IS the Urduja House, the official residence of the provincial governor, under security threat? This question cropped up after The PUNCH got a copy of a memorandum (No. 004, Series of 2024) dated January 4, 2024 signed by Provincial Administrator Melicio Patague II. Subject of the memorandum is the implementation…
IMPLEMENTATION of 20 of 23 projects funded by the 20 percent development fund in the 2023 annual budget are ongoing but the majority members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod appear bent on stopping these by questioning the passage of the supplementary budget in court. The situation was cited by Mayor Belen…
DEFYING OPLAN IWAS PAPUTOK — A neighborhood in Dagupan City not only ignores the government’s campaign but chooses to explode expensive firecrackers with the loudest bang. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGETS THE first session of the Sanggunian Panglunsod in 2024, January 2, was immediately adjourned because there was no submitted agenda for the 2024 annual budget. And, as of January 5, the SP committee on finance, budget and appropriations has no schedule of committee hearings on the 2024…
FROM FIRECRACKERS, STRAY BULLETS THIRTY-THREE persons in Dagupan and in adjacent areas were rushed to the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) from December 24, 2023 to January 2, 2024 for treatment for injuries suffered during New Year’s revelry. Of the 33, one lost his fingers and three suffered injuries in…
TWO siblings were wounded with stray bullets allegedly fired from a gun by their neighbor during the New Year revelry in Barangay Longos Central in San Fabian town. The victims, identified as Diana Montes, 21, student, and Danilo Montes Jr, 26, technician, were rushed to Region 1 Medical Center Annex…
THE 2024 New Year Eve revelry resulted in the a razing of a house and a junkshop situated in one compound in Dagupan City. The Bureau of Fire Protection received distress calls 12:27 .am. and rushed towards the PNR Site in Barangay Mayombo, Dagupan City where the fire was reported….
Gov. Ramon Guico III along with other government officials and salt farm workers, leads the ceremonial harvesting of salt at the Pangasinan Salt Center in Barangay Zaragoza in Bolinao. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) THE Pangasinan Provincial Government made major strides in 2023 by implementing massive projects in development-related areas. Early on, Gov. Ramon Guico III and…
2023 BANNER PROGRAMS MAYOR Belen Fernandez considers home visits to sick residents by health professionals like doctors, nurses and midwives as a banner program of the Dagupan City government for year 2023. Speaking to newsmen before the year-end, Fernandez said it was her presentation of the city government’s home visit…
SOME 230 traditional jeepneys in Pangasinan are still not consolidated and, therefore, cannot be expected to ply their usual routes consistent with the terms of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) of the Department of Transportation after the December 31, 2023 deadline. Bernard Tuliao, president of the Alliance of…
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