MAYOR Belen Fernandez vetoed the Dagupan City’s Sangguniang Panlungsod’s approved ordinance providing an additional P3,000 honorarium to each member of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) per the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) guidelines. Ordinance No. 2287-2024 authored and passed by the seven majority councilors, and without any amendment nor objection…
AN official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority died in a vehicular accident involving his convoy of two motorcycles and two SUVs along the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Barangay Panaga, Laoac on August 20. Fatality was Ernie Tablega, an officer of the MMDA assigned with the Presidential Security Group,…
COMBINED police and anti-narcotics units arrested a high-value individual and seized approximately 70 grams of shabu, in a buy-bust operation conducted on August 18 at around midnight on Mitura Bridge in Urdaneta City. The suspect, Alfie Albarillo, 30, a barbecue vendor and resident of Barangay Mabalanias, Angeles City, Pampanga,…
THE provincial board strongly condemned the August 17 shooting of Efren Dela Cruz, the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman of Barangay Salomague Norte in Bugallon, who survived the attack by an apparent stranger who was suspiciously lurking in his community. Board Member Joyce Fernandez, the provincial SK Federation president, sponsored…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Construction worker shot over accusations A 33-year-old construction worker is under close observation by doctors after he was shot by his neighbor in Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City, whom he accused of throwing stones at their house and other neighbors. The victim, Marvie Cariño Landingin, was allegedly…
VOTER REGISTRATION IN CAMPUS –A student registers as a new voter during the Voter Education and Registration Fair initiated by the Commission on Election last Tuesday at the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano )
SPECIAL LANE FROM 5 A.M.-7 AM. ON ELECTION DAY SENIOR citizens, persons with disability, and expecting mothers — along with companions to assist them — can vote from 5 to 7 a.m. to vote in the May 2025 elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced last week. COMELEC Chair George…
URDANETA Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno declined to comment on the suspension of the city’s mayor, his cousin, Julio “Rammy” Parayno, saying legal actions will be undertaken after the 90-day suspension period. In an interview on August 19, the acting mayor assured that the city government’s services would not be affected…
A FIRE ravaged the old public market in San Carlos City early Thursday morning, affecting 400 vendors who occupy about 90% of the total stalls. Mayor Julier ‘Ayoy’ Resuello assured immediate assistance to the stall owners as he belied rumors over social media that the fire was intentional to give…
NEWSBREAK (Filed by IFM Dagupan News) PH now bullying capital of the world—ACT partylist THE Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) partylist expressed concern over the result of the survey conducted by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) that the Philippines has now become the bullying capital of the world. ACT…
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