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…
FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE – P/Colonel Rollyfer Capoquian fields questions from members of the local media after assuming command as Director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
P/COLONEL Rollyfer Capoquian, Pangasinan’s newly-appointed police director, is focusing on a thrust anchored on PNP (Pulis ng Pangasinan) Magaling at Maasahan, which includes closer cooperation with communities and increased police visibility. Succeeding P/Col. Jeff Fanged, who held the post for two years and is currently assigned to Camp Crame, Capoquian, the…
AMID DOWNPOUR A FIERCE fire erupted in a commercial building along AB Fernandez Avenue at the central business district in Dagupan City on the evening of September 29, amid heavy rainfall, resulting in an initial estimated damage of P13.5 million. The Dagupan City Bureau of Fire Protection’s (BFP) initial investigation…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) called for continued participation and cooperation from the community as it lauded the crucial role of concerned citizens in the successful arrest of a high-value drug target on October 3. Newly-designated Provincial Director P/Col Rollyfer Capoquian said the operation yielded a positive result due…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Man shot dead in front of EPDH A MAN was shot dead right at the entrance of the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital in Barangay Magallanes, Tayug at around 3:30 p.m. on September 27. The victim, identified as Crisostomo Pajara Fernandez Jr., had rushed his pregnant daughter-in-law…
REMATCH FOR GOVERNOR THE highly anticipated rematch between Gov. Ramon “Monmon” Guico III and former Gov. Amado ‘Pogi’ Espino III for Pangasinan’s top post in Pangasinan is set for the May 2025 elections as both have confirmed their candidacies although have yet to file their respective certificates. “How can I…
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