HOTTEST DAY IN SEPTEMBER AFTER a couple of weeks of rains, Pangasinan sizzled anew on September 25 with the heat index recorded at 45°C, considered a dangerous level by the state weather bureau PAGASA. That level was 3.7°C higher than the normal maximum temperature of Pangasinan during the month of September,…
VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS SEP 30 THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Dagupan City is gearing up for the start of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) filing period, scheduled on October 1 to 8, from 8 am to 5 pm. Aspiring candidates for next year’s midterm elections are expected to submit…
PARADE OF ASEAN CULTURE – The Pangasinan State University celebrates International Week this year coinciding with the 45th Foundation Anniversary of the university with a float parade depicting the culture of ASEAN member countries. The Urdaneta campus featured Singapore (above photo). Other campuses featured: School of Advanced Studies /Open University Systems (Brunei…
THE majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod requested for a special session — but did not specify a date — to take up the resolution relating to the establishment of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) and an ordinance for the approval of Supplemental Budget No. 2-2004. But eventually, until…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez slammed the majority councilors of Dagupan when they proposed that the P150-million Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) be located on a small patch of land vacated by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) located beside the Pantal River in Barangay Poblacion Oeste instead of the land donated to the Department of…
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III refuted claims that he is concentrating his efforts solely on Urdaneta City, saying he has actively been traveling throughout the province to engage with residents and address their needs. “I focus on every part of the province, but of course, I have a connection to the…
A bill filed by Senator Imee Marcos seeks to extend the term of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to six years from the current three, meaning the next BSK Elections will be in 2029. “I hope, na maayos natin ito,” said Marcos, among the authors of the bill, in a press…
REGULAR HIGH TIDE FLOODING — The sight of 30 cms. flooding in Tapuac Road in Dagupan City each time high tide occurs has become a regularity and becomes impassable if torrential rains fall during high tide. The situation is expected to continue until the road is elevated like Arellano Street. (Punchphoto…
THE majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod was accused this time of doing committee hearings on proposed measures filed by the minority. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez again decried another “hijacking” of the minority’s proposed ordinance by the majority bloc, which the latter submitted for first reading and…
16 BARANGAYS SUBMERGED CALASIAO is the first town in Pangasinan placed under the state of calamity in the aftermath of Typhoon“Enteng”. In a resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan upon the request of Mayor Kevin Roy Macanlalay, 16 of the 24 towns of Calasiao were still flooded as of September 10…
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