MISUSE OF CASH CARDS SOME beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Calasiao town are currently suspended after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) caught them pawning their cash cards. A recent spot check on the beneficiaries’ cash cards, showed 45 beneficiaries pawned their cards. Worse,…
(Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Provincial Comelec ready for Barangay, SK polls THE Provincial Elections Office is now ready for the synchronized Barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan Elections (BSKE) set sometime in October this year. Provincial Elections Officer Marino Salas told IFM Radio Dagupan that the materials and paraphernalia to be…
NEWS BRIEFS

SOON LECHON CAPITAL OF DAGUPAN –‘Lechoneros’ in Barangay Lasip Chico in Dagupan City join the first “Lechonan ed Barangay”, an event seeking to establish the village as ‘Lechon Capital of the City’. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SOON LECHON CAPITAL OF DAGUPAN
THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos region in partnership with the city government of Dagupan held a grand launching campaign for the Measles Rubella and bivalent Oral Polio virus Vaccine Supplementary Immunization Activities (MR-bOPV SIA) on May 9, 2023 at the CSI Stadia in Dagupan City on May 9….
Dagupan targets to vaccinate all 0-59 months old kids
DAGUPAN staged the biggest launching of the ‘Chikiting Ligtas 2023’ nationwide. This was the impression of Health Undersecretary Enrique Tayag, who led the activity held at CSI Stadia on May 9 attended by officials of the Department of Health, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF)…
Biggest launching of vaccination drive in Dagupan – DOH, WHO, UNICEF
THE Department of Health – Ilocos Region announced last week that it will provide mobilization funds and added financial incentives to local government units (LGUs) to meet their vaccination targets and address the increasing number of susceptible children against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) in the country. Regional Director Paula Sydiongco said…
Mobilization funds, incentives for MR-OPV SIA campaign
TWO displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from Dagupan City received on Monday P50,000 each as financial assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 1. The beneficiaries, Fatima Dela Cruz and Rolando Andal, both residents of Barangay Bonuan Boquig, returned to the country from the Republic of Sudan…
OWWA provides financial assistance to displaced OFWs
AFTER successive landslides hitting the Caraballo Mountains, the Villa Verde Trail reopens to motorists and guests. Shallom Balolong of the San Nicolas Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Office said clearing operations have been completed, prompting the reopening of the road towards the province’s summer capital. The San Nicolas local government collaborated…
Villa Verde Trail reopens after landslides
(From 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Mangaldan SP holds public hearings to regulate swimming in river THE Sangguniang Bayan of Mangaldan is conducting a series of public hearings on the proposed ordinance that seeks to regulate swimming in the Angalacan River to prevent more drowning in the area. The ordinance…
COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS

LEADING BY EXAMPLE — Governor Ramon Guico III administers an oral poliovirus vaccine to a four-year-old child, witnessed Dr. Valerie Anne Tesoro (left) director of the Department of Health (DOH) Health Laboratories Office, during provincial launching of Measles-Rubella Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MROPV SIA 2023). (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)