DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) – Seven rice retailers, among the first to comply with the price cap imposed on regular and well-milled rice, each received their P15,000 subsidy during the distribution at the city plaza on Wednesday, September 13. The grant was from the Department of Social Welfare...
DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) – The city government declared a state of calamity on Friday, July 28, due to the severe flooding and adverse impact of typhoon “Egay.” The Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council) members approved the resolution upon the recommendation of Mayor Belen Fernandez. In his report,...
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – A foreigner was killed in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Tapuac here on Sunday, July 2. Police identified the victim as Mohammed Aljelani, 28, a Yemeni student residing in Barangay Malued District, this city. Initial investigation disclosed that a motorcycle with a...
DAGUPAN CITY – Hundreds of jobseekers applied for local and overseas employment in Pangasinan in the Kalayaan job fair for on June 11 at SM City Rosales and June 12, Independence Day, at SM Center Dagupan. The job fair was held in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment, the local...
DAGUPAN CITY – The city government is seeking a 95 percent or higher target coverage in the Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) here. FERNANDEZ (center) Mayor Belen Fernandez has been personally assisting in the vaccination activities. She...
DAGUPAN CITY – The city government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources have distributed livelihood assistance to 413 fisherfolk in coastal barangays here. Mayor Belen Fernandez distributed bangus or milkfish fingerlings at the BFAR-Fish Health Laboratory here which was part of...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Office of the Vice President (OVP) satellite office here has served 3,958 individuals from Region 1 (Ilocos) and disbursed medical and burial assistance totaling P28 million since it opened on July 1, 2022, the first day of Vice President Sara Duterte's six-year term. Photo...
DAGUPAN CITY – The El Niño Task Force has been activated here to cushion the impact of El Niño to agriculture and ultimately to the lives of the people. Mayor Belen Fernandez signed Executive Order No. 10 on Wednesday, May 10, for the activation of the task force. The task force will be...
DAGUPAN CITY – In another memorable day here, the Pangasinan folks danced, cheered, and enjoyed during the Kalutan ed Dalan street party on Sunday, April 30. GRILLED bangus during the Kalutan Ed Dalan street party on Sunday, April 30, in Dagupan City. (Contributed photo by Tricia Inigo) Kalutan ed...
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Pangasinan arrested eight drug personalities and dismantled a drug den during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bacayao Norte here on Wednesday, April 26. PDEA-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Joel B. Plaza identified the suspects as...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) led by officer-in-charge Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Clarissa Singh-Vergeire has vowed to help the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) here complete their expansion projects to accommodate the huge volume of patients. DOH officer-in-charge...
DAGUPAN CITY – The 2023 Bangus (milkfish) Festival here kicked off with the Gilon-Gilon (fish harvest) street dancing competition on Friday, April 14. Thirty-one barangays and several educational institutions from this city are competing in the event starting 3 p.m. Gilon-Gilon, a dance step,...