DAGUPAN BANGUS INDUSTRY THE vitality of Dagupan’s bangus industry was proven once more with the holding of the Bangus Rodeo on April 19 that again brought out the best made possible by the best unrelenting workers in the industry. With the heat index in Dagupan reaching 46 Celsius, the highest in…
NO SHOW FOR 7 COUNCILORS – The desks of the seven SP majority members (Councilors Redford Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Alfie Fernandez, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez) are unoccupied when they opted to join the April 4 regular session only via zoom, a practice adopted during the Covid pandemic for protection, after they approved a mangled…
SP MAJORITY PREEMEPTED TO CORRECT MISTAKE TOO late for planned heroics of the majority members in the Sanggunian Panlungsod (SP) who obviously realized it committed a faux pas when it attempted to amend the Annual Investment Plan (AIP), its accompanying Integral Plans, and the P864-M Annual Budget for 2023 and…
LAST TWO MINUTES TO ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY STILL believing that as majority they can still make and unmake rules, the seven councilors, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Irene Lim-Acosta, Alvin Coquia, Alfie Fernandez and Marilou Fernandez, forced the holding of a special session to pass an “amended” Annual Investment Plan…
EIGHTY-two axed traffic enforcers, once belonging to the Dagupan City Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) continue their jobs, albeit as a volunteer. The volunteers are prepared to continue to assist in managing the daily traffic situation in the city’s main roads until this year’s Bangus Festival. Arvin Decano, Dagupan…
40% DROP IN CRIMES THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported 11 drowning cases in the province during the observance of the Holy Week and long vacation. P/ Colonel Jeff Fanged, provincial director, said five of the drowned victims happened on the public beaches, four in rivers, while two in…
ALL TERMINATED BY 7 CITY COUNCILORS –The Monday flag ceremony is besieged by more than 700 city hall employees not terminated with cause but by the annual budget approved by the 7 councilors in the majority that deleted their salaries and allowances effective April 1. (CIO photo by Dave Paragas)
“IPAGLALABAN natin ang ating budget, ipaglalaban natin ang budget ng bawat departamento, ipaglalaban natin na maibalik kayo sa serbisyo.” This was the assurance of the defiant Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez when she spoke before the lightning indignation rally led by the more than 700 laid off workers and personnel…
FOR rejecting the Annual Investment Program (AIP) submitted by the city executive, the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City committed a serious violation of the law and for ignorance of the law. This was underscored by City Legal Officer Aurora Valle who said the AIP is a plan of the city executive or…
THE seven councilors that comprise the majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod and voted to pass the P864.91 million as annual budget for the city government committed flagrant violation of the Constitution when it withdrew P660,000 fund earmarked for the Commission on Audit (COA) office stationed in the city. Luz de Guzman,…
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