SUBMITTED SINCE OCT 12, 2022 THE proposed annual budget of Dagupan for fiscal year 2023 including all its integral plans, had long been on the table of the seven-man majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) since October 12, 2022, the day when it was submitted for the consideration by the…

FOR TALONG FESTIVAL – A farmworker in Villasis town harvests the long, violet hybrid eggplant variety that’s planted in the town year-round. It remains one of the leading producers of eggplants in Ilocos region. The town will celebrate its “Talong Festival” next week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FOR TALONG FESTIVAL
By 104.7 IFM Dagupan ‘War of Our Fathers’ photo exhibit, a hit LARGE crowds have visited The “War of our Fathers”, a photo and artifact exhibit featuring soldiers and relics of World War II at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center 1 opened to the public during the 78th celebration of…
NEWS BRIEFS
Early warning bells for barangays, schools THE Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Bayambang town completed the distribution of early warning bells to all 55 public schools and 77 barangays in the town on January 9. The 9-inch iron brass warning bells will enable schools and barangays…
COMMUNITY TIDBITS

DAGUPAN’S 2022 LAST SUNSET — Boatmen ferry passengers across Calmay River to one of the city’s five island barangays while Dagupan City watched the last sunset of a new normal year in 2022. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DAGUPAN’S 2022 LAST SUNSET
REGIONS’ FIREWORKS-RELATED INJURY LIST THE Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region reported a total of 60 fireworks-related injury (FWRI) cases from December 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023. This was confirmed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV, in an interview. The figure, he said, is 81.82% higher than…
Pangasinan reports most number of victims
A nine-year-old boy died in Mangaldan town while his four friends around him sustained serious injuries on New Year’s Day after an unexploded firecracker that he picked up and placed inside a plastic bottle exploded on his face. The boy, King Emanuel Castillo was rushed to the hospital, but expired…
Minor killed by firecracker explosion, 4 others injured
FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 2023 2023 has just started and there were already seven dog bite cases recorded in Dagupan City. The Dagupan City Health Office reported that the latest victim was an eight-year-old boy who was bitten on his hand, thigh, and feet. The victim was allegedly walking when…
Dagupan City logs seven dog bites
THE Dagupan City Veterinary Office (CVO) will resume anti-rabies vaccinations of pets in February. This was confirmed by Dr. Daniel Paolo Garcia, city veterinarian, in an interview on Thursday, January 5. Garcia said while vaccination could resume any time, the CVO decided to suspend because January, being a cold period,…
Dagupan pet vaccination to resume in February

REQUIEM MASS FOR POPE BENEDICT – Catholics in the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese attend a requiem mass for the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City on January 3, presided by Archbishop Socrates Villegas. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)