SIXTEEN cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) have been recorded in Dagupan City while 70 cases were reported by other towns and cities in Pangasinan. Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City health officer, said the patients are aged four to nine some of whom reportedly acquired the disease in…
‘COUNT ME IN’ MOVEMENT A NATIONAL digital petition was launched on Friday, November 4, in Laoac town to convince both Houses of Congress to implement the Hybrid Election System (HES) n 2025. The ‘Count Me In’ campaign for the HES is led by Laoac Vice Mayor Atty. Nelson V. Gayo….
GROUNDBREAKING FOR REHAB OF 60-YEAR-OLD DUMPSITE –Dagupan City officials led by Mayor Belen Fernandez, DENR officials, and representatives from the partner proponents lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tondaligan Ferdinand Rehabilitation and Re-engineering Project at the city’s 60-year-old dumpsite facility on Friday, November 4. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
NO NEW EEC, SP RESOLUTION NEEDED THE implementation of the suspended Waste to Worth (W2W) project in Dagupan City can proceed without a new Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) nor a a new resolution from the Sangguniang Panlungsod. This was clarified by Mayor…
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF W2WI THE Sure Global Waste to Worth Innovations (W2WI) Facility touted to serve as a long-term solution to the 60-year problem of garbage dumpsite in Dagupan City is finally given the green light. To lay the groundwork for the US$ 11-Million W2WI facility, at no cost to…
THE efforts of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod to force the hand of the Scholarship Committee created by Mayor Belen Fernandez to continue to implement the scholarships granted by the Lim administration came to a head again when the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) set by the past…
PROPOSED 2023 PROVINCIAL BUDGET THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is expected to pass the ordinance adopting the proposed annual budget, the proposed AIP and their integral plans during its regular session on November 7 after a budget hearing conducted on November 3, attended by department heads led by Provincial Administrator Melecio…
THE provincial government restored the temporary total ban on the entry of pork and poultry from all provinces to Pangasinan. Governor Ramon Guico III issued two executive orders implementing Executive Order Nos. 0195-2022 and 0196-2022 on Wednesday October 26, but was only made public by the Pangasinan Provincial Veterinary Office…
DAILY AVERAGE: FROM 19 CASES TO 16 THERE was one fatality recorded for the period October 27 to November 2 as the average number of COVID cases in Pangasinan continued its decline. Data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) show that from a previous average of 193 cases, the number…
HER FIRST 100 DAYS REPORT — Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez gestures to stress her exasperations before the audience that listened to her over discovered missing funds and deleted files turned over to her administration by her predecessor, ex-Mayor Brian Lim, as she underscored the need for transparency and accountability…
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