OBSTRUCTIONISM IS BACK AS the dumpsite in Bonuan is near closure by Mayor Belen Fernandez, another suspicious fire broke out in the area at about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday sending columns of black smoke up in the sky seen in most parts of the city. Fire Chief Inspector Michael Escano,…

MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY OR GARBAGE DUMP? — Business establishments in Barangay I-II continue to complain about the state of the MRF at the corner of Perez Blvd and Rizal St. that emit foul odor as residents and stores do the segregation of wastes at the MRF itself. The MRF in Barangay Tapuac…
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY OR GARBAGE DUMP?
CANDIDATES along with their representatives and supporters as well as voters caught engaging in vote-buying could be arrested without a warrant, a local Commission on Elections (COMELEC) officer warned. Dagupan City Election Officer Michael Franks Sarmiento said an on-the-spot warrantless arrest may be carried out by either law enforcers or…
Vote-buyers face warrantless arrest, COMELEC warns
TONDALIGAN PARK THE portion of the Tondaligan boardwalk that collapsed due to storm surge caused by Typhoon Kristine last year is undergoing full rehabilitation by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 office. DPWH, which built the structure five years ago through the initiative of Fourth District…
Binloc boardwalk rehab underway
THE scholarship program of the Dagupan City government will be expanded next year if Mayor Belen Fernandez and Vice Mayor Bryan Kua get reelected in May along with their UnliSerbisyo team of councilors. This was disclosed by Councilor Michael Fernandez during a program he and Kua co-hosted on radio station…
MBTF team eyes 1,000 additional scholars
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Attempted kidnapping brushed aside as fake news THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office debunked a report that circulated in social media about a supposed attempted kidnapping of a student in Tayug. Police Provincial Director Col. Rollyfer Capoquian said the reported abduction was just a figment of imagination…
NEWSBREAK
TURMOIL CONTINUES IN URDANETA CITY THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC), in a letter dated February 11, 2025, said the 12-month suspension order against Urdaneta City Mayor Julio F. Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy D. Parayno is considered to have been served before the election period that started on January…
COMELEC: Suspension order vs. Parayno, VM is valid

THE local government of Bayambang strongly condemned and expressed deep sorrow as it announced the tragic death of a 16-year-old girl from Barangay Tococ East, whose body was found on February 19 in Barangay Bical Sur. In a statement posted Wednesday night on Balon Bayambang, the municipal government’s official Facebook…
Bayambang LGU condemns death of 16-year-old girl
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Construction worker nabbed for assaulting barangay officials TWENTY-year-old construction worker Joshua Caspillan Guico was arrested and brought to the police station after allegedly harassing local officials in Barangay Moreno in Binalonan, where he resides. According to 43-year-old barangay councilor Michael Labitoria Tabara, they responded to a…
POLICE REPORTS

MEETING FOR ‘TARA BASA’ PROGRAM — Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco meets with Department of Social Welfare and Development, school staff, and his District Office team to discuss the ‘Tara Basa’ program aimed at improving the reading skills of struggling young learners. The program will tap college students as tutors,…