THE internal rules of the Sangguniang Panlungsod cannot be over and above a substantive law—Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991. This was stressed by City Legal Officer Aurora Valle as she cited the LGC that prescribes the conduct of public hearings before its passage and…
ANOTHER VIOLATION OF LGC THE majority in Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod rejected the minority bloc’s move to make the hearings on the annual budget and all its integral plans, including the Annual Investment Program for 2023, public and not as a closed-door committee hearings. Speaking for the majority, Councilor Alfie Fernandez…
LAST MINUTE REGISTRANT FOR SK ELECTIONS – A young boy goes through the process of submitting his biometric data to Comelec five minutes before the registration closed. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
(Compiled by 104.7 IFM Dagupan) Dengue cases in region down to 23 THE number of dengue cases in Region 1 during the month of January 2023 has declined, according to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1. Records of DOH-CHD 1 showed there were only 23 that were logged which…
Molano is interrogated by a PDEA operative after his arrest. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) A MEMBER of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) of Binmaley town was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office last January 29 in a drug buy-bust operation. The…
THE 22-year-old student, the main suspect behind the killing of the Pangasinan State University instructor, whose decomposing body was discovered under a bridge in Barangay Linoc, Binmaley town on Thursday, January 26, is already in the custody of the Binmaley Police. P/Lt. Colonel Lodovico Eleazar, Binmaley police chief, said Jericho…
THE unidentified cadaver discovered in the morning of January under the Linoc Bridge in Binmaley was identified as Mark Lagleva y Camero, 39, an online teacher from Barangay Concordia, Bolinao, Pangasinan. The identification of Lagleva enabled the Binmaley Police and other cooperating intelligence units to identify and arrest his alleged…
(Compiled by Ahikam Pasion) Motorcycle riders in accidents A CROSSING pedestrian was injured after being sideswiped by a motorcycle in San Fabian town on Wednesday, February 1. Victim Lobet Galvan, 29, resident of Barangay Alacan of said town was crossing the road in his neighborhood when he was hit by…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez vetoed Ordinances Nos. 2053-2022 and 2054-2022 and returned these to the Sangguniang Panlungsod on January 19, 2023. Ordinance No. 2053-2022 sought to institutionalize the conduct of the Kalutan ed Dalan of the Dagupan Bangus Festival along the stretch of A.B. Fernandez Avenue while Ordinance No. 2054-2022,…
TOBACCO IS GOLD – A tobacco grower tirelessly hangs tobacco leaves to dry in a barn in Barangay Amamperez in Villasis town. The town is one of the top producers of quality tobacco leaves in the region. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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