IN high spirits over Dagupan’s anticipated economic surge and transformation this year, Mayor Belen Fernandez led the city’s Filipino-Chinese community on January 28 in welcoming the Year of the Wooden Snake in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. The occasion was marked with a colorful motorcade along the central business district, which culminated at…
Rep. Yeddah Marie Romualdez, Speaker Martin Romualdez, former Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr., former Rep. Gina De Venecia and Rep. Christopher De Venecia cutting the ceremonial ribbon marking the opening of the Jose De Venecia Jr. Building and Museum in the House of Representatives. THE House of Representatives paid tribute…
IF you felt chilled and needed a thicker blanket last January 28, it was because it was the province’s coldest day so far with temperature dropping to 21.4°C, slightly beating the previous record of 21.42°C, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Engr. Jose Estrada Jr,…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) officially adopted on January 27 the new national law updating the country’s real property assessment and valuation system, which will mean adjustments in tax rates. In its regular session on January 27, the board passed an ordinance adopting Republic Act No. 12001 or the Real Property…
URDANETA STUDENTS WIN! — Members of Urdaneta City High National School, one of the contenders in UP Subol Padunungan 2025 “Sabayang Pagbigkas” contest, practiced outside the NRSCC gym in Lingayen before the actual competition, and eventually won the championship of the most intense and suspenseful competition with literary piece “Kumintang ni Marcelino Beltran” written…
A businessman and his office caretaker who were abducted on January 20 in Dagupan City were rescued and their three kidnappers arrested on January 23 at a COMELEC checkpoint operation at 7:50 p.m. in Bokod, Benguet. Rescued were William Lee Chua, 59, a resident of Barangay Lipit Tomeeng in San…
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office, in a series of legal opinions issued on January 12, 2025, sustained all the actions taken by the five-man minority councilors of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) when they held the majority last year while three opposition councilors were…
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in a letter dated January 7, 2025, said Dagupan’s P557.2 million Supplemental Budget No. 2 for Fiscal Year 2024, enacted through Appropriation Ordinance 2299-2024 by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on November 5, 2024, “shows substantial compliance with Republic Act 7160 and its Implementing…
NO CLEAR VIOLATIONS NOTED WEEKS before the official campaign period starts, posters of candidates for both the national and local elections in May have been flagrantly posted across Pangasinan but no violations could be filed. According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) these posters do not explicitly state that they…
REMEMBERING MACARTHUR’S LANDING IN DAGUPAN – Mayor Belen Fernandez awards the certificate of appreciation to Mike Villa-Real, Philippine Veterans Bank vice president, as the guest of honor during the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Gen Douglas MacArthur Landing in Bonuan Blue Beach. On hand to witness the ceremony are the Balikbayan…
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