DAILY GRIDLOCK IN DAGUPAN CITY THE worsening gridlock in Dagupan City’s main thoroughfares have already resulted in many commuters complaining and choosing to walk to their respective destinations than ride jeepneys during rush hours while motorists lament an almost 30-minute delay in their trips around the city. The difficult situation…
TRANSPORT groups in Pangasinan rejoice over the extension of the deadline for consolidation of Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) operators. This, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the deadline be reset to April 30 this year. Bernard Tuliao, president of the AutoPRO-Pangasinan, the largest transport group in the province, said they…
THE towns of Agno and Bautista have been added to the list of drug-cleared municipalities in Pangasinan by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). PDEA Pangasinan provincial director Rechie Camacho said with the addition of said towns, there are already 32 municipalities in the province declared clear of illegal drugs….
WHAT TSUNAMI? — The men, unmindful of warnings from Phivolcs about tsunami originating from the Lingayen Gulf, enjoy fishing with their rods regularly to catch fish for recreation and relaxation at the mouth of the Limahong Channel in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
FOR EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI EACH of the Dagupan City’s 31 barangays will craft their own earthquake and tsunami evacuation plans depending on their respective contingencies and given the guidelines issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) through its Education Information and Communications. Mayor Belen Fernandez said the strategy…
THE prayer of four members of the majority bloc of the Sangguniang Panlungsod for the issuance of Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) seeking to stop the implementation of the 2023 Annual City Budget amounting to P1.3 billion was denied by the Court last January 12. Regional Trial Court Judge Michael Paul…
PENDING 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET INVOKING Section 52, paragraph b of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code, Mayor Belen Fernandez wrote the Sangguniang Panlungsod on January 5, requesting the august body to hold daily special sessions to discuss and approve the Annual Investment Program and Annual Budget for…
US ARMY LANDING IN ‘BLUE BEACH’ AFTER the webinar conducted by the provincial government with an official of the Philippine Veterans Bank and an American archivist of the MacArthur Memorial, Mayor Belen Fernandez is set to issue an executive order that will form a commission to prepare a bigger activity…
Gov. Guico is assisted by Vice Gov. Lambino and Provincial Legal Officer Baby Ruth Torre during the press conference. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) GOV. Ramon Guico III clarified news reports in national dailies last week that Manila Water Company, Inc. and its subsidiary terminated their 25-year concession agreement with the provincial…
PROPOSED 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET THE committee on finance, budget and appropriations, composed of members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod released its weekly schedule of committee hearings on the proposed P1.33 annual city budget of Dagupan for 2024 until the end of January this year. Based on list submitted…
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