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Dagupan City kabilang sa 2023 CEST Communities sa Rehiyon

Hatid nito ay dagdag kabuhayan para sa mahihirap na kabaleyan.

Isang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sa pagitan ng lokal na pamahalaan at Department of Science and Technology (DOST) ang nilagdaan ni Mayor Belen Fernandez kasama sina DOST Undersecretary for Regional Operations Engr. Sancho A. Mabborang, OIC Regional Director Dr. Teresita Tabaog at mga partner agencies ngayong Martes, May 16.

Inaasahan itong magbibigay ng dagdag kabuhayan sa mga mahihirap nating kabaleyans sa pamamagitan ng Science and Technology interventions, bagay na pinag-usapan din ng alkalde, kasama sina Provincial Governor Mario Eduardo Ortega ng La Union at USEC. Mabborang.

Ang Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) ay programa ng nasyonal na gobyerno sa pangunguna ni DOST Secretary Engr. Renato Solidum Jr. na nakafocus sa poverty alleviation lalo na sa mga remote communities.

Sa Dagupan, kabilang sa mga remote areas na pangunahing tututukan ang Sitio Tocok sa Brgy. Lucao, Sitio Talaib sa Brgy Calmay, at Sitio Guibang Brgy. Pantal.

Sa message of commitment ni Mayor Belen, kanyang ipinahayag ang pagtanggap sa hamon na maiangat ang antas ng pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino kaisa ang lahat ng mga stakeholders.
“I therefore join you and all the other stakeholders in taking the challenge…the collaborative efforts by all the partners is truly inspiring because of this effort to reach out to those who have long been left behind.”

“Dagupan has always given the highest preferential attention to these communities ever since I became city mayor back in 2013, and our efforts have not ceased “to bring government closer to our people”, dagdag pa ng alkalde.

Kasama ni Mayor Belen na dumalo sa DOST-CEST MOA Signing Ceremony sa DMMMSU International Convention Center, Bacnotan, La Union sina Atty. Cattleya de Guzman, City Agriculture Officer-In-Charge Patrick Dizon, Punong Barangay Julie Perez (Pantal), Evangelita dela Cruz (Calmay) at barangay secretary Alex Garcia bilang kinatawan ni Liga ng mga Barangay President at Lucao Barangay Captain Lino Fernandez.
Samantala, tinanggap ni Vice Governor Lambino ang CEST program para naman sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan at ni Cong. Toff de Venecia na inirepresenta ni Atty. Gerald Tabadero para sa ika-apat na distrito ng Pangasinan.

Makakatuwang ng siyudad sa programang ito ang Pangasinan State University (PSU), Unibersidad de Dagupan (UdD), Philippine Science High School-Ilocos Region Campus, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Department of Agriculture (DA-RO1), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Region 1 at Nutridense Food Manufacturing Corporation.

(Dagupan CIO News)

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1,014 Dagupeño Children Receive Measles, Rubella, Polio Vaccine in One Day as Chikiting Ligtas Rolls On

A record-breaking high of 1,014 Dagupeño children whose ages range from 0-59 months old received vaccines against measles, rubella and polio in just one day last May 12, 2023, as the nationwide Chikiting Ligtas: Measles Rubella Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) rolls on in the different barangays in Dagupan.

World Health Organization Consultant Dr. Namrata Bahta, who is currently in the city, recognized the number as the highest registered MR-OPV recipients in a day even as Mayor Belen Fernandez is hopeful to increase the number of vaccines.

The local chief executive personally attends to the month-long health campaign where she reaches out to parents and encourages them to avail of the supplemental vaccines for their children while distributing vitamins, milk and other snacks as treats for the vaccinees.

Some of the recent MR-OPV SIA sites she visited were Malued; Bonuan Gueset; sitios Tatong, Sta. Maria and Gonzales in Bonuan Boquig; and sitios Bagong Barrio and Russia in Bonuan Binloc.

(Dagupan CIO News)

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El Niño Task Force naka Alerto sa Posibleng Epekto ng Nararanasang Tag-init

Nakaalerto na ang binuong El Niño Prepareness Task Force sa Dagupan City na mangunguna sa paghahanda sa posibleng epekto ng El Niño phenomenon.

