VICE GOV. Mark Ronald Lambino described the year 2023 as a “jam-packed period” filled with extensive work, actions, results, and outputs for Pangasinan. Lambino, the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), gave this assessment after the provincial board’s final in-person session for the current year on December 11. He…
‘IWAS PUTOK’ PLEASE! – Personnel of the Department of Health led by Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco is joined by Mayor Belen Fernandez during the launching of the regionwide campaign of Oplan ‘Iwas Paputok’. (Punchphto by Butch Uka)
OPLAN ‘Iwas Paputok’ was launched in Dagupan City jointly by regional offices of the Department of Health, the Dagupan City government, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection and other government agencies. DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco and Mayor Belen Fernandez led…
NOVEL COLORFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BY THE BRIDGE — Mayor Belen Fernandez and Councilor Michael Fernandez are delighted to see the residents’ reactions to the lighted Quintos Bridge for the holiday season, an attraction that draws thousands of visitors to Dagupan City, while Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Councilor Lino Fernandez…
THE last stumbling block raised by the majority bloc over the use of the P1.3 billion annual budget of Dagupan for 2023 was finally cleared after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) declared the Appropriations Ordinance (AO) No. 2274-202 as “operative in its entirety effective” upon approval. Declared operative in its…
MAYOR Belen Fernandez is not taking the rejection of the proposed Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) being offered to Dagupan by the Department of Health sitting down after the majority bloc thumbed down a draft resolution for its establishment by the health committee chaired by Councilor Marilou Fernandez after just…
IN a heartwarming display of unity, Governor Ramon Guico III delivered a Christmas message that resonated during the enchanting 2023 Capitol Christmas Lighting on December 1st at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen. The event, attended by a multitude of on-site spectators and an even larger online audience, including board members…
RAINBOW AFTER THE RAIN – Punch photojournalist Butch Uka captures the quiet surrounding in Dagupan with a rainbow overhead shortly after the brief rainfall brought about by shearline on November 28, 2023, 4 p.m.
NO REGISTRATION, NO TRAVEL POLICY THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) Dagupan City District Office warned motorcycle riders and vehicle owners that if their units are caught on the road without registration papers, stiff penalty will be imposed. LTO-Dagupan Chief Bong Dawaton made the warning after the Senate hearing on Wednesday,…
THE celebration of the Dagupan City Fiesta with the theme “Leket Tan Liwawa ed Pasko” officially starts on December 7 with the simultaneous lighting of all Christmas lights in the city in a ceremony at the Quintos Bridge to be led by Senator Imee Marcos, along with Mayor Belen Fernandez,…
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