MAYFLOWER FESTIVAL – The colorful Mayflower Festival & Santacruzan 2022 was finally restored in Dagupan City last Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in 2020. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AS the Brian Lim administration prepares to turn over the reins of the city government to the Belen Fernandez administration, it continues to be hounded by reported irregularities being uncovered by the Commission on Audit (COA). In COA’s audit observation memorandum (AOM) for year 2021, it reported among others that individuals…
THREAT OF TERRORISM TO STOP EXAMS? A university in Dagupan City suspended its classes for two consecutive days after one department head and 15 other employees received threats via e-mail, forcing them to postpone the examinations and classes. The university first received an e-mail from a Gmail account Tuesday morning,…
THE department heads of the Dagupan City government were again a no-show at the Sangguniang Panlungsod session on May 31, their fourth snub. Those who again snubbed the invitation of the SP are members of the city’s finance committee composed of Budget Officer Jessa Royupa, Treasurer Romelita Alcantara, Accountant Rosetta…
26 NEW CASES LOGGED THE predicted post-election surge of the coronavirus in Pangasinan could be starting with the reported 26 new cases over the week that ended on June 1. /. Worse, two persons were confirmed to have died from COVID-19 disease that included a six-year old boy in Mangaldan…
THE election period and the Comelec gun ban will end on June 8. This was a reminder given by P/Lt. Colonel Ferdinand de Asis, deputy provincial director for operations, during the Question Hour of Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) session on May 26. He was, however, quick to point out that though…
THE SUN IS OUT – After the rainy season was declared, families have been taking advantage of a sunny days during weekends for a whole day fun and frolic at the beach, like the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BUDGET HEARING BOYCOTTED ANEW THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will soon decide on the proposed 2022 annual city budget of Dagupan whether or not the invited resource speakers from various departments of the city government attend the budget hearings or not. This was the collective sentiment of the majority aired by outgoing…
MEMORANDA of agreement, unless otherwise provided in the documents, can go beyond the term of the sitting local government official. This was the opinion of Provincial Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued, concurring with the opinion earlier stated by Second District Board Member Nestor Reyes, the majority floor leader of the Sangguniang…
TWO homegrown party lists were among the 54 party lists proclaimed by the Commission on Elections Thursday as winners of the May 9 elections. These are the newcomer Abante Pangasinan Ilokano (API) ranked 20th among all the party lists nationwide that run in the just concluded elections, while the Abono…
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