A joint buy-bust operation by local police and anti-narcotics agents led to the arrest of a suspected drug dealer and the seizure of 70 grams of suspected shabu, with an estimated street value of P476,000, on December 11 in Barangay Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City. The suspect, identified as Jaypee Castro,…
A P1.5-million reward has been put up by the Abono Party-list for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the murder of its national president, Umingan Municipal Councilor Ponciano “Onyok” Onia. Onia, 59, was gunned down on December 7, 2024, in Barangay Lubong, Umingan, while driving his SUV…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has organized ‘Onia’ Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) named after Councilor and Abono Party-list National President Ponciano Onia, who was killed in a gun attack in Umingan on December 7. According to P/Lieutenant Tricia Guzman, spokesperson for the SITG, investigators have identified at least one…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Fire razes warehouse in Dagupan City A warehouse in Barangay Bolosan, Dagupan City, owned by resident Jose Sy Tan, was engulfed in flames early morning Wednesday. Mark Salayog Gonzales, a 30-year-old Community Volunteer Organization member and resident of Barangay Bolosan, reported the fire at the City…
DESPITE OPPOSITION WALKOUT DAGUPAN’S Sangguniang Panlungsod passed 14 ordinances and 10 resolutions during a special session that ran for less than five hours on December 12, a record accomplishment for the city’s lawmaking body, despite another walkout by four opposition councilors. Among the measures passed were ordinances: 1. Establishing the…
BRIGHT CHRISTMAS AHEAD — Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the ceremonial lighting of the giant Christmas Tree in front of the City Plaza to signal the official start of month-long festive activities in the city. She is joined by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and other officials of Dagupan City. (Punchphoto…
THE Mapandan local government under Mayor Karl Christian Vega was awarded the 2024 Gawad Kalasag Beyond Compliant Award by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the highest honor recognizing excellence in disaster management. In 2023, the town already received a Gawad Kalasag Fully Compliant award, which meant disaster…
FORMER Interior Secretary and Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. underscored the need to amend the Local Government Code of 1991, saying it no longer meets the needs of many local governments across the country today. “The Local Government Code has laid out how the national government, governors, cities,…
THE demolition of several buildings to give way to the construction of the Mother and Child Hospital in Dagupan City will start soon after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) declared the supplemental budget of P5 million allotted for the structural clearing work “operative in its entirety” This was…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Dagupan vendors favor fish importation FISH vendors at the Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City are in favor of the importation of 8,000 metric tons of galunggong (scud fish) and mackerel, saying this will fill in the acute shortage of such varieties in the…
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