AFTER INVOKING AUTHORITY FROM GUV THE authority and designation of former Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza was questioned during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) last week when the former sought action on a proposed ordinance invoking “for and by the authority of the Governor.” Mendoza’s…

MAJORITY COUNCILORS STILL MUM ON COVER-UP THE irregularities earlier discovered by Mayor Belen Fernandez’s administration and reported to the local media were formally presented during the committee hearing on proposed Supplemental Budget No. 1 and Proposed Supplemental Annual Investment Plan last Tuesday, November 29. Randolph Ubando, OIC City Treasurer, and…

By April Montes-Bravo DREAMING of traveling to Dubai’s Miracle Garden to witness endless blooms in record-breaking arrangements that create a sense of wonder, magic, and delight, whilst heart-shaped floral arches birth a beautifully romantic atmosphere of serenity? This dream comes to life as the local government unit of Calasiao makes…

‘WAR ON DRUGS’ CAMPAIGN SIX towns and one city in Pangasinan were cited as 2021 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Audit National Awardees program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Awardees are Alaminos City and towns of Anda, Balungao, Basista, Natividad, Santa Barbara, and Urbiztondo. The…

THE campaign of the Dagupan City LGU to rid its rivers of illegal structures continues with 18 illegal fish pens already demolished to further clear the way and enable flood waters to easily exit to the sea. This was reported by Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez during her program Tatak…

TF BANTAY ILOG REPORT ON 1,206 ILLEGAL PENS IN her “Kapehan, Talakayan at Balitaan” program last Wednesday, Nov. 23, Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez reported that while only 15 of the 1,206 illegal fish pens in Dagupan City have so far been demolished by the Task Force Bantay Ilog, eight…

PAST DAR’S DEADLINE THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed the resolution requested by the executive department authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to apply for retention and select the five- hectare retention area of the 29-hectare land bought by the Dagupan City government in March 2002 in Barangay Awai in San Jacinto…

ANOTHER SHOWDOWN AT DAGUPAN SP ANOTHER showdown between the majority and minority members in the Sangguniang Panlungsod when majority passed resolution urging Mayor Belen Fernandez to use the P55 million remaining balance of the 2022 budget to fund the scholarship of all scholars approved by the previous administration. The resolution…

PASEO DE BELEN, BATTLE OF BANDS BACK MAYOR Belen Fernandez named Councilor  Michael Fernandez as chair of Dagupan City Fiesta 2022 and the “Pasco de Dagupan”, which actually already started with the ceremonial lighting of Christmas decors at the Quintos Bridge, lighting of the Giant Christmas Tree in front of the…