FORMER Pangasinan Governor and 5th District Rep. Amado Espino Jr. is eyeing a return to Congress as the first nominee of the party-list Abante Pangasinan Ilokano (API) in next year’s midterm elections. He filed his Certificate of Nomination and Certificate of Acceptance of Nomination (CoN-CAN) of API before the Commission on…
ALL Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) filed for the 2025 mid-term elections will be subject to evaluation by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the tentative list of candidates will be released on October 29, followed by the official list. In a statement, Atty. Ericson Oganiza, COMELEC Pangasinan election supervisor, emphasized…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) PNP scores big in drive versus illegal drugs in September SOME P32.1 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by the Police Regional Office 1 in 82 anti-drug operations in September that resulted in the arrest of 91 suspects. P/Lt. Colonel Benigno Sumawang, PRO…
COMPROMISED AGREEMENT REACHED THE establishment of the proposed Maternal and Children Hospital (MCH) in Dagupan City is pushing through after a compromise was reached during an October 7 meeting of city officials with the Department of Health (DOH) led by Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergerie. The meeting was attended by Mayor Belen…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Sibling dispute turns tragic as 1 died A heated argument between two siblings in Sto. Tomas town took a deadly turn, resulting in a fatal stabbing. The victim, identified as Roberto Mindaros Garcia, aged 58, lost his life in the altercation while the suspect, his younger…
UNLISERBISYO, NOT UNLIPERWISYO, TEAM – The formidable ticket of Mayor Belen Fernandez and Vice Mayor Bryan Kua present themselves to the Dagupeños shortly after filing their respective certificates of candidacies. They are joined by re-electionists Michael Fernandez and Jeslito Seen; former Councilors Joey Tamayo, Luis Samson Jr., Karlos Liberato Reyna IV,…
FOLLOWING two most recent major fires that hit Dagupan City, Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez again appealed to the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod to pass the more than P500-million Supplemental Budget No. 2 to enable the city to purchase an additional firetruck, but failed. In his…
FUNDING for items under the more than P500 million Supplemental Budget 2 that the majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod refused to approve will be included in the proposed 2025 annual budget for the city. With its inclusion in next year’s spending plan, the 2025 annual appropriation could increase…
BETS WAITING FOR LAST DAY THE filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the 2025 midterm elections opened on October 1, with the turnout on the initial days more sluggish than the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) had anticipated. Provincial COMELEC officials, led by Atty. Ericson Oganisa, the provincial election supervisor,…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Kin insists suspect in Salting murder innocent RELATIVES of the principal suspect in the brutal slaying of Evalend Salting, a student of the Pangasinan State University, assert his innocence, saying Reginald Caracas is a good son and sibling who could not have been responsible…
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