VICE Mayor John Isaac Kho has secured a reprieve after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division ordered the suspension of the enforcement of a Regional Trial Court (RTC) ruling that nullified his election victory and oath of office. In an order dated December 5, 2025, the Comelec acted on…
THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Dagupan City has responded to resident concerns on Paras Street in Barangay Bonuan Gueset regarding allegations of an overflowing septic tank. The agency firmly denied that the water emanating from its facility is linked to the septic system. In an interview…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has destroyed over 11,000 illegal fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices as part of its campaign against illegal fireworks last December 27, 2025, at PPPO Grandstand, Camp Gov. Antonio U. Sison in Lingayen, Pangasinan. According to P/Lt. Colon4l Marcellano Desamito Jr. of the PPPO’s Departmental Positioning and Development Authority, the…
UNLABELED firecrackers have emerged as the leading cause of firework-related injuries (FWRI) in the Ilocos Region as the New Year approaches, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH) Region 1. The DOH reported that as of December 28, a total of 47 firework-related injuries had been recorded in…
ISLAND BARANGAY GARBAGE—Personnel of the Dagupan City Waste Management Division collect piles of garbage unloaded by a motorboat from island barangays along the roadside of Judge Jose de Venecia Sr. Diversion Road in Dagupan City for pickup by garbage trucks and direct hauling to the sanitary landfill in Urdaneta City…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) has intensified its “Iwas Paputok” preparations as it began monitoring firecracker-related injuries in Dagupan City and nearby towns ahead of the New Year celebrations. According to R1MC officials, surveillance of fireworks-related injuries started on December 21 and will run until January 6 as part…
SUAL ranks No. 1 in terms of assets among 44 towns of Pangasinan, according to the ranking made by the Commission on Audit (COA) in 2024. Sual, where the coal-fired power plant—which is generating 2,000 megawatts of power for the Luzon Grid, was credited with a total town asset of…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod concluded its 2025 sessions with a final meeting on December 23, where Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer Bryan Kua highlighted the body’s remarkable achievement of enacting 35 ordinances and 253 resolutions in just six months. This success was credited to the robust support of the super…
SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has directed the sanitation unit of the City Health Office (CHO) and the City Engineering Office (CEO) to investigate the septic tank of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) following concerns raised by a reader of The SUNDAY PUNCH. The…
ANTICIPATED MASS—Catholics, mostly provincial government officials, employees, and residents, attend the first Anticipated Simbang Gabi officiated by Most Rev. Napoleon Sipalay, Jr., bishop of the Diocese of Alaminos, late afternoon of December 15 in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in Lingayen. (PUNCHphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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