DUE to prevailing high heat index, the Bayambang local government will start a four-day compressed work week arrangement from May 6 to June 30, 2024. Mayor Mary Clare Jose-Quiambao issued Executive Order (EO) No. 36 series of 2024 on April 29, citing Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular No. 6 series…
DROPPING WATER LEVEL — Personnel of the San Roque Power Corporation closely monitoring water level at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town reported that as of April 25, the water level was 230.14 meters above sea level (masl), or 50 masl below the normal 280 masl. The current level can still…
THE SUNDAY PUNCH was adjudged the ‘Best Edited Weekly Community Newspaper 2023’ in the country by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) during the latter’s celebration of its 60th year on April 25, 2024. The PUNCH was also named as finalist for the ‘Best in Business and Economic Reporting’ and ‘Best…
PHILIPPINE COUNCILORS’ LEAGUE -PANGASINAN BOARD Member Arthur Celeste Jr. resigned from his post as president of the Philippine Councilors’ League (Pangasinan chapter) April 18, 2024, and as ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). His successor, Carol Dizon Sison, the league’s vice president and a councilor of Alaminos City, assumed…
THE offices of Senators Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano provided livelihood aid to 4,800 farmers, vendors, sari-sari store owners, solo parents, and women during their four-day visit to Pangasinan on April 15 to 18, 2024 to help them cope with impact of El Niño. Various sectors in Dagupan, Alaminos, San…
THE Binmaley local government, under Mayor Pedro Merrera III, has begun implemented a four-day working schedule in its offices on Monday, April 22, due to intense hot temperatures, as heat index in the province continues to sizzled to dangerous levels. The revised working schedule will continue until June 30 this…
THRIVING ILLEGAL FISH PENS IN DAGUPAN – A motorized boat fully loaded with sacks of fish feeds cruises along the Pantal River in Dagupan City on its way to deliver the feeds to contracted illegal fish pen operators whose operations have long been tolerated by the previous and today’s administration. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF P150-M THE continued refusal of the opposition in the Dagupan Sanggunian Panlungsod prompted the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 to appeal anew for approval of the resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the agency for the construction of…
CAN the approval of the minutes of a precious session be deferred indefinitely? This issue became the subject of another redundant debate between the majority and the minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod when the majority bloc moved to defer approval of the minutes of the March 12, 2024 regular…
THE Local Development Council (LDC) approved the P600 million supplemental budget (No.1-2024) and its accompanying Comprehensive Development Plan and Local Development and Investment Program No. 1-2024 last April 15 for submission to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan. The amount is earmarked for various important programs and projects of Dagupan, especially for…
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