THIRD District Rep. Rachel Arenas assured her constituents that the re-construction of a permanent Carlos P. Romulo Bridge in Bayambang is in the offing. Arenas shared this good news on her official Facebook page, saying that Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan visited them in Congress to discuss projects…
CONSTRUCTION of One Bonuan Pavillon in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, through funds made available by Senator Risa Hontiveros, is stalled by the discovery that illegal settlers, most of them affluent, have mushroomed over large tracts of foreshore lands owned by the state, in the same area pinpointed as location of the…
A PANGASINENSE won the P58,983,172.20 jackpot prize of the Grand Lotto 6/55 of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). In a statement released by the PCSO on Thursday night, July 6, the winner bought the winning ticket in a lotto outlet in Barangay Asinan, Bugallon town. The lotto draw was…
TIME TO FLEE – Barangay Bacayao Sur in Dagupan City will soon become a ghost town again after more residents have decided to move out of the area due to incessant flooding with no hope of seeing the floodwater recede during the rainy season. Funds allotted for the construction of a…
JUST when the Sangguniang Panlungsod finally adopted Supplemental AIP 1, the majority members again tried to play the same card to delay the passage of the resubmitted 2023 in plenary session on first reading. But the effort to refer the resubmitted P1.3 billion budget again to the committee, headed by…
TWO ACTING GUVS, VICE GUVS UNKNOWN to many, the provincial government had two acting governors, two acting vice governors over a week’s period after Governor Ramon Guico III filed a leave of absence starting Monday, June 26. Vice Governor Mark Lambino was acting governor till after the regular weekly session…
AFTER weeks of delay, the committee on dangerous drugs in the Sangguniang Panlungsod finally endorsed the ordinance proposed by the minority bloc establishing and adopting the Balay Silangan Reformation Center (BSRC) in the city of Dagupan in accordance with the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) regulations. The ordinance was proposed by…
A GIANT step towards accessible free college education is expected to be realized in the next school year 2023-2024 following the passage of an ordinance on Monday establishing the Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) in the province. The ordinance cited the PPC’s advocacy to supplement the existing traditional educational institutes of…
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) – Dagupan has started investigation of the discovered more than hundred names of flying voters to purge the list of voters before the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Atty. Michael Franks Sarmiento, City Election Officer, said the Election Registration Board (ERB) has begun canceling…
Out of the Box columnist Gonzalo Duque receives the award for Sunday PUNCH from Mayor Belen Fernandez. With him are Associate Editor Eva Visperas, Chief Photographer Willie Lomibao, Entré’acte columnist Rex Catubig and Chief Correspondent Ahikam Pasion. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) 75th DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION THE Sunday Punch and 90 other outstanding individuals, institutions and…
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