Huwebes nang mag convene ang binuong Task Force sa pangunguna ni Mayor Belen Fernandez sa bisa ng Executive Order No. 10 alinsunod direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. sa implementasyon ng “whole-of-government approach” sa tinitignang seryosong epekto ng El Niño.

Ang El Niño ay isang weather phenomenon kung saan nakararanas ng below-normal na mga pag-ulan na maaaring magresulta sa tagtuyot.

Ayon sa PAGASA, posibleng tumama ang El Niño phenomenon simula buwan ng Hulyo ngayong taon na maaaring magtagal hanggang first quarter ng 2024.

Dito sa Dagupan City, nararanasan na ang epekto ng mataas na temperatura na umaabot sa 32-39°C at heat index na mula 40-50°C, ayon sa City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO).

Pinakamataas na recorded heat index nitong Miyerkules (May 10) sa pumalo sa 44°C o nasa danger stage (42 °C to 51°C) ng Human Perceived Equivalent Temperature ng PAGASA.

Dahil dito, pinapayuhan ang publiko na iwasang lumabas sa mga oras mula 10AM-3PM kung saan naitatala ang pinakamataas na heat index, ayon kay CDRRMO Head Ronald de Guzman.
Pinaalalahanan naman ng City Health Office ang lahat sa heat related disorder tulad ng heat cramps, heat exhaustion, at heat stroke.

Payo ni Dra, Ophelia Rivera, City Health Officer, palaging uminom ng tubig upang malabanan ang init na naabosorb ng katawan at magbaon ng tubig kung hindi maiwasang lumabas ng bahay.

Hinihikayat din ni Mayor Belen Fernandez ang 31 Punong Barangay sa pagbuo ng Task Force El Niño sa kanilang nasasakupan.

(Dagupan CIO News)

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Certified Palay Seeds mula DA at LGU-purchased Seed Program Ipinamahagi sa mga Magsasaka

Walumpong (80) rice farmers sa Dagupan ang tumanggap ng Certified Palay Seeds umaga ng Miyerkules, May 10.

Ang programang ito ay hatid ng Department of Agriculture, Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) at karagdagang pondo mula sa lokal na gobyerno sa pamumuno ni Mayor Belen Fernandez, bilang suporta sa food security agenda ng Pangulo at DA Secretary Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.

Ayon sa City Agriculture Office, may kabuuang 160 bags ng certified palay Seeds @ 20kg/bags ang ipinamahagi sa mga magsasaka mula Barangay Bonuan Boquig (7 rice farmers), Malued (17 rice farmers), Tebeng (29 rice farmers), at Salisay (27 rice farmers).

Kasabay ng Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month celebration ngayong buwan ay tumanggap din kahapon ang mga mangingisda ng mga bangus fingerlings para sa nauna nang iti-nurn over na limang collapsible fishcages mula BFAR.

Samantala, pinaalalahanan rin ni Mayor Belen ang mga ito na magingat sa init ng panahon. Uminom lagi ng tubig para iwas sa banta ng heat stroke.

(Dagupan CIO News)

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Executive Order No. 10: El Niño Task Force now Activated

According to PAGASA, El Niño will likely develop in July and may persist until next year (2024). This poses a serious threat to our city’s overall social and economic activities.

Other adverse impacts include the disruption of food production & essential services, damage to property, environment, loss of livelihood opportunities (agribusiness), and health.

It is for this reason that I signed this Executive Order No. 10 to activate the city’s inter-agency task force to formulate and implement measures to mitigate the effects of El Niño, particularly in agriculture.

May I also encourage each and everyone (starting from your homes) to take the necessary steps to prepare. Malaki po ang inyong parte sa solusyong ito, kaya’t magtulungan po tayo.

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PLTCOL Brendon Palisoc, Bagong Police Chief ng Siyudad

Pormal na sinalubong ng lokal na pamahalaan at ng buong hanay ng kapulisan sa Dagupan ang bagong talagang hepe ng Dagupan City Police Station na si PLTCOL Brendon Palisoc.
Pinalitan ni PLTCOL Palisoc si PLTCol Vicente Castor Jr. sa naganap na turn-over ceremony nitong Lunes, May 8.

Si PLTCOL Palisoc ay dating nagsilbing Provincial Human Rights Officer ng Pangasinan Police Provincial Office at dati na ring naglingkod bilang deputy chief ng siyudad.
Pinangunahan ni PCol. Jeff Fanged, Provincial Director ng Pangasinan, ang naganap na change of command sa Dagupan PNP.

