A claim by opposition councilors that department heads are being prevented from attending the weekly committee hearings on the city’s annual budget to delay the process was vehemently denied by Mayor Belen Fernandez in a text message to The PUNCH. “It’s not true,” Mayor Fernandez’s text message reads when asked…
A GREENER Pangasinan will be experienced after provincial government achieves its target to plant one million trees in three years under the ‘Pangasinan Green Canopy’ project that was launched in 2023 . The Pangasinan Green Canopy project is a multi-sectoral approach to promote co-ownership in protecting and caring for the…
IS it going to be summer soon? After seemingly endless cold mornings in January, the province recorded its hottest day this year so far on Tuesday, February 06, 2024. PAGASA temperature reveals Pangasinan recorded 33.8 degrees Celsius of temperature at around 2PM, or 2.3 degrees higher than the normal maximum…
PANGASINAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OPENS THE opening of the Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) on February 14 marks the realization of Gov. Ramon V. Guico III to produce world-class talents and leaders in various fields. “PPC is not a business-as-usual transition. It is a mind-altering aspiration that will soon be translated into…
THE Commission on Elections’ “Register Anywhere Program” (RAP)_reeled-off last February 6, 2024 in four cities and one town to help register 30,000 to 50,000 voters new voters by September 30, 2024. Provincial Election Supervisor, Atty. Marino Salas said the program is available in the province’s capital town of Lingayen and in four…
VIOLATION OF LGC CONTINUES THE minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) was again denied a chance to speak out in its regular session when the opposition that comprised the majority moved for the early adjournment of the session after submitting its written manifestation. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia of the majority bloc,…
Foot bridge on Arellano St. is dismantled to give way to elevation of the road. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) UPDATE ON GRIDLOCK THE return of Arellano Street to two-way traffic from one-way traffic was tentatively set by Mayor Fernandez on March 15 this year. The date was confirmed by City Engineer Josephine…
POLITICAL leaders in the 4th District of Pangasinan, led by former Representative Gina de Venecia, officially became members of the Lakas-CMD party on January 24. Manay Gina is the wife of five-time House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. and co-chairperson emeritus of Lakas and the mother of current 4th District Rep….
DAGUPAN BAYWALK GONE TO THE SEA –This is what’s left of the baywalk in Bonuan Binloc along Tondaligan Beach abandoned by DPWH after it decided it was futile to rehabilitate and reconstruct the damaged portions. It appears the initial construction was done without the benefit of a technical study on the viability of…
THE implementation of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Risk Resiliency Program in Region I, from February to June this year, will benefit families in San Carlos City, Urbiztondo, Mabini, Burgos, and Agno who are considered poor, and eligible for the cash-for-work and cash-for-training program. According to DSWD-I…
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