SURVIVORS CITE STRONG CURRENTS A 21-year-old man drowned after being swept away by strong currents while swimming with friends at Busay Falls in Bani. According to the Bani Police, they received a distress call from Calabeng Barangay Captain Paquito Ampler at around 3:00 p.m. about an incident of drowning. One…
THE alleged mishandling of public funds by a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman and treasurer in Calasiao has gone viral on social media and the SK Federation Council of Pangasinan has called for level-headedness saying transparency and due process must be observed. The issue involves SK Chairman Generoso Q. Barongan and…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Body of pedicab driver who fell into Cayanga River found THE body of Jimmy Narvas Fernandez, a 52-year-old pedicab driver who tragically fell into the Cayanga River, has been recovered by authorities. According to reports, Fernandez was riding his pedicab while reportedly under the influence of…
STILL A BAYWALK? — The Lingayen Baywalk now looks like a two-lane road following a widening project undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways Pangasinan 2nd District Engineering Office, and awarded to contractor/supplier by Berson’s Trading and Construction. The project was initiated on October 4, 2024, and was scheduled…
VIOLATES 5-STOREY LIMIT FOR DAGUPAN CITY AN eight-storey building planned by PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang), which will be partially located in a thickly-populated residential area, is facing opposition from residents as well as the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). Members of the Pagasa Village Homeowners Association in Barangay Pantal sent a…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution on September 7 commending the leadership of P/Lt. Col. Lawrence Keith Calub, officer-in-charge of the city police, and Mayor Belen Fernandez for the upgrading of the Dagupan Police Station into a Type C City Police Office (CPO). Authored by Councilors Luis Samson…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) Dagupan District Office made significant progress in addressing the backlog of motorcycle plates, distributing more than 17,000 plates as of September 5, 2025, representing 63.73% of the total 22,631 backlog. LTO Dagupan District Office Chief Romel Dawaton said the distribution campaign, which was launched in…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Province-wide flood mitigation, management plan out soon A comprehensive flood mitigation and management plan is set to be launched by the Pangasinan provincial government to effectively address the problem of flooding. The planned flood control master plan includes all existing flood control projects to…
TOUGH CATCH — Jerry Solis, a 53-year-old fisherman from Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, fixes his net after an early morning fishing trip on September 12, 2025 at the Lingayen Gulf. He laments the low catch he and other small fishermen have been getting in the area due to…
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is now probing the allegedly anomalous purchase by the administration of former Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim of about P35 million worth of tablet computers intended for high school students during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. This was reported at the September 11…
© 2025 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
