THE Dagupan City government is reactivating its past Privately Hosted Evacuation Center (PHEC) program as one of its preparations and responses to a possible 7.8 magnitude earthquake that may hit the country and could result in a tsunami that might affect Dagupan City. This was decided during Mayor Belen Fernandez’s…
THE city of Dagupan, along the coast of the Lingayen Gulf, is increasingly vulnerable to perennial flooding, water security issues and extreme weather events which negatively impact on its coastal and marine ecosystem and the health of its over 171,000 population. This was bared in the Climate and Ocean Risk…
THE minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) agreed with the manifestation of the majority to end its committee hearings on the 2023 proposed annual budget on March 14 even with no certainty that the annual budget will be approved. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, chairman of the committee on finance budget and…
FROM DELETING FEB 7 MINUTES AFTER deleting the entire minutes of the February 7 regular session, the majority in the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod again used its number to defer the approval of the minutes of its February 14 regular session in a predictable 7-5 voting. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, who…
BINMALEY BLOOM – Two rookie police women walk past a blooming Palawan cherry blossom tree at a park near the Our Lady of Purification Church in Binmaley . (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez) WATCH Binmaley bloom every love month of February, thanks to the Palawan cherry blossoms planted in the heart of…
DUE TO HIGH SUICIDE CASES NOTED MENTAL Health, albeit overlooked and stigmatized, will now be prioritized in Mangaldan town after its Sangguniang Bayan passed “‘An Ordinance establishing the mental health care suicide in the Municipality of Mangaldan establishing mechanism and guidelines for its implementation, adopting certain provision of RA11036 appropriating…
YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE — Mayor Belen Fernandez happily watches the 14 couples seal their marriage with a kiss after officiating the ceremony of her ‘Libreng Kasalan’ program, a part of her ‘Unliserbisyo sa Pamilyang Dagupeño’ program organized by the City Population Office. (Dagupan CIO Photo)
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Pangasinan registered 79,432 new voters in the province, higher than its 70,000 target. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said the high registration was a result of the intensive voter registration campaign his office launched despite the postponement of the December 2022 Barangay and…
VALENTINE’S DAY COLOR-CODING IN last week’s Valentine’s Day, the Supreme Student Council of the Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Bayambang Campus suggested to fellow students, faculty members and staff to wear color-coded clothes depending on their relationship status. “Let us have fun expressing our love status in life by wearing the designated…
FASCINATING SIGHT — A farmer in Urdaneta City takes a break from preparing the farmland for planting rice and watches the egret birds fly around his area confident that he can finish the job with the four-wheel tractor provided by national government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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