THE prayer of four members of the majority bloc of the Sangguniang Panlungsod for the issuance of Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) seeking to stop the implementation of the 2023 Annual City Budget amounting to P1.3 billion was denied by the Court last January 12. Regional Trial Court Judge Michael Paul…
PENDING 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET INVOKING Section 52, paragraph b of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code, Mayor Belen Fernandez wrote the Sangguniang Panlungsod on January 5, requesting the august body to hold daily special sessions to discuss and approve the Annual Investment Program and Annual Budget for…
US ARMY LANDING IN ‘BLUE BEACH’ AFTER the webinar conducted by the provincial government with an official of the Philippine Veterans Bank and an American archivist of the MacArthur Memorial, Mayor Belen Fernandez is set to issue an executive order that will form a commission to prepare a bigger activity…
Gov. Guico is assisted by Vice Gov. Lambino and Provincial Legal Officer Baby Ruth Torre during the press conference. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) GOV. Ramon Guico III clarified news reports in national dailies last week that Manila Water Company, Inc. and its subsidiary terminated their 25-year concession agreement with the provincial…
PROPOSED 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET THE committee on finance, budget and appropriations, composed of members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod released its weekly schedule of committee hearings on the proposed P1.33 annual city budget of Dagupan for 2024 until the end of January this year. Based on list submitted…
IS the Urduja House, the official residence of the provincial governor, under security threat? This question cropped up after The PUNCH got a copy of a memorandum (No. 004, Series of 2024) dated January 4, 2024 signed by Provincial Administrator Melicio Patague II. Subject of the memorandum is the implementation…
IMPLEMENTATION of 20 of 23 projects funded by the 20 percent development fund in the 2023 annual budget are ongoing but the majority members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod appear bent on stopping these by questioning the passage of the supplementary budget in court. The situation was cited by Mayor Belen…
DEFYING OPLAN IWAS PAPUTOK — A neighborhood in Dagupan City not only ignores the government’s campaign but chooses to explode expensive firecrackers with the loudest bang. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS THE first session of the Sanggunian Panglunsod in 2024, January 2, was immediately adjourned because there was no submitted agenda for the 2024 annual budget. And, as of January 5, the SP committee on finance, budget and appropriations has no schedule of committee hearings on the 2024…
FROM FIRECRACKERS, STRAY BULLETS THIRTY-THREE persons in Dagupan and in adjacent areas were rushed to the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) from December 24, 2023 to January 2, 2024 for treatment for injuries suffered during New Year’s revelry. Of the 33, one lost his fingers and three suffered injuries in…
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