TWO siblings were wounded with stray bullets allegedly fired from a gun by their neighbor during the New Year revelry in Barangay Longos Central in San Fabian town. The victims, identified as Diana Montes, 21, student, and Danilo Montes Jr, 26, technician, were rushed to Region 1 Medical Center Annex…
THE 2024 New Year Eve revelry resulted in the a razing of a house and a junkshop situated in one compound in Dagupan City. The Bureau of Fire Protection received distress calls 12:27 .am. and rushed towards the PNR Site in Barangay Mayombo, Dagupan City where the fire was reported….
Fire razes house, junk shop during New Year revelry

Gov. Ramon Guico III along with other government officials and salt farm workers, leads the ceremonial harvesting of salt at the Pangasinan Salt Center in Barangay Zaragoza in Bolinao. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) THE Pangasinan Provincial Government made major strides in 2023 by implementing massive projects in development-related areas. Early on, Gov. Ramon Guico III and…
Guico: 2023 is Pangasinan’s year of great advancements
2023 BANNER PROGRAMS MAYOR Belen Fernandez considers home visits to sick residents by health professionals like doctors, nurses and midwives as a banner program of the Dagupan City government for year 2023. Speaking to newsmen before the year-end, Fernandez said it was her presentation of the city government’s home visit…
MBTF: Health and welfare of indigents, seniors
SOME 230 traditional jeepneys in Pangasinan are still not consolidated and, therefore, cannot be expected to ply their usual routes consistent with the terms of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) of the Department of Transportation after the December 31, 2023 deadline. Bernard Tuliao, president of the Alliance of…
230 jeepneys in Pangasinan still not consolidated
ONE person died and three others injured when a stack of firecrackers exploded inside a house under construction at past 11:35 p.m. on Christmas Day in Sitio Claveria, Barangay Malued in Dagupan City. Also damaged were 21 houses, seven were totally destroyed. Fifteen houses within the 40 meter radius of the…
One dies, 3 injured in firecracker explosion in Dagupan
THE region’s Department of Health–Center for Health Development urged parents to keep a close eye on their children, as most of the victims of firecracker-related injuries are minors. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV, said in an interview Wednesday that ‘boga’, or improvised cannons made of PVC pipes or cans…
DOH tells parents: Learn first aid for firecracker injuries

MOA FOR MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL — Mayor Belen Fernandez (right) signs the Memorandum of Agreement for the construction of the P150 million Mother and Child Hospital with DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco at the Dagupan City Hall on December 20 to beat the December 31,2023 deadline. (Punchphoto by…
MOA FOR MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL
PLANS to pursue the establishment of a Tri-City Ferry System (TCFS) that seeks to revive a sea-based transport connecting the cities of Alaminos, Dagupan and San Fernando suffered a snag because the Dagupan City government has not complied with the requirement to adopt and submit a resolution asking the Department…
Majority bloc also blocks Tri-City Ferry System
2024 SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL INVESTMENT, BUDGET THE Local Development Council (LDC) headed by Mayor Belen Fernandez endorsed the Proposed Supplemental Annual Investment Program of P36.096,000, and Proposed Supplemental Budget No. 2 with the same amount for approval by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in its next regular session. The Proposed SAIP was passed on…