ONE person died and three others injured when a stack of firecrackers exploded inside a house under construction at past 11:35 p.m. on Christmas Day in Sitio Claveria, Barangay Malued in Dagupan City. Also damaged were 21 houses, seven were totally destroyed. Fifteen houses within the 40 meter radius of the…
THE region’s Department of Health–Center for Health Development urged parents to keep a close eye on their children, as most of the victims of firecracker-related injuries are minors. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, Medical Officer IV, said in an interview Wednesday that ‘boga’, or improvised cannons made of PVC pipes or cans…
MOA FOR MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL — Mayor Belen Fernandez (right) signs the Memorandum of Agreement for the construction of the P150 million Mother and Child Hospital with DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco at the Dagupan City Hall on December 20 to beat the December 31,2023 deadline. (Punchphoto by…
PLANS to pursue the establishment of a Tri-City Ferry System (TCFS) that seeks to revive a sea-based transport connecting the cities of Alaminos, Dagupan and San Fernando suffered a snag because the Dagupan City government has not complied with the requirement to adopt and submit a resolution asking the Department…
2024 SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL INVESTMENT, BUDGET THE Local Development Council (LDC) headed by Mayor Belen Fernandez endorsed the Proposed Supplemental Annual Investment Program of P36.096,000, and Proposed Supplemental Budget No. 2 with the same amount for approval by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in its next regular session. The Proposed SAIP was passed on…
“LET us end our 2023 feeling grateful and thankful,” Governor Ramon Guico III told provincial department heads and employees last December 18 when he led the last flag-raising ceremony for the year at the Capitol grounds. In his message, he expressed his gratitude to all department heads and the thousands…
BLESSING SAME-SEX COUPLES LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the Fiducia Supplicans approved by Pope Francis on Dec. 18 is clearly an indication that the Catholic Church is open to “blessing couples in irregular situations and same sex couples without officially validating their status or changing in any way the Church’s perennial…
IN compliance with the directive of Mayor Belen Fernandez, Arellano Street was temporarily reopened by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for two-way traffic since 6:00 a.m. on December 15 and will remain as such until January 6 next year. This was a day ahead of the December 16 temporarily…
KAP MORILLO SLAY INTERIOR Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. pledged P500,000 as reward money to any person who can provide valuable information that could lead to the identification and arrest of the perpetrators, including the mastermind, in the ambush-slaying of Poblacion Barangay Chairperson Melinda “Tonet” Morillo of Mangaldan on…
THE Privately-Hosted Evacuation Center (PHEC), one of the best practices of the Dagupan City government in recent years, has been benchmarked by other cities in the Philippines. Speaking to newsmen last week, Mayor Belen Fernandez revealed the PHEC was adopted as model by members of the League of Cities of…
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