INDEPENDENCE DAY 2024—Philippine flags adorn the Lingayen town plaza in front of the monument of Dr. Jose Rizal in observance of the National Flag Day ahead of the 126th Independence Day celebration. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
SEVERAL employees of the Mangaldan local government unit (LGU) have tested positive for illegal drug use following a surprise drug test conducted last week. The exact number and names of those who tested positive have not been disclosed, but they are currently under the monitoring of the Philippine National Police…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez called for solidarity among the consignacion at the Magsaysay fish market to safeguard the city’s bangus (milkfish) industry. In an interview over Aksyon Radyo on June 6, Mayor Fernandez cited the current oversupply of bangus in Dagupan, attributing it to the influx of ‘alien bangus’p…
THIRD REJECTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REACTING to another rejections, the appeal to expedite the passage of the new supplemental budget of Dagupan by the seven councilors comprising the majority despite a certificate of urgency from Mayor Belen Fernandez, City Legal Officer Aurora Valle said the seven committed capricious and whimsical…
PREMATURE harvesting of milkfish by fish farmers in Bolinao and Anda, who feared the effect of neap tide called “gataw” led to the drastic drop in the price of their product from P20 to 30 per kilogram last June 5. A report stated that traders and buyers trooped to Western…
BINMALEY’S POLITICAL HOTSPOT TOWN residents of Binmaley started to feel political tension heating up when Vice Mayor Simplicio Rosario challenged Mayor Pedro Merrera III to a public debate to discuss pressing issues facing the residents, this after calling out the mayor alleged failure of the administration to manage the disposal…
GARBAGE DUMPING AT BRGY PANTAL – Unless and until the barangay officials of Pantal act to stop the daily dumping of wastes by commercial establishments and irresponsible homeowners for collection, the dumped uncollected garbage by the roadside of the De Venecia Highway will become a daily eyesore in the city to the embarrassment…
THE legal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government is being sought by the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod on three issues that continue to be a source of conflict. SP will ask 1) Whether or not a member of the body, who is on leave and overseas, can participate…
DAGUPAN CITY was recently adjudged 604th among the 1,000 best cities in the world and 30th among the 55 Southeast Asian cities after Mayor Belen Fernandez did the livestream interview from London by representatives of the United Kingdom-based Oxford think tank group for the Oxford Economies’ Global Cities Index. Fernandez was interviewed over a…
IN reaction to the approval of the divorce bill (H.B. 9349) at the House of Representatives, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas stressed that Catholic Church “cannot support a bill that makes legal what to us is a transgression of Christ’s sovereign will.” In a pastoral exhortation on the divorce bill issued…
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