Last Week's News
(Filed by 104.7 iFM News Dagupan) Parents told: Never let children touch firecrackers The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Dagupan City called on parents not to let their children touch any firecracker during the holiday season for their own safety, noting that firecrackers can cause accidents and even fires…
KADIWA ED KAPITOLYO—Fruits are among the products on display at the Kadiwa ed Kapitolyo held on the morning of December 25 at the Capitol Complex in Lingayen, offering affordable goods to capitol employees and other consumers. Along with the Kadiwa On Wheels na Kapitolyo, held at least twice a month,…
TO meet the surge in meat demand during the holiday season, the Mangaldan local slaughterhouse has extended its operating hours to ensure a stable supply in the market. Aji Cabrera, head of the General Services Office, said slaughtering of large livestock such as cows and carabaos now starts at 7:30…
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is reviewing its goat breeding program at the Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center following the death of more than half of its herd, reportedly due to poor care and maintenance. A 2024 Commission on Audit report showed that 52 of the 101 Anglo Nubian and…
DAGUPAN FIRECRACKER BLAST — A makeshift firecracker factory exploded in Sitio Boquig, Barangay Bacayao Sur, Dagupan City on December 25, 2025, damaging a two-storey house where a large volume of firecrackers was being stockpiled. Responding to the incident were personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection–Dagupan City, Panda Volunteer Fire…
DAGUPAN City has launched its “Oplan Iwas Paputok 2025” campaign with the distribution of 4,000 plastic trumpets or torotots to barangays as a safer alternative to firecrackers in welcoming the New Year. The initiative, themed “Buhay ay Ingatan, Paputok ay Iwasan,” was formally launched at the Dagupan Plaza, where Mayor…
A high-value drug suspect was arrested during a joint anti-illegal drug buy-bust operation conducted on December 20, 2025, at around 8:36 p.m. in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City. The operation was led by the City Police Drug Enforcement Unit with support from the City Intelligence Unit and Station 6 of…
THE San Carlos City Philippine National Police (PNP) actively supervised the sale of fireworks in a designated firecracker zone located in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City, starting on December 22, to ensure public safety as the holiday season approaches. P/Capt. Aldrin Tamayo, Operations Officer of the San Carlos City PNP,…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Man shot dead in Sual A 63-year-old gasoline vendor was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in the early hours of Monday, December 22, 2025, in Teachers Village, Barangay Paitan West, Sual. Police said the victim was heading home aboard his tricycle around 4:45 a.m. when…
PSU’S INDIGENOUS GAMES — Teaching and non-teaching personnel of Pangasinan State University (PSU) from its nine campuses across the province take part in a tug-of-war, while a staff member (inset) competes in the kadang-kadang race during the university’s Laro Laro 2025 held on December 19 at the PSU main campus…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod has passed a resolution commending the City Government of Dagupan, led by Mayor Belen Fernandez, for being named a national finalist in the 2025 Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Cities and Municipalities. During the SP session on December 23, Councilor and Majority Leader Michael Fernandez introduced Resolution…
THE local government unit of Manaoag held a Unity Walk on Monday, December 22, in observance of World AIDS Celebration 2025, underscoring its call to end stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS. The activity, which started at 4 p.m. at the Presidencia Grounds, was participated in…
The Dagupan City government has turned over 17 brand-new service vehicles to key offices to strengthen public service delivery. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez led the blessing and turnover ceremony on December 23 at the City Plaza, officiated by Rev. Msgr. Manuel S. Bravo Jr. The fleet includes a mobile bangus…
SIX medal-winning athletes from Dagupan City, led by Wushu gold medalist Agatha Wong, shared their memorable experiences with the Dagupan community during the "Sumbungan ng Bayan" program hosted by Mayor Belen Fernandez on cable TV’s channel K-17 on December 23. Accompanied by their coaches, the athletes were brought to the…
IN 2025, our community faced calamities of a different kind. Dagupan City and the province of Pangasinan were battered by a series of devastating typhoons that unleashed deadly floods. Lives were risked, livelihoods destroyed, and the poor—once again—were pushed deeper into hardship. The damage appeared incalculable, but amid the devastation,…
By Gonzalo Duque THEY should put more nuclear power plants not only in Labrador but all over the country, as many as where the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites are located. Kawawang Pilipinas! * * * * Happy New Year to Mayor Belen Fernandez, VM Bryan Kua and…
By Leonardo Micua HAPPY New Year to one and all! Social media political trolls had their day again last week when a supposed holdup incident was circulated online, allegedly occurring in broad daylight at the busy intersection of A.B. Fernandez Avenue and Arellano Street. The problem: the incident never…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EACH year, each household in Quezon City is given a bagful of food items for Christmas through the Pamaskong Handog (PH) of the Mayor’s Office. Last year, we received the food items consisting of rice, spaghetti with torn plastic, dented cans of Alaska milk, CDO…
By Eva C. Visperas WHENEVER Christmas comes, my thoughts naturally drift to three celebrations that have shaped my life in deeply personal ways: the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Dagupan City Fiesta, and the birthday of the greatest statesman I have ever met in my 37 years…
By Rex Catubig ViICTORIO Edades, the illustrious son of Dagupan, is without a doubt, the primus inter pares among the city’s brightest sons. But his memory precariously dangles on the corroding recall of people in the city he lived in, and in the fading fragile minds of his diminishing…
