RELIEF and rehabilitation operations were in full swing in Dagupan following the declaration of a state of calamity on October 25, allowed the city government to tap into reserved emergency funds. The declaration sought by Mayor Belen Fernandez in the aftermath of Typhoon Kristine, was contained in a resolution, authored…
THE provincial board approved the 2025 budget for Pangasinan amounting to P7.1 billion, up 27% from this year’s P5.6 billion allocation during its regular session on October 28. Despite the challenges posed by Tropical Storm Kristine the previous week, the provincial board conducted a series of budget hearings on Oct….
MAYOR Belen Fernandez was named Most Inspiring Woman of the Earth in 2024 by India-based global foundation World Against Corruption (WAC) People Council and WAC Book of World Records International. The award was received by Fernandez during the flag-raising ceremony program last Monday at the city plaza, handed to her…
SURPRISE VISITOR — A woman casually walks by the MV Xavier I vessel bound for Sual that ran aground at the beach in Binmaley town during the storm surge triggered by severe tropical storm Kristine Wednesday night. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
A CASE FOR OMBUDSMAN, NOT CAPITOL THE new order of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) suspending Urdaneta Mayor Julio Parayno III for another one year — which supposedly took effect on October 14, before his 90-day preventive suspension was to expire — was considered null and void based on the October…
A day after Typhoon Kristine swept through Dagupan City on October 24, Mayor Belen Fernandez said she may call for a special session to ask the Sangguniang Panlungsod to pass a resolution placing the city under a state of calamity in view of the damage and impact on residents. As…
P1.5 BILLION MORE THAN THIS YEAR THE provincial administration has proposed a P7.1-billion for 2025, higher by P1.5 billion than this year’s P5.6-billion allocation. Vice Governor Mark Lambino told local newsmen the hike could be attributed to the increase in the province’s share in the national tax allocation (NTA) by…
WEAPONS, ALCOHOL TO BE CONFISCATED THE police reminded the public of items that will not be allowed inside both public and private cemeteries as crowds flock during the coming Undas weekend, with checkpoints to be set up at entrances. The list of prohibited items includes alcoholic drinks, illegal drugs, large…
A POINTED MESSAGE – The team of reelectionists Urdaneta City Mayor Jammy Parayno and Vice Mayor Jing Parayno reiterate their rallying call shortly before filing their certificates of candidacies. With them are Warren Andrada, Auring Agsalud, Palleng Villanueva, Jhan Hero Sumera, Ponso del Prado, Rio Esteves, Doc Bles Sumera, Bong Gorospe, Manding…
A visibly elated Urdaneta City Mayor Julio “Rammy” Parayno III has returned to office effective October 17 after Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Crisma Vismanos Nabua of Branch 78 issued an order declaring his suspension for 90 days by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan as without legal and factual basis. A poetic…
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