THE committee on appropriations of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan started hearings for the proposed 2024 annual budget of Pangasinan, totaling P5.7 billion. Vice Governor Mark Lambino said since the proposed Appropriation Ordinance No. 4-2023 passed its first reading, it was immediately referred to the committee chaired by Third District Board Member…
TIT-FOR-TAT – -Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and five members of the minority bloc led by Minority Leader Michael Fernandez field questions from the media after filing their consolidated complaint against Councilors Redford Erfe-Mejia, Irene Lim-Acosta and Alipio Serafin Fernandez for illegal detention, oppression and slander at the City Prosecutors’…
RUCKUS MARS DAGUPAN SP SESSION CHAOS erupted during the October 10 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod as the majority caucus attempted to defer the approval of the minutes for the council’s past sessions discussing the 2023 annual budget. Particularly for the minutes of the September 26 and October 3 council…
‘BANGING of the gavel by the presiding officer after a motion to adjourn is duly seconded, is the only way a session can be terminated.’ This is Vice Mayor Bryan Kua’s reaction to the recent ruckus in the October 10 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod that ended in a walkout…
A 30-year-old woman from Barangay Balagan in Binmaley town was one of the two Filipino casualties in the recent attack by the Palestinian terror group Hamas on Israel, on October 9. This information was confirmed by Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo through a post on the social media…
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…
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