BANGUS FESTIVAL IS BACK — Bangus Festival dancers and Mayor Brian Lim present a grilled Dagupan bangus to local media during the launching of Bangus Festival at SM Center Dagupan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AFTER two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dagupan City Bangus Festival is back. In a press conference on Friday, April 1, Dagupan City Mayor Marc Brian Lim said this year’s Bangus Festival marks not only the return of the city’s flagship feast, but also a thanksgiving…
AVOID HEAT STROKE, STAY INDOORS EXPECT the month of April to be hotter than it was in March. This is the warning of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and advised residents of Dagupan City and Pangasinan to avoid suffering from heat stroke by staying indoors from mid-morning…
CITY PROSECUTOR’S REQUEST TO INHIBIT DENIED THE complainants in the case for direct bribery filed against members of the Market Marshal Task Force of Dagupan scored a moral victory when the Regional Prosecutor denied the request of the City Prosecutors Office to inhibit itself in handling the investigation and prosecution…
ONLY five remaining active cases stand the way of Pangasinan towards attaining a COVID-free status as of March 31, according to the latest data released by the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The only remaining cases are located in Sta Maria (2) and one each in the towns of Lingayen, Malasiqui…
MALACANANG Palace declared Apr. 5 as a special non-working holiday in Pangasinan on the occasion of its 442nd founding anniversary. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on March 29 signed and issued Proclamation Number 1334, declaring Tuesday next week as a special non-working holiday throughout the province. “It is but fitting and…
MAD MIX-UP AT PUNCH CORNER – Rowdy supporters of rival teams, LiFe and Team Belen in Dagupan City, mix it up, cheering and shouting their candidates’ names when their motorcades cross paths on the street corner fronting The PUNCH office. (Punchphoto Ray Zambrano)
TRAFFIC was gridlocked for hours starting Friday morning, March 25, when the two opposing teams of candidates in Dagupan City kicked off their respective campaigns with motorcades at almost the same time. The LiFe team of incumbent Mayor Brian Lim and Carlos Fernandez opened its campaign with a motorcade in…
DEADLINE FOR 2022 BUDGET: MARCH 31, 2022 THE Sangguniang Panlungsod is set to finally discuss Indicative Annual Procurement Plan (IAPP) after the Devolution Transition Plan (DTP) of the Dagupan CIty government, from 2022 to 2024, was approved on Tuesday (March 22) after five months delay in its submission. The DTP…
AN official of the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department Of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 1 finally admitted that her office has been pushing for the implementation of a waste-to-energy project in Dagupan City for the past five years to solve the city’s worsening solid waste woes. Engr….
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