NO PAIN, NO GAIN! — Not a few motorists are heard complaining about the seemingly worsening traffic situation in Dagupan City because of the simultaneous construction projects in the city’s main streets. But motorists who complained about the same situation in Metro Manila when overpasses were being constructed at the same…
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BEING RUSHED MAYOR Belen Fernandez called on the residents and the business community to remain patient while several construction projects in Dagupan to address the frequent flooding in the city are being rushed. One of the measures taken to further speed up the completion of the elevation of…
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP) is taking advantage of the road closure along Arellano Street and other Dagupan City streets to facilitate the relocation of their utility poles. Atty. Randy Castilan, DECORP’s legal counsel, said they have timed the pole relocation and replacement to coincide with the ongoing road construction…
CELEBRATION IN THE CITY— Dagupan residents are elated on seeing the streamer strung on the footbridge with the message “Maliket su Baley” (The city is happy) fronting the NepoMall by the Dagupan City hall, showing a photo of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and members of the minority bloc led by Councilor Michael…
CITY officials are exploring options to maximize utilization of the newly approved 2023 budget with only less than three months before the end of the fiscal year. Mayor Belen Fernandez said the city administration had long prepared for the implementation of plans and programs in anticipation of the budget’s passage…
‘NOT SUSTAINABLE TODAY’ MAYOR Belen Fernandez vetoed the ordinance passed by the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod seeking to increase the allowances of key court officials in Dagupan City. Ordinance No. 2273-2023, intended to raise the monthly allowances provided by the city government to judges, prosecutors, and public attorneys…
UNSINKABLE PORTA BOAT FOR DAGUPAN RESCUE OPS – A personnel of the Department Of Science and Technology demonstrates to CDRRMO personnel how DOST’s invented unsinkable Rescue Porta Boat is operated. The city is the first recipient of the boat in Region 1 in view of the city’s severe flooding occasionally. (Punchphoto by…
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 1 advised the Dagupan City government to ‘do everything it can’ in order to accomplish up its programs and projects’ per approved budget The advisory came after the Sangguniang Panlungsod, on September 26, approved the city’s P1.3 billion annual budget…
“THERE is no breakup within AGuiLa,” (Alyansang Guico Lambino)” This was stressed by Vice Governor Mark Lambino in an interview with The PUNCH, as he brushed off rumors that the political alliance may be in shambles. “AGuila is AGuila. It is bigger than one. It is bigger than two. AGuila…
2023 ANNUAL BUDGET FINALLY PASSED – Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez signs the approved P1.3 billion 2023 ordinance, three months before December 31, 2023, that was made possible by the minority bloc after almost a year of rejection by the majority bloc. Standing behind her witnessing the historical signing are: (from left) Councilors Joshua Bugayong, Dennis…
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