BARANGAY chairmen in the province have been told to hold first quarterly barangay assemblies and deliver their respective State of the Barangay Address (SOBA) based on the guidelines set in the Memorandum Circular 2020-041. Provincial director Paulino Lalata Jr. of the Department of Interior and Local Government said the SOBA…
THE Dagupan Sanggunian Panlungsod (SP) is considering a proposed ordinance regulating the speed of ambulances rushing patients to different hospitals in the city. On a motion of Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, SP invited P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr., chief of police of Dagupan, last week for his comments. Mangelen said…
ON February 10, the Technical Working Group of the House of Representatives discussed the Magna Carta of Young Farmers proposed by Fourth District Rep. Christopher “Toff” De Venecia. The proposed legislation aims among others to provide the needed incentives to young Filipinos so that they will be enticed to go back to…
“WE have zero tolerance for all forms of gambling”. This was stressed by P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr., chief of police of Dagupan City, when asked if the local policemen are also going after other forms of gambling other than the gambling held during a wake for the dead. Mangelen said…
UNLI-OVERLOAD — A driver checks on the engine of his jeepney overloaded with woodcrafts for delivery unmindful of the potential damage to persons and properties by an accident due to the heavy weight of the cargo on top of the jeepney. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura (SINAG) is urging local government units affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) to declare state of calamity to help the affected hog raisers. Rosendo So, Sinag chairman, told the KBP Forum last Thursday that a declaration will at least ease the financial losses suffered…
A SECOND level employee of the Dagupan City government was restored to his original post and duties and responsibilities after he opposed his reassignment to Waste Management Division by Mayor Brian Lim. In a decision promulgated by Civil Service Commission (CSC) Region 1 on February 6, Julius Alcaide was ordered back…
TRADITIONAL WEDDING ‘MONEY–DANCE’ THE decision of a newly-married couple to keep the local tradition of ‘money dance’ alive in their generation paid off handsomely to the couple, beyond their expectations. Their ‘money dance’ netted almost a million pesos! Precilla Panuncio-Flores from Binmaley and Allan Flores from Canada had the biggest…
CAPITOL NEWS ASH WEDNESDAY MASS. Governor Amado “Pogi” I Espino III, together with First Lady Karina Padua Espino and some provincial government Department Heads and employees, attended the Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the beginning of the Lenten Season. The mass was officiated by Reverend Father Hernan Caronongan which was held…
CAPITOL NEWS “IT is safe to visit Pangasinan’s tourist destinations.” This was assured by Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Officer Ma. Luisa Amor-Elduayan during the Pangasinan in Action media forum on February 26 held at the Urduja House. It can be recalled that Governor Amado I. Espino III earlier announced…
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