Last Week's News
GREETINGS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - Lion dancers roll out small banners of “Happy Chinese New Year” traditional greetings in various languages across the world. At the Dagupan City Plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO THE One Bonuan Tourism Pavilion amounting to P100 Million will soon rise at the Tondaligan Beach, Bonuan Gueset which was sponsored by Senator Risa Hontiveros. The City Government of Dagupan, led by Mayor Belen Fernandez, held a groundbreaking ceremony of the One Bonuan Tourism Pavilion, together with Department of…
TWO weeks into the election period that started January 12, the police caught 10 gun ban violators in Pangasinan out of the 13 total cases across the Ilocos Region. Two were recorded in La Union with two, and one in Ilocos Sur, according to P/Lt. Col. Benigno Sumawang Jr., public…
MORE than 8,700 police personnel will be deployed across the Ilocos Region to ensure a peaceful election, with most to be assigned in Pangasinan, which has the highest number of registered voters in the region. P/Lt. Col. Benigno Sumawang, deputy chief of Regional Community Affairs Development Division, said the deployment…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Tricycle driver nabbed in drug bust ops A tricycle driver was arrested for drug trafficking in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Palakipak, Rosales, with approximately 0.97 grams of suspected shabu valued at P6,596 seized by the police. The suspect identified as 25-year-old Eric Olaya Calaur, a…
FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY AS DRYER – An unfinished portion of the Arenas Highway in Calasiao is put into good use by grateful farmers who find the flat surface ideal for dying their harvested palay but they are joined by goats in the area that are equally grateful for the sumptuous dried…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City is planning on establishing an eye clinic for children to address the growing need for specialized pediatric ophthalmology care in the region. "Children have different needs compared to adults,” Dr. Angelito Braulio de Venecia III, chairman of the Eye Center at…
LABRADOR town’s tourism sector and local economy are getting a boost with the establishment of a tourism center at the coastal barangay of Laois, a popular beach destination. “It is with great pleasure that we begin the construction of our Labrador Tourism Center,” Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco, who spearheaded…
ONION farms in two barangays in San Manuel town, covering an area of 49 hectares, are among the worst hit by armyworm infestation, according to the Department of Agriculture- Regional Field Office 1. Latest data released by the DA’s Army worm Surveillance Team show Barangays Santo Domingo and Lapalo were affected…
TERA Renewables 7 Corp. (Tera 7), a subsidiary of CleanTech Global Renewables Inc. (CTGRI), will set up a solar power plant in Labrador town with an investment of P17.62 billion. Named as the Labrador 1 Solar Power Project, it is expected to have a peak capacity of 451.38 megawatts, expanding…
TRADITIONAL ‘ANGPAO’ FROM BELEN – Dagupan residents rush to the pick-up truck carrying Mayor Belen Fernandez for their share of the ‘angpao’ in small red envelopes only to find out her ‘angpao’ was reserved for children. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DUE TO DEADLOCK OVER PROCEDURES THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) again abruptly adjourned its regular session last week after the opposition councilors took Councilor Michael Fernandez to task for assuming the role of floor leader when his five-man group composed the minority, but when Fernandez challenged his colleagues to call…
DAGUPAN’S Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) asked motorists and commuters to extend their patience and cooperation as traffic congestion worsens in some central areas due to scheduled road works intended to address flooding. The ongoing rehabilitation of Zamora Street in Barangay IV is affecting motorists passing through Rivera Street,…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City is on track in completing its main building expansion this year, bringing much-needed relief to patients and healthcare staff alike, said Dr. Roland Joseph Mejia, the hospital's director. Mejia said, the new seven-story building will not only increase the hospital's capacity…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Pork demand slackens PORK in all public markets of Pangasinan slackened as consumers refrained from buying after a slight price increase from P370 to P380 per kilo last week. At the Manaoag Public Market, meat vendors said many consumers were buying just one-fourth…
Rep. Yeddah Marie Romualdez, Speaker Martin Romualdez, former Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr., former Rep. Gina De Venecia and Rep. Christopher De Venecia cutting the ceremonial ribbon marking the opening of the Jose De Venecia Jr. Building and Museum in the House of Representatives. THE House of Representatives paid tribute…
FOR VIOLATION OF OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Virgilio Sison is facing a complaint filed jointly by Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), charging him for violation of the Omnibus Election Code…
SO much has been said and written in mainstream and social media about the obvious attempt to cover up the anomalous and irregular process in the filing of the Bicameral Conference Report. To this day, the honorable politicians in the House of Representatives have so far refused to show proof…
