THE Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Region 1 said there is yet no cause for alarm over the new COVID-19 variant ‘Flirt’ that was detected in other countries since this strain of the disease has not yet reached the region nor any part in the country. This was…
DAGUPAN’S WHITE ELEPHANT — Dagupeños are beginning to believe that the unfinished “new” city hall will remain an eyesore for a long time since work on the building has been suspended by the contractor R.A. Matias Construction, appointed by the previous Lim administration, and was reportedly paid P42-M. The current Fernandez administration said it…
DAGUPAN City has been identified as one of nine cities in the Philippines included among the largest urban economies in the world. Oxford Economics, a UK-based think tank, recently unveiled its 2024 Global Cities Index, shedding light on urban environments worldwide. While global giants like New York, London, San Jose,…
A SUCCESSFUL buy-bust operation in Alaminos City resulted in the confiscation of 70 grams of shabu worth P476,000 and the arrest of four s high-value targets operation at around 10:45 p.m. on May 23 in Barangay Pogo, Alaminos City. In a joint operation of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Pangasinan and local…
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…
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