THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced the completion of the proclamation of all winners in the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Pangasinan. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said all winners in the 1,364 barangays in Pangasinan have been proclaimed, including a winner in Barangay Lobong in…
BSKE WINNERS IN DAGUPAN THERE are more new barangay captains elected than the number of reelected incumbents during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in Dagupan City on October 30, according to the yet unofficial list of winners released to The PUNCH on November 2 by the Dagupan City Information Office. Of…
A Coca-Cola Bottling Company plant supervisor in Calasiao was elected as the new barangay chairperson during the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) finally putting an end to the 26-year-long dynastic reign of the Gonzales family in Barangay Bonuan Binloc. Wilmer Castañares, 51, a former two-time kagawad and past…
THE councilors in the majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod boycotted the October 31 regular session anew. In fact, it’s the fourth time they did it. Their absence this time prevented the SP from acting on problems related to distribution of water supply in the city and the establishment…
FIRST LADY’S LAB FOR ALL — First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is accompanied by Gov. Ramon Guico III as she made the rounds during her visit in Binalonan town on Tuesday, October 24, upon arrival of her pet project “Lab for All” caravan in the town that provided free health and medical services…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Pangasinan unanimously approved the province’s P5.729 billion annual budget for 2024. This budget represents an increase of P400 million to the 2023 budget’s P5.3 billion. Vice Governor Mark Lambino, said the increased budget is attributed to a six percent rise in the contribution from the…
IN an ongoing battle within the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan, the minority bloc thwarted another attempt to invalidate the 2023 annual budget ordinance. Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta of the majority bloc, resumed efforts to nullify the budget’s approval on September 26, citing a Supreme Court decision to support her claim that…
LEGAL INFIRMITIES, VIOLATIONS OF LAW CITED THE minority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan deplored and objected to a manifestation by the majority bloc for substantial amendments to their House Rules dated October 17, 2023. The minority councilors responded with a manifestation of their own to the house rules…
QUIET AT LAST — Finally, members of the majority and minority blocs huddle without expletives, profanities and insults during the October 17 session unlike the October 5 session when all hell broke loose and the majority members pilloried the person and position of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ABSENTEE COUNCILORS STILL NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE DURING the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s October 17 session, the majority bloc councilors attempted, but failed anew, to nullify Dagupan’s P1.3 billion budget through technical maneuvers. The seven-man majority bloc aimed to render the P1.3 billion annual budget of Dagupan nullified by disapproving the minutes…
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