TRADE AND HIGHER EDUCATION PANGASINAN’S micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and Higher Education and Vocational sectors can look forward to a more responsive national legislature with the designation of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as chair of two influential committees: the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and the Committee…
THE passage of three draft ordinances and five draft resolutions long submitted by the Office of Mayor Belen Fernandez to help improve quality of life in Dagupan City remain blocked by the opposition in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod. This was highlighted City Legal Officer Aurora Valle ‘s May 20, 2024…
PRACTICAL GIRL –A young girl finds a battery-operated hand-held fan useful during the recent Kalutan ed Dalan Street party of Bangus festival: to cool herself on a day with high heat index and to fan the fire for the perfect grilling of fresh Dagupan Bangus. (Punchphoto by Willie Loimbao)
CRITICS of Mayor Belen Fernandez over the road elevation projects in the city resurfaced to bash her anew on social media blaming her for the flash flood caused by high tide that came simultaneously after a sudden thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon. “Hindi pa po tapos,” was Fernandez’s terse reply during an IFM…
NINE of 1,300 barangays of Pangasinan received national recognition from the Department of the Interior and Local Government for being adjudged passers of the Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangay (SGLGB). The SGLGB passers include Pantal in Dagupan City headed by Barangay Captain Julita Perez. Pantal is the only…
BARANGAY Tapuac in Dagupan finally ended its 22-year-old garbage problem and for this, it was adjudged the model barangay in waste management in Region1, earning the distinction as the cleanest and best in segregation among all barangays not only in Dagupan City but throughout Pangasinan and the Ilocos region. Barangay…
A TOTAL of 110 hectares of the 592 hectares of land planted with tobacco this year in Alcala and another 50 hectares in San Fabian were affected by drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. This was confirmed by Roger Madriaga, manager of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) in Pangasinan,…
GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE PROPERTY? – The two conflicting signboards were installed by DENR-CENRO claiming “THIS AREA IS CLASSIFIED AS FORESHORE/PUBLIC DOMAIN “and not for sale, and the other signboard beside it is installed by “Rael Kitz Corporation” claiming ownership of the same area. To date, there appears no resolution or settlement of who really owns the…
FOR REJECTING ALL SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS SINCE 2022 ALL seven members of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod are liable to be charged administratively for disapproving the submitted supplemental budgets since 2022 and deliberate delay in the passage of the city’s 2023 and 2024 annual budgets. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle…
BINMALEY-LINGAYEN BAYWALK AREA SECOND District Rep. Mark Cojuangco delivered a privilege speech at the Lower House on May 6, calling for a House inquiry into the worsening problem of unclassified lands and informal settlements under his jurisdiction, particularly, along the Lingayen-Binmaley Baywalk area. He wants the Department of Environment and…
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