BOYS AND THE DRONES – Young indigenous boys of Brgy. Malico in San Nicolas town, are amused by the four flying drones being demonstrated in front of them. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed a resolution declaring Malico in the eastern town of San Nicolas as the ”Barangay Summer Capital of Pangasinan” during its out-of-town session in Barangay Malico, San Nicolas on March 20. On motion of Sixth District Board Member Noel Bince, the measure adopted an earlier resolution on…
SP declares Malico as ‘Barangay Summer Capital of Pangasinan’
INDIGENOUS PROPLE’S RIGHTS ACT OF 1997 AN ethnic tribe in San Nicolas, Pangasinan has asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to allocate one seat in its chamber for members of Indigenous People (IPs) or Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) as mandated by law. The Kalanguya tribe of Barangay Malico in San Nicolas made the…
Ethnic tribe asks inclusion in Pangasinan SP
FOR PLAYING POLITICS “ENOUGH is enough!” This was the clear retort of Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez to the latest demand of the seven councilors in the majority as a pre-condition for the passage of the 2023 annual budget when she attended the March 21 Dagupan Sangguniang Panglungsod’s committee on…
Mayor Belen turns the table on majority dads
PREPARATIONS are in full swing for the expected massive influx of pilgrims to the Minor Basilica of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag during the Holy Week observance. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said he already met with Church leaders as well as the police and military, traffic…
Manaoag ready for Holy Week observance
NO RELIEF FOR HOUSEHOLDS IT’S the harvest season for rice in Pangasinan but households are seeing its opposite effect in local market. Instead of seeing a drop in prices of rice, the prices have increased: Prices of regular and well-milled rice range from P38 to P46, or a P1 increase,…
Price of rice is even higher during harvest season
BELEN ENTERS THE LION’S DEN — Flanked by City Legal Officer and concurrent City Administrator Aurora Valle and Executive Assistant Luz de Guzman, Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez appears at the closed door hearing of the finance, budget and appropriations committee composed of the seven majority councilors of the Sangguniang Panlungsod…
BELEN ENTERS THE LION’S DEN
AFTER FAILING TO MEET THEIR MARCH 14 DEADLINE JUST when the people of Dagupan were looking forward to see the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan approved by March 21 and finally end the city’s operations on a reenacted budget, the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s committee on finance, budget and appropriations scheduled another…
SP’s 7-majority seeks another committee hearing on March 21
SCHOLARSHIP FUND MESS THE Dagupan City government again released funds for 264 scholars on March 13, the second in two weeks, bringing the total number of scholars verified to be legitimate scholars out of the total 2,300 scholars of the past Lim administration and received their one semester of educational…
Another batch of 264 scholars validated as legit
THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has officially declared the end of La Niña and has warned the public with the onset of El Niño. On Wednesday, March 15, PAGASA said in a statement that while a favorable dry weather is anticipated during March-June with below-normal rainfall…
