RUSH FOR REFLECTORIZED VESTS – A rider and his back-rider make a quick stop at a street shop in Dagupan City selling reflectorized vests to buy a pair to wear for fear of being apprehended by the police for not wearing one. The Provincial Ordinance 325-2024 requiring motorcycle riders, tricycle drivers, etc. to wear…
THE seven-member majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) again rejected the passage of the long pending Supplemental Budget No. 2-2024 when it objected to a motion of the minority to include the measure in the agenda for the August 12 regular session. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael…
SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET 2 STILL PENDING WHILE the fate of proposed Supplemental Budget No. 2-2024 still hangs in the hands of the seven majority in the city council, the Local Development Council (LDC) passed a resolution approving Supplemental Annual Investment Program (SAIP) No. 2-2024 and Supplemental Budget No. 3-2024, to fund…
LAST PHASE OF FLOOD MITIGATION THE elevation of Perez Boulevard and its drainage system, covering the segment from Nazareth General Hospital to YMCA, is expected to start soon, completing the flood mitigation project for the three most flood-prone areas in Dagupan City. Mayor Belen Fernandez met with Department of Public…
THERE were 898 motorcycle riders, tricycle drivers, and others that were apprehended in various towns of Pangasinan since the start of the enforcement of Provincial Ordinance 325-2024 on August 15, which prescribes the mandatory wearing of reflectorized vests. P/Capt. Renan de la Cruz, information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office,…
NITTY GRITTY OF RICE FARMING — A wife of a farmer in Barangay Naguelguel, Lingayen does her part by pulling the rice seedlings for transplanting in a bigger rice field. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
MBTF TO DAGUPAN SP MAJORITY DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez again wrote the Sangguniang Panlungsod on July 29 to ask for the immediate approval of Supplemental Budget. No. 2 for 2024, which covers P457 million some of which will be for disaster preparedness and response. Projects lined up for funding under…
THREE people were injured after a van driven by Dagupan City Councilor Maria Librada ‘Dada’ Reyna-Macalanda, who reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel caused a serious mishap in Barangay Tapuac in the afternoon of August 7. Police investigation showed the councilor first hit a pedestrian, Pauline Joy Agosto Nuevo, a…
TWO more ordinances filed by the minority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) five months ago were, in fact, copied and refiled by the seven majority councilors to take credit for the initiatives. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez said the latest plagiarized proposals were Draft Ordinance No….
THE P150 million fund allotted by the Department of Health for the establishment of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in Dagupan City will revert to the national coffers by the end of the year unless utilized soon. DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco, speaking during the formal opening of Dagupan’s Super Family…
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