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…
THE Alcala Municipal Police Station arrested on December 2, 2024 in Barangay Laoac the town’s most wanted person, who has pending cases for rape. P/Major Mark Tubadeza, officer-in-charge of the Alcala police station, said the suspect was identified as Sherwin Delos Santos Dela Cruz, 31, a farmer, and a resident of the said barangay….
A suspect was shot and killed by one of the responding police officers during an attempted robbery at a mini mart in Poblacion, Binalonan last week. Cops who swiftly responded to the reported robbery in progress encountered two suspects inside the mini mart. One of the suspects, identified as Antonio…
A joint buy-bust operation by police and anti-narcotics units along the bypass road in Barangay Camantiles in Urdaneta City on December 1 led to the arrest of a former employee of the city local government. Ronnie Rosario, 55, former administrative aide at the Urdaneta City Hall, resident of Barangay Catablan,…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Robbers take P3M from gas station in Umingan IN a brazen daytime robbery, two gas station employees in Umingan were held up on their way to the bank and lost the P3 million intended for deposit. The victims, identified as 23-year-old Monalee Agustin Soriano, a secretary…
AFTER WALKING OUT OF 3 PREVIOUS SESSIONS OPPOSITION councilors who now compose the new minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) did not attend the December 3 session in an apparent boycott that forced an adjournment and further delays in pending ordinances and resolutions. The four councilors staged walkouts in the…
BREAKTIME FROM QUADCOMM HEARINGS — Vice President Sara Duterte leaves Metro Manila away from the House of Representatives, to lead the distribution of 2,000 gift packs to beneficiaries from various sectors in Lingayen to mark the 89th anniversary of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on November 28. She is assisted by…
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