BRIGADA ESKWELA VOLUNTEERS – Two volunteers rush to paint the ceiling of a classroom inside the Dagupan City National High School in time for the opening of classes this week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it is not the proper agency to render legal opinion as requested by Mayor Belen Fernandez on whether the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod violated the law when it said “it will not honor Section 323 of the Local Government Code.” This…
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is eyeing to ban electronic cash transfers through bank or electronic wallet applications days prior to the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), to restrict the usual vote-buying during elections. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said the COMELEC head office already formed a committee…
THE Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO) will energize 23 sitios in different towns and city starting on the third week of September this year. Engr. Rodrigo Corpuz, CENPELCO general manager, told the PUNCH in a phone interview that the ongoing construction project is under the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) of the…
COMMUNITY PANTRY AT MALUED – Volunteers from the Brigada Health Caravan 1 manage its community pantry that gave out free rice and vegetables to barangay residents at the Malued Elementary School in Dagupan City. The caravan was organized by the Malued barangay Council led by Filipina S. Delos Santos Philippine Red Cross, City…
LOCAL health authorities are watching for leptospirosis cases after seven deaths were recorded out of 45 cases in the region from January 1 to date compared to only 28 cases last year. Among the fatalities were three in Pangasinan. According to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development I (DOH-CHD),…
ALL 34 barangays in Pozorrubio received brand new rescue vehicles for use by all barangays as promised by Mayor Kelvin Chan to enhance public service particularly during calamities. The purchase and delivery of the vehicles was tagged a priority project in the 2023 Annual Investment Program of the local government….
ALLOCATED funds from the national government for the Medical Assistance for Indigent Patients and Financially-Incapacitated Patients (MAIP) in Pangasinan soared to P312,764,548.51 million and is expected to reach more than P400-million. Governor Ramon Guico III thanked both Houses of Congress and a board member for the allocation to boost the…
NUMBER ONE CULPRIT BEHIND FLOODING IN DAGUPAN – While debate rages on the short and long term benefit of DPWH’s program seeking to elevate drainage system and road in Dagupan City, the continued operations of more than 1,000 illegal fish cages and pens remain untouched. The fish pens contribute to…
REGULAR employees of the Dagupan City government who have been denied of their salary increase under the fourth and last tranche of the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) for the last seven months, joined the calls to the Sangguniang Panlungsod to pass the long overdue 2023 annual budget. The call was…
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