Ipinaaabot naman ni Mayor Belen Fernandez ang kanyang pasasalamat sa naging masigasig na suporta ng kapulisan sa rehiyon sa pamumuno ni PNP R1 PBGen John Chua, at mula sa siyudad sa pangunguna ni PLTCol Castor sa katatapos lamang na Bangus Festival, lalo na noong April 30 sa magkakasunod na apat na malalaking events sa siyudad.

“Hindi magiging posible ang buong selebrasyon ng Bangus Festival na dinagsa ng humigit kumulang 600,000 attendees kung wala ang inyong suporta.” pahayag ng alkalde.
Umaasa din si Mayor Belen na sa bagong liderato ni police chief Palisoc, maipagpapatuloy ang pagpapanatili ng siyudad bilang “one of the safest community to live in, to make business and to raise a family.”

(Dagupan CIO News)

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More than 2,000 New 4PS Beneficiaries Undergo Orientation By DSWD

Some 2,076 new members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps attended a Program Orientation Session conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 1 and the City Social Welfare and Development Office from May 2-5 at the City Plaza.

Mayor Belen Fernandez reiterated the need for the members to comply with the conditionalities of the 4Ps program to protect their membership including the appropriate use of their cash grants.

The local chief executive likewise informed them of the various services they can avail from the local government such as health services, Violence Against Women and their Children programs, social services, among others.

The 4Ps is a social protection program that provides cash grants to eligible poor households that comply with its education and health conditionalities.

According to the DSWD, 4Ps members can receive 6,000 pesos a year or 500 pesos per month per household for health and nutrition expenses and 3,000 pesos for one school year or 10 months or 300 pesos a month per child for educational expenses with a maximum of three children per household.

A household with three qualified children can receive a subsidy of 1,400 pesos per month or 15,000 pesos in one year.

(Dagupan CIO News)

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Diplomatic Corps Graces Bangus Festival 2023

Warm Dagupéno hospitality greeted members of the Diplomatic Corps in Dagupan City on April 30 as part of the celebration of Bangus Festival 2023 and the Filipino Food Month in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs – Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy.

Dubbed as Bangus Festival: Philippine History and Cuisine, the visit started with a special luncheon at the CSI Stadia complete with serenade and cultural dance performances by the Universidad de Dagupan’s Koro Universidad and the Dagupan City National High School’s Ubol Dance Troupe.

Mayor Belen Fernandez briefed the diplomats on Dagupan’s status as an agro-fisheries and business center north of Luzon.

“We invite you to experience our community’s hopes and aspirations and share your own as well… Dagupan is the place of choice, ” she said.

Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown, who is the dean of the diplomatic corps, expressed his ‘admiration of Dagupan’s beauty, lively character of the people and the famous bangus’.

Mayor Fernandez was also joined by Archbishop Brown, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, and Vice Mayor Bryan Kua for the presentation of the symbolic key of the city.

The visiting diplomatic community later visited the Kadiwa ng Pangulo trade fair at the CSI Atrium and proceeded to the MacArthur Building at the West Central Elementary School, Franklin Bridge in Barangay Poblacion Oeste and Bonuan Blue Beach and Alimango Restaurant in Bonuan Gueset with Congressman Christopher de Venecia and Barangay Health Wellness Party List Congresswoman Angelica Natasha Co.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas also hosted the diplomats at the Archbishop’s Palace with sumptuous Filipino dishes, drum and lyre corps, angklung and rondalla ensemble and national costume-clad children who welcomed the dignitaries.

The diplomats later joined the historic ceremonial lighting of the Bangusan Street Party or Kalutan ed Dalan that signalled the start of the biggest party for Dagupeños.
The rest of the members of Diplomatic Corps are Ambassador Folakemi Akinleye (Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria), Chargé D’Affaires Jarosław Roman Szczepankiewicz (Embassy of the Republic of Poland), Ambassador Tull Traisorat (Royal Thai Embassy), Chargé d’Affaires/Minister Counsellor San Yu Kyaw (Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Ambassador Răduta Dana Matache and Spouse Constantin Matache (Embassy of Romania), Ambassador Dato’ Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino (Embassy of Malaysia), Ambassador Betty Palaso (Embassy of Papua New Guinea), Ambassador Sonexay Vannaxay (Embassy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic), First Secretary Obaid Abbood Alshehhi (Embassy of the United Arab Emirates), Ambassador Hoang Huy Chung (Embassy of Vietnam), Ambassador Marat Ignatyevich Pavlov and Spouse Irina Pavlov (Embassy of the Russian Federation).

