THE Regional Trial Court in Urdaneta denied the temporary restraining order petition filed by the mayor and vice mayor of the city as their one-year suspension was already been put into effect, but noted that there was no proper service of the decision in accordance with the Rules of Court,…
THE seven-member majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod brushed aside accusations that they were to blame for the canceled implementation of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), since they passed the needed resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of the project with the…
URDNAETA City Mayor Julio Parayno III, despite being barred from entering the city hall with the implementation of his one-year preventive suspension, issued a memorandum from his home on March 26 suspending face-to-face classes for public primary and secondary schools from March 26 to 28 due to extreme heat that…
APRIL 5 will be a special non-working holiday for the celebration of Agew na Pangasinan, with an official declaration issued last week by Malacañang. Proclamation No. 848, s. 2025, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin by authority of the President, acknowledges the significance of the occasion and ensures that the…
STATE OF DAGUPAN CITY – Mayor Belen Fernandez addresses city government officials, stakeholders and residents with her annual report of the city’s 2024 state of affairs at the CSI Stadia on March 18, 2025. The seven councilors of the majority bloc were absent. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CITY HALL OPERATIONS REMAIN NORMAL URDANETA City’s top four councilors as of March 19 have officially expressed their refusal to serve as acting mayor and vice mayor and the other six, all political allies of Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno, are expected to make the same…
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez said she is confident that the city can have a P2-billion economy before the end of 2025, citing current economic trends as well as the numerous awards and recognitions achieved by the city over the last two years under her administration. “We know we are doing…
INTEL WORK VS DRUG FUNDS CONTINUE THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasinan has temporarily suspended its drug clearing operations in barangays as preparations ramp up for the May 12 election. PDEA Provincial Chief Rechie Camacho announced last week that the decision to pause their operations is to avoid…
LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN Archbishop Socrates Villegas, in his Lenten message read in Mass in all churches in the archdiocese on March 16, called for unity, sobriety, and reflection amid what he referred to as a “constant state of crisis” in the country and the deepening divisions created by political chaos in the…
DO NOT ENTER — Police from the regional office guard the entry at the Urdaneta city hall to implement the suspension order issued against Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Jimmy Parayno by preventing them from entering the building. (Contributed by IFM-RMN)
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