A drug buy-bust operation by joint police operatives in Barangay Paurido Dilan in Urdaneta City resulted in the arrest of two high-value Individual (HVI) targets for illegal drugs on the night of May 2. The suspects, who are still undergoing investigation as of this writing, were identified only as a…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 1 dead in Urdaneta road mishap A motorcycle rider died, while five others were injured after a motorcycle collided with a tricycle loaded with passengers in Urdaneta City. Police investigation showed victim Frederick Fabia, 23, resident of Zone 5, Nancamaliran West in Urdaneta City was riding…
BONUAN ‘SMOKEY HILL’ ABLAZE — Dagupan City’s firemen try to control the spread of the fire that engulfed a portion of the dumpsite from atop the highest level of the garbage hill. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
OPPOSITION CANNOT STOP FUNDING OF PROGRAMS THE denial by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of the prayer for preliminary injunction sought by four of the seven majority councilors against the respondents led by Mayor Belen Fernandez stopping the release of funds in the 2023 annual budget is “immediately executory”. This…
SINCE its launching, the Department of Health – Center for Health Development Region I (DOH-CHD 1) continuously urges residents of Mangaldan town to support its ‘Everyday Is Bakuna Day’ (EIBD) program, with vaccination days extended more than once a week. The DOH-CHD 1 chose Mangaldan as its pilot LGU for…
THE mayor of Aguilar town issued an executive order (EO) declaring temporary closure of Maples River in Barangay Pogonsili due to several drowning incidents. Under EO No. 17 series of 2024 released on April 23, Mayor Kristal Ballesteros cited the drowning incidents have occurred in Maples River as threats to public…
BOAT SUPPLIER PAID WITHOUT DELIVERY AN incumbent official and a former official of the past Lim administration filed a complaint on April 19, 2024 before the Ombudsman for Northern Luzon accusing former Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim, two other past officials, and an official of a supplier for alleged misappropriation…
BANGUS FESTIVAL’S ‘BANGUSINE’ GOES ASIAN – University of Luzon students prepare their concoction they named as Bangus Pad Thai, during the Bangusine a competition for the best bangus cuisine, a major event at the annual Bangus Festival held at the Dagupan City plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE plot thickens after Dagupan City Legal Officer Aurora Valle chided and slammed the opposition at the Sangguniang Panlungsod for raising malicious and misguided questions insinuating that the donation of the 1,200 square meter lot to Department of Health as site of the proposed P150 million Mother and Child Hospital…
HOUSE Bill No. 10081 seeking to increase the bed capacity of the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City from 600 beds to 1,500 beds authored by Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia was passed in the House of Representatives. The bill was passed with the support of Fourth District…
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