FOUR candidates in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) are in danger of being disqualified after they were each issued show cause orders by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Provincial Office for premature campaigning. City Elections Supervisor Marino Salas did not disclose the names of the candidates to the…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) formed the ‘Task Force Kontra Bigay’ in the province to counter vote-buying and vote-selling in the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. initiated the formation of the task force in collaboration…
DAGUPAN City’s Mayor Belen Fernandez, as one of the representatives of the Philippines, participated in the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) World Summit, held from September 16 to 22 at the United Nations General Headquarters in New York, USA. The summit, organized as a precursor to the UN General Assembly,…
MANGATAREM-born Enoch Valdez, a collegiate basketball standout, was selected by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) pro team NLEX Road Warriors during the PBA Season 48 Rookie Draft Pick on Sunday, September 17. Valdez, who hails from Mangatarem town, was one of 79 names called during the draft pick out of…
QUESTION HOUR ON SEAWALL PROJECT — Gov. Ramon Guico III gestures as he asks representatives of the DPWH to explain how the ongoing seawall construction project was started without the required Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). Beside him is Vice Governor Mark Lambino, presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
STILL NO 2023 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR DAGUPAN THE League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) joined the Dagupan City government in seeking a solution to the impasse over the passage of the latter’s 2023 annual budget, making it the only LGU in the country today still without an approved 2023…
ELEVATION of A.B. Fernandez East leading to Barangay Tambac is almost complete while works on two of four projects on Arellano Street are now going on. This was the update given by Engr. Rapunzel Claveria of the second Pangasinan Engineering District, on the ongoing projects of the Department of Public…
OCT 30 BSKE ELECTIONS THE Pangasinan police is on alert in three barangays in three towns as the campaign for the Barangay-Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on October 30 is heats up. P/Col. Jeff Fanged, police provincial director, said in an interview, that the three barangays had previous incidence of political violence…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Pangasinan confirmed that only 23 rice dealers, in Pangasinan have received their promised P15,000 subsidy from the national government as of last Wednesday, September 14. Guillermo Avelino Jr., chief of the Consumer Protection Division, said 23 qualified beneficiaries in Pangasinan – seven…
SMOOTH ELEVATED STREET – The smooth newly constructed two-lane street on A.B. Fernandez East is finally open to motorists albeit one-way until the construction of the road’s shoulder is completed to enable pedestrians to access the row of stores. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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