(Dagupan CIO News with report from DFA)

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I’m witnessing history!

Dr. Feliza Arzadon-Sua will be formally proclaimed as the new president of the now 39-year old Universidad De Dagupan (formerly Computronix College & Colegio De Dagupan) which was founded by my friend, Outgoing Pres. Voltaire P. Arzadon.

It’s an honor and privilege to be with some of Dagupan City’s best leaders in the field of education.
Congratulations, Pres. Feliza! Continue the good legacy of your dad. It’s your time to shine!

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A Proud Dagupeña is Asia’s Female Chef 2023!

“I’m envisioning a future free from bigotry and prejudice where young women are free to be their own person and have equal access to opportunities for advancement”, Johanne Siy answered this when asked about what kind of world she aspires for young women.
As I listened to her explain this on Youtube (which was posted 5 days ago), I also thought about my dreams and aspirations for our young women because I’ve always been a believer that women can do great things; they are strong enablers of hope, and positive change. Ms. Johanne is that perfect example.
Even though she achieved (in the world stage) what most of us couldn’t begin to imagine, she would always find a way to bring back to her beloved Dagupan City. In fact, she loves to call Dagupan her hometown, and that makes us even prouder of our heritage.
When she was 41 years old, she worked as a regional brand manager at Procter & Gamble before getting involved in the culinary world in 2011. Years later, she went on to cook in some of the most famous restaurants in the United States, Scandinavia, and finally, Singapore, where she thrives as the head chef of Lolla in Ann Siang Hill.
This March 28, while still ahead of the reveal of the prestigious Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, our Dagupeña talent is named as Asia’s Best Female Chef 2023, making her the first-ever Singapore-based chef to win the title, and the second Filipino to take home the award, preceded only by culinary icon chef Margarita Forés in 2016.
It’s a very inspirational story, isn’t it? But please remember that things don’t just happen, because our life’s goals must not be based on luck, but it should be heavily based on hardwork and our natural ability to create that luck, despite all the obstacles that we face.
To all my beloved Dagupeñas: I believe that if Ms. Johanne Siy can do it, then YOU CAN DO IT! 💪
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Our Government Cemetery needs Improvement

Which is why, I assigned Alan Dale Zarate to lead the task force that will focus on improving its present condition.
This morning, I’m glad that Zarate made a satisfactory report about the ownership of private and government owned land (combined), plus a study on how to improve the cemetery and address the flooding issues with the help of the City Planning and Development Office.
Together with CEO Engr. Josephine Corpuz, Engr. Athena, Dra. Ophelia Rivera and Atty. Cattleya De Guzman, we also discussed the possibility of having a columbarium to address the graveyard space shortage in the future.
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Tonight’s coffee break with PHILVOLCS & PARMC personnel is a bit serious

As we call this a ‘consultative meeting’ regarding the earthquake and tsunami warnings in our communities.
We discussed the mitigation and prevention measures on worse case scenarios that might happen in the future. Moreover, they conducted repair and maintenance check up of all the Tsunami Alerting Stations located in 5 coastal and island barangays of our city.
It’s sad to say, but we need our budget for preparedness which is already delayed, as we are now required to update our (outdated) Tsunami Early Warning Stations (TEWS) and Rapid Earthquake Assessment System (REDAS) which was installed during my first term in 2014, so that we can effectively simulate earthquake, tsunami and flood.
So, this a good preparation with PHILVOLCS Team headed by Mr Joel Oestar, science research analyst; Roschele Ablan, science research assistant; Christian Andres, project technical aide VI; Manolito Begonia, admin aide VI, together with our PARMC Team led by Melykhen Bauzon.
I am asking PHILVOLCS to help us, because I want to make sure that we know what to do, and we can make a sound decision in times of disasters.
We will be conducting another meeting with CDRRMO, CEO, Kap Lino Fernandez, One Bonuan and all the other barangays, private engineers, civil society, CHO and CSWD regarding this matter. This is a top priority.