MAYOR Belen Fernandez, highlighting her motto “Unliserbisyo, hindi unliperwesyo”, lambasted the seven opposition councilors of Dagupan City in a speech after she, along with Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and their entire team, filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) before the City Elections Office morning of October 4. “We will continue…

REP. ARENAS VS. CARAMAT IN 3RD DISTRICT LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil filed his Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) for congressman of the Second District of Pangasinan, all by himself and without fanfare, at the Provincial Elections Office at the Dagupan City Astrodome at 8:00 a.m. on October 4. He is running…

LASIP CHICO AS “LECHON CAPITAL” THE minority councilors in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod again denounced the majority bloc’s hijacking of ordinances that the former originally crafted. Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez said Draft Ordinance No. 0-896 submitted by the majority bloc for second reading, is similar to Draft…

SP MAJORITY INSISTS ON LTO LAND THE majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod finally gave the green light for the construction of the P150 million Mother and Child Hospital, but on condition that the Department of Health (DOH) makes the project not feasible. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle said…

THE three-decade old political rivalry between the Caramat and Macanlalay families in Calasiao is now a thing of the past after they held a unity meeting at Casa Grande event center last September 18, in preparation for a unified run in next year’s elections. The meeting was held between Liga…

HOTTEST DAY IN SEPTEMBER AFTER a couple of weeks of rains, Pangasinan sizzled anew on September 25 with the heat index recorded at 45°C, considered a dangerous level by the state weather bureau PAGASA. That level was 3.7°C higher than the normal maximum temperature of Pangasinan during the month of September,…

VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS SEP 30 THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Dagupan City is gearing up for the start of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) filing period, scheduled on October 1 to 8, from 8 am to 5 pm. Aspiring candidates for next year’s midterm elections are expected to submit…

THE majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod requested for a special session — but did not specify a date — to take up the resolution relating to the establishment of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) and an ordinance for the approval of Supplemental Budget No. 2-2004. But eventually,  until…