A NOT SO GOOD SUGGESTION. Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City will soon conduct a public hearing on the proposal to ban the holding of funeral processions on certain parts of the day in the central business district of Dagupan City. The move, we understand, is in anticipation of the impending opening of…

FINALLY, A CURFEW ON MINORS –  I am glad to hear that the curfew for minors in Dagupan City is now being enforced in full swing in Dagupan City by the police under P/Supt. Jandale Sulit and the barangays. It is about time minors be made to stay home and under…

VM BRIAN LIM SHOULD GO ON LEAVE. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) again bent its House Rules to suit the schedule of their presiding officer Vice Mayor Brian Lim, in the city since he became World Jaycee president. The SP held its regular session last January 16, Tuesday, not on January 15, Monday…

WISH LIST FOR 2018 — The provincial board is set to start its initial session this January 15 for 2018. As a frequent visitor covering their sessions, I am sharing my short wish list this year: That there will be lesser resolutions authorizing the governor to enter into agreement with…

THE MASSACRE OF TREES CONTINUE — Travel to the north is no longer as rewarding as it used to be. We found this out when we had a trip by car up to Sarrat, Ilocos Norte before the New Year. The Manila North Road has been widened but was done at the…

LEONIE IS HOME – My tukayo, US-based Leonardo Galvez, The PUNCH’s US-correspondent  and one-time staff member of The Punch and a former official of the Department of Education in Pangasinan since  Tito Primicias was governor, came to The Punch office and treated us and some of the staff at Jana’s for lunch….

THE LAW IS HARSH – The suspension order from office for one year without pay by the Ombudsman to Asingan Mayor Heidee Chua and Vice Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. served as a wake-up call to elected officials, especially local chief executives. As soon as news spread mid-December that the two officials…

DENGVAXIA THROUGH PRIVATE CLINICS. In one clinic of one of the top private hospitals in Dagupan is a notice written on a piece of paper which says, “Dengue vaccine available here”. The notice was not taken out even if the Department of Health already suspended the administration of the vaccine Dengvaxia in…

IN AID OF LEGISLATION –  The Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week on the reported exorbitant bills charged by doctors at the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital (DDVMH) to its patients was an eye opener. Yes, it means people have a voice through their board members who were…

DECEMBER TOO SOON? — As of last week, three barangays of Pangasinan located in San Carlos City and San Fabian were the only ones left to be cleared of illegal drugs by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, out of the 1,259 villages that were drug-affected. This only shows the PPPO is…