OFFICIALS and employees of the Dagupan City government paused from their afternoon work on July 16 and gathered at the city plaza at 3:00 p.m., about the same time the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck 35 years ago, to offer a prayer in remembrance and for Dagupan’s continuous protection from nature’s…
FORMER five-time House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. was commended during the 35th commemoration of the 1990 Luzon earthquake for his role in the rehabilitation efforts in Dagupan City following the devastating calamity. At a program held on July 16, 2025, Ryan Ravanzo, secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, recalled De…
ILLEGAL SALE OF PUBLIC LAND WARNED THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to apply before the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other government agencies for a tenurial instrument over the public lands along the coast in Bonuan Gueset, Bonuan Boquig and Bonuan…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recognized 57 fishermen from various towns in Pangasinan for their honesty and integrity after they promptly reported and turned over to authorities the illegal drugs estimated to be worth over P6.5 billion they found floating in the sea last June. The July 12 ceremony,…
HUNDRED ISLANDS DURING RAINY DAYS – Tourists from various parts of the country still troop to the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City in droves, notwithstanding that it is still rainy season, with no plan to cancel their reservations in hotels around Lucap whatsoever. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez vetoed the four ordinances passed by the seven majority councilors in the past Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) just before they bowed out of office on June 30. The vetoed ordinances were: Ordinance No. 2320-2025 – Providing P5,000 monthly allowance to Barangay Garbage Collectors; Ordinance No. 2323-2025 –…
A parallel action is now being taken by the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to make contractors of the past Brian Lim administration accountable for unfinished projects and those completed with low-grade standards. Mayor Belen Fernandez, speaking in a press conference on Wednesday, personally nixed…
CONSTRUCTION of the new three-story city hall of Dagupan has entered its second phase and work is finally gaining traction after a slow progress in the past three years, according to City Engineer Josephine Corpuz. In a press conference on Wednesday, Corpuz stated that P30 million was allocated by the administration of…
A FLOURISHING eight-hectare mango plantation in Barangay Batakil, Pozorrubio has become a model of success in mango farming and agri-tourism. In what used to be a patch of talahib (grassland) area, CIJ Orchard was developed by a couple Celine Gordon, a proud Ifugao and farmer by heart, and her husband, an…
GUV GUICO AT THE HELM ANEW — Reelected Governor Ramon Guico III is joined by members of his family on stage after taking his oath of office before RTC Branch 14-FC Presiding Judge Avelina Villegas-Rosario at the historic Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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