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…
DAGUPAN City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua assured the public that he will seek a court injunction on the amended Internal Rules of Procedures (IRP) of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) that significantly diminishes his office’s powers within the city council. Voting along party lines, the said amendment was passed with seven…
PANGASINAN’S provincial government and San Miguel Holdings Corporation (SMHC) have formally joined forces for the implementation of the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) project. This partnership was solidified through the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement and Tollway Concession Agreements on October 19 at the Sison Auditorium. The signing ceremony, led…
OVERWHELMING CAMPAIGN — A mother carrying her baby and a companion try to make a sense of the campaign posters for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections that practically covered an abandoned house in Poblacion Oeste in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 1 issued a reminder to candidates participating in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on the prohibition of nailing or tacking campaign posters and materials on trees. This reminder is based on Presidential Decree No. 953, which penalizes the…
FOR ALLEGED PREMATURE CAMPAIGNING DESPITE the official start of the campaign period on Thursday, October 19, over a hundred candidates in Pangasinan were alleged to have conducted premature campaigning. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has issued show cause orders to over 150 candidates in the province for their alleged involvement…
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