Historic ₱8.3-B Budget for P’gasinan in 2026

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the Php8,379,222,529 annual budget of Pangasinan for fiscal year 2026. It is the largest in the province’s history, marking an 18.01% increase from the 2025 budget of Php7,100,312,215.

Governor Ramon V. Guico III, who delivered his message before the 15-man provincial lawmakers during the budget hearing on November 26, said the expanded budget reflects the province’s strengthened fiscal position and capability to deliver broader and more sustainable public services.

De Venecia Binira mga Complainant sa Plunder Cases

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

DAGUPAN CITY – Mariing itinatanggi ni dating Pangasinan 4^th District Cong. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia ang akusasyon na plunder at iba pang mga kaso na isinampa sa kanya sa Ombudsman sa Metro Manila kamakailan.

FLOOD CONTROL BROUHAHAS. Former Pangasinan 4^TH District Cong. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia (left). Sual Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, Garly Calugay, and Jaime Aquino (from top to bottom).

“I categorically reject the recent allegations regarding “ghost flood control projects” in our district. These claims are entirely false and unfounded. Every project initiated under my tenure was fully documented, properly executed, and delivered to the communities it was intended to serve,” ani De Venecia sa isang press statement na ipinadala ng public relation outfit niya sa writer na ito.

10 P’sinan Towns Wagi sa SubayBAYANI 2025

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Sampû lamang sa 44 na mga bayan sa Pangasinan ang nanalo sa SubayBAYANI 2025 noong iginawad ang kanilang kanya-kanyang parangal kamakailan dito ng pamunuan ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

SUBAYBAYANI 2025 AWARDEES. (Top left photo and clockwise): Calasiao Mayor Patrick A. Caramat, Agno Mayor John N. Celeste, Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno, and San Fabian Mayor Marlyn E. Agbayani.

Ang mga bayang nanalo ayon sa kanilang mga ranggo ay ang (1) Sison sa pamumuno ni Mayor Alma M. Lomibao; 2) Pozorrubio sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Kelvin T. Chan; 3) Agno sa pamumuno ni Mayor John N. Celeste; 4) San Fabian sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Marlyn E. Agbayani; 5) Calasiao sa pamumuno ni Mayor Patrick A. Caramat; 6) Labrador sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Noel N. Uson; 7) Basista sa pamumuno ni Mayor Jolly R. Resuello; 8) Mangaldan sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno; 9) Manaoag sa pamumuno ni Mayor Jeremy Agerico B. Rosario; at 10) Burgos sa pangangasiwa ni Mayor Jesster Allan B. Valenzuela.

“Thanks the Gov’t not Me” - Basista Mayor tells Constituents

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

BASISTA, Pangasinan – The young mayor here told his constituents that they should not be grateful to him but instead to the government for the food and the financial assistance they received after Super Typhoon Uwan scourged recently the landlocked town.

RELIEF STUFFS. Basista, Pangasinan Mayor Jolly ”J.R” Resuello sits on top of the "mountain" of sacks of relief goods composed of five kilos of rice and six noodles for each of the 14, 426 families affected by the scourge of Super Typhoon Uwan.

“Hindi niyo po kami dapat pasalamatan dahil Ito po ay hindi namin pera kundi pera ng taong bayan na dapat po lamang ang lahat ay mabahagian at makinabang. Trabaho po namin na kayo po ay paglingkuran, masuportahan, at matulungan sa mga panahon ng kalamidad,” Mayor Jolly “J.R” Resuello said on his Facebook Page.

MGA KATOLIKO DADAGSAIN ANG 100 YEARS NI LADY OF MANAOAG

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANAOAG, Pangasinan -  Dudumugin ng daang libong Katolikong mananampalataya ang Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag dahil sa ika isandaang taong anibersaryo nito sa Abril 22, 2026, ani ng alkalde dito.

APO BAKET. The venerated Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag and the façade of the Spanish colonization’s era church and its interior (from left and clockwise). First class town's Manaoag, Pangasinan Mayor Ming Rosario, MD (right bottom of the photo).

Sinabi ni Mayor Jeremy Agerico “Ming” B. Rosario na ang Centennial Canonical Celebration ng Our Lady of Manaoag ay gaganapin sa Abril 22, 2026.

Mayor Bona, 3 Alkalde Meet M4GG

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan - Nakipag ugnayan kamakailan si Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno at tatlong miyembro ng Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) – Pangasinan Chapter sa Secretariat ng organisasyon noong bumisita ang huli sa lalawigan.

GOOD GOVERNANCE. Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno (2^nd from left seated) and the three mayors of Pangasinan who meet with the Secretariat of the Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) when the latter visited the mammoth province. (M4GG’s Photo)

Kasama ng alkalde ng first class town na ito sina Alaminos City Mayor Bryan Celeste, Rosales Mayor William Cezar at Aguilar Mayor Kristal Soriano. Ang apat na mga alkalde ay kasalukuyang nasa observer status sa M4GG.

JUANITO (Juan Ponce Enrile)

(February 28, 2011 blog of Mortz Ortigoza)

RECENTLY, fellow columnist Brando Cortez told me to come pronto at Lenox Hotel in Dagupan City for a meeting with Rep. Jack Enrile (1st District, Province of Cagayan).

Author posing in the 2010's with senatorial bet Juan Ponce Enrile (right).

Enrile, who was “barnstorming” the country, discussed to us food security and the prohibitive interest rates of credit cards.

BBM Appoints P'sinan Guv RPOC