THE Dagupan City government received the coveted DENR’s Gawad Kalikhasan Award for ‘Best Environmental Partner’ (Local Government Unit Category) of the agency at the culmination of the 2024 Philippine Environmental Month on July 15 in Bauang, La Union. Mayor Belen Fernandez, accompanied by Atty. Gil Aromin, consultant on environmental programs…
IMPACT OF LOWER RICE IMPORT TARIFF — Farmers in Aguilar begin planting unaware of the negative effect of the Marcos administration’s decision to lower the tariff on imported rice ostensibly to effect a lower price of rice in public markets. Economists say the expected deluge of imported rice will lower the value…
FOURTH District Board Member Jerry Agerico Rosario said the recent rise of rabies cases in Pangasinan is alarming, prompting him to initiate the conduct of a Question Hour in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on the status of rabies incidences in the province in aid of legislation to introduce remedial measures. He…
THE Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan will bring its rosary campaign for the protection of the Philippines from communist China to Infanta town where it will hold a fluvial rosary procession for peace with fishermen in the West Philippine Sea in the early morning of July 16 this year. This was contained in…
MAYIOR Belen Fernandez vetoed the ordinance authored by the seven majority councilors seeking to increase the allowance of teaching and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Dagupan from P500 monthly to P5,000 quarterly, citing among others that the opposition virtually arrogated upon itself the power to allocate…
BOLINAO in Pangasinan rivaled San Juan in La Union as the most visited tourist destination in Region 1 in year 2023. This was bared by Department of Tourism Regional Director Jeff Ortega during the Bagong Pilipinas Kapihan hosted by the Philippine Information Agency in Region 1 last Tuesday, July 9….
MAYOR BELEN’S ‘TELL-ALL’ SOCA — A feisty Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez was the image of a steely political leader when she delivered her State of the City Address during the session of the Manlincor ya Kalangweran at the CSI Stadia. She pulled no punches in exposing her detractors who obstructed and sabotage all…
DESPITE DAGUPAN SP MAJORITY RESISTANCE THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) officially gave the green light for the Tri-City Ferry System that will finally link Dagupan, Alaminos and San Fernando cities across the Lingayen Gulf to proceed with its implementation. This was revealed by Mayor Belen Fernandez in her…
THE height of the road from the Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS) through YMCA and up to Nazareth Hospital as measured by the City Engineering Office, not by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), will be used for the elevation of the road. In a press conference…
FIVE regional Filipino languages: Pangasinan, Bikol, Hiligaynon, Kapampangan and Waray were recently added to Google Translate, the renowned language translation tool. This expansion represents the most extensive language update to date, breaking down barriers and enabling people worldwide to connect across linguistic boundaries. The adding of the five Filipino regional…
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