DESPITE SUPERMAJORITY DAGUPAN Mayor Dean Bryan Kua and members of the city council assured Dagupeños of strong checks and balances in governance despite holding a near-unanimous supermajority aligned with Mayor Belen Fernandez. Following the inaugural session of the 12th Sangguniang Panlungsod on July 1, Kua, who sits as presiding officer…
AFTER lording it over the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) in the past three years, lone opposition and former majority leader Councilor Librada Reyna now finds herself without chairmanship and membership in any committee. The only survivor among the 12 candidates of the ‘LiFe’ team in the May 12 election, Reyna…
RENEWABLE energy firm Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) is investing P9.6 billion in an 80-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Pangasinan, aiming for completion by the first quarter 2028. The exact site for the project, which is part of CREC’s successful bid in the 2023 green energy auction, has yet to…
THE new Dagupan City council hit the ground running with 10 resolutions passed and another 10 scheduled for committee hearings during their first session last week. Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) presiding officer, said they intend to maintain a high level of productivity during their three-year term…
HIGH TIDE WOES—A man assists his son to step on sandbags installed as temporary footbridges during a flood spawned by 1.4 meter high tide along A.B. Fernandez Avenue, triggering traffic gridlock at the corner of ABF Avenue and Burgos Street in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Buth Uka)
URDANETA City Mayor Julio Parayno III, who won his reelection bid in the May 12 elections, hinted he may still run for a fourth term – since he will be unable to complete a full three terms in office because of his current one-year suspension and an earlier 90-day suspension…
NO QUORUM IN DAGUPAN SP LAST SESSION THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) ended its tumultuous three-year term without a quorum during its last session on June 24, with only five councilors present. Those in attendance were Councilor Alfie Fernandez, as the presiding officer, and Councilors Librada Reyna and Alvin Coquia,…
ASINGAN Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. called for an investigation into a reported multi-million illegal recruitment scheme that has allegedly victimized several town residents. The move follows complaints from victims who were lured by a group offering jobs in Poland as fruit pickers, with a promise of high compensation. However, before…
A day after officially assuming his post as acting director of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1), Police B/Gen Dindo Reyes promptly conducted his first round of inspections across police stations in Pangasinan on June 22. Among those he visited were the stations in Manaoag, Pozorrubio, Urdaneta City, and Binalonan…
GREEN ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATONS – Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez leads hundreds of volunteers in planting trees at the Bonuan dumpsite as gift of the city to future generations on the occasion of the city’s 78th Founding Anniversary. (Punch photo by Butch Uka) DAGUPAN City was alive with the spirit of…
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