MAYOR Belen Fernandez told employees of the city government that the Dagupan City Hall must be and will be a drug-free work place, in a flag-raising ceremony last May 8 at the City Plaza. She said she supports the BIDA program of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos who was in…
HOT-COLD CLIMATE-INDUCED INTENSE heat has caused cases of fish kill or ‘tangok’ among fishponds in the province. Some fishponds in Binmaley, Dagupan City, and in Western Pangasinan have recorded ‘gataw’, a local term denoting a phenomenon where fishes surface gasping for air and eventually die. Mang Jerry, a bangus grower…
LET’S DO THE KALUTAN – Senator Francis Tolentino, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos, DOH Usec. Enrique Tayag, VG Mark Lambino, Archbishop Socrates Villegas and Mayor Belen Fernandez lead the ceremonial lighting of barbecue grills to signal the start “Kalutan ed Dalan” Bangusan Street Party on April 30 of the Bangus Festival 2023. (Punchphoto…
2023 BANGUS FESTIVAL MORE than 600,000 revelers trooped to Dagupan City last Sunday, April 30, to participate in the 2023 Bangus Festival, from the early morning Buhay Ingatan, Droga Ayawan” (BIDA) Fun Run along Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension to the “Kalutan ed Dalan” late afternoon. P/Lt. Colonel Vicente Castor…
AFTER DRUG-FREE TOWNS, CITIES IN addition to the BIDA program, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will push for the program establishing drug-free work places in every locality to finally end the drug problem in the country. BIDA, part of the whole nation approach of the current…
UNIQUE DESIGNS — Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia explains to the foreign dignitaries the designs created by local artists printed on the fans presented to them as gifts. (DFAphoto)
AFTER BANGUS FESTIVAL 2023 AS a result of the just concluded 2023 Bangus Festival, four countries signified interests to make Dagupan a sister city of their respective cities to explore trade and investment possibilities for their mutual interests and benefit. This was expressed by five of 17 diplomats led by…
100 PDLs, 30 PERSONNEL PASS DRUG TESTS SOME 100 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Male Dormitory (BJMP-MD) and its 30 personnel were tested randomly and all yielded negative results. This determined the tests facilitated by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development-1…
MALICO TRAIL IN SAN NICOLAS THE San Nicolas Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) urged motorists to take caution when passing through the Villa Verde trail along Barangay Malico after several landslides were noted on different areas of the trail. Landslides have become frequent despite the warm dry…
WIDENING OF DAWEL BRIDGE – The widening of the Dawel Parallel Bridge along the Dagupan-Bonuan -San Fabian Road finally started and expected to be completed in October 6, 2023 by BMK Construction Corporation. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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