STANDING VS CORRUPTION — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads the Rosary rally and candle lighting ceremony around the premises of St John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City on September 21, 2025, part of similar activities held across the diocese expressing parishioners’ stand against widespread corruption. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CITY OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE A rosary rally and a candle lighting ceremony spearheaded by Archbishop Socrates Villegas was held at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City to mark the 53rd anniversary of the proclamation of martial law on September 21, and in solidarity with the rallies against…
A portion of a gabion-style dike collapsed Friday morning, September 26, causing higher floods in Calasiao and Dagupan City. Calasiao Mayor Patrick Caramat, in an interview, said the dike located at Barangay San Vicente was reported to have collapsed at around 5 a.m., increasing the flood level by one foot…
EVACUATION of residents in severely flooded parts of the province was continuing as of Friday morning, with thousands already temporarily moved out of their homes earlier in the week as successive typhoons brought rains and rivers overflowed. As of September 25 afternoon, a total of 3,587 families or 10,629 individuals in…
ALL 24 flood mitigation projects carried out by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Dagupan City have been validated to be on track and serving their purpose, according to Mayor Belen Fernandez. A team from the city inspected the projects on September 22, comprising the mayor, City…
GONE ARE THE TREES — Visitors in this part of the Limahong Channel along the Lingayen Baywalk decry the now seemingly barren land after trees were cut down to give way to supposedly development projects. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE City Legal Office has submitted partial documents attesting that certain contractors of the Brian Lim administration from 2019 to 2022 had defaulted or abandoned their projects before completion, while some were found to be substandard. Councilor and Floor Leader Michael Fernandez said City Legal Officer Aurora Valle promised to complete…
DAGUPAN City Legal Officer Aurora Valle has clarified that the local government has no control or official supervisory power over projects implemented in the city by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), which are funded under the national budget. In a September 15, 2025 letter to the Sangguniang…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution on September 15 lifting the State of Calamity in the city, which was declared on July 23, 2025 due to the effects of Typhoon Crising (international name: Wipha) and the enhanced southwest monsoon. The resolution, authored jointly by Councilors Jose Netu Tamayo…
DAGUPAN-LINGAYEN Archbishop Socrates Villegas has urged Catholics to move beyond mere remembrance of the 1972 Martial Law declaration on September 21 and embrace a deeper conversion that rejects corruption and demands systemic reform. In a pastoral letter titled “Kulang pa ang ‘Tama na!’” to be read in all Masses across the Archdiocese…
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