THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) warned the public of rising dengue cases in the province especially at the onset of the rainy season. Dr. Anna De Guzman, PHO chief, said PHO reported 1,111 dengue cases from January 1 to July 22 this year, or a 20% increase in dengue cases…
THE SAME STORY EVERY YEAR — Vehicles cruise along flooded Tapuac road in Dagupan City due to a combination of high tide and enhanced rains due to the southwest monsoon and Typhoon Carina. The scheduled elevation of the road and drainage system this year is expected to change the story next year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE minority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod deplored the arbitrary practice of the majority bloc hijacking their proposed resolutions and ordinances earlier referred to standing committees that the majority control only to be resubmitted after a few months “word for word” and naming themselves as authors. This was exposed by…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez reported to the city residents after her early morning inspection on July 25 of roadways elevated by the Department of Public Works and Highways, that there was not a single sign of flooding except in few areas where work were still going on. The mayor said that…
THE Pangasinan provincial government confirmed that the piece of land in Arellano St., Dagupan City where the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) stands is owned by the provincial government. This was stated in the Resolution No. 670-2024 passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and authored by Third District Board Member Shiela…
“UNSTUDIED, REDUNDANT ORDINANCE” MAYOR Belen Fernandez again vetoed an ordinance passed by the majority councilors, this time “to adopt comprehensive policies and guidelines for the observance of the national resilience week celebration in the city of Dagupan every third week of July,” also objected to by the minority councilors. In…
PEACE BE WITH YOU — A mass presided by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas with Bishop Napoleon B. Sipalay, Jr. Bishop of Alaminos Diocese and priests from Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Dioceses of Urdaneta and Alaminos as concelebrants for the Marian Prayer Voyage for peace in the West Philippines Sea and for safety of fishermen of Infanta…
DAGUPAN City is trailing eight other cities in Region 1 in t performance in 2023, no thanks to the seven obstructionist councilors in the Sangguniang Panlungsod who blocked if not delayed passage of the 2023-2024 annual budgets and supplementary budgets. This was the terse explanation of Mayor Fernandez in an…
THE Marcos administration distributed 3,161 agrarian debt condonation certificates to farmer-beneficiaries in Pangasinan and were received personally from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on July 19 at the Narciso Ramos Sports gymnasium and Civic Center in Lingayen. The total farmer beneficiaries in Region 1 were 3,558: 3,161 in Pangasinan, 246 in…
A student of Baybay Elementary School in Binmaley town was recently adjudged ‘Outstanding Campus Journalist of the Philippines-Elementary Level in the recently concluded National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) 2024 held on July 8-12 in Carcar City, Cebu. Baybay student Jose III Reloza said he felt overwhelmed as he didn’t expect…
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