay Pangapisan Norte in Lingayen town stage a protest rally in front of the ongoing construction of a seawall fronting their community. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
FISHERMEN’S PROTEST
A SEA wall of the Lingayen Beach reportedly initiated by Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco was slammed by fishermen, residents and other stakeholders during an indignation rally Saturday at the Lingayen Beach. Led by P/Colonel Sonny Versoza (ret.), former Dagupan police chief and police provincial director, participants in the rally…
Lingayen residents protest versus beach sea wall
WHOEVER asked for the DPWH projects is immaterial. What matters most is, it is during my incumbency that the national government finally acted the flooding problem of Dagupan. This was the sentiment expressed by Mayor Belen Fernandez as she vowed not to stop the ongoing projects of DPWH— the elevation of…
MBTF: I’ll never stop DPWH’s projects in city to solve flooding
SUSPECTED CORRUPTION DURING LIM’S TERM MAYOR Belen Fernandez finds reason to call out City Auditor Michael Basa for the Commission on Audit’s (COA) delayed publication of updated reports on some suspected corruption-ridden projects of the previous city administration. According to Mayor Fernandez, she continues to wait for the updated Audit…
COA’s updated AOM slow in coming — MBTF
CONTROVERSIAL LANDFILL PROJECT IN BRGY AWAI THE Dagupan City government can only claim to own five hectares out of the 29 hectares in Barangays Awai and Bolo in San Jacinto town that the city government bought in 2002 for P16 million. A report from the Department of Agrarian Reform provincial…
Dagupan gets only 5 hectares; no refund of P16-M

CONG. MARK’S SUPPORTER – A fisherman who donned a campaign t-shirt of 2nd District Mark Cojuangco sheepishly smiles when retired police officer Sonny Versoza, points to the name on the fisherman’s t-shirt. Cojuangco is reportedly behind the protested seawall project. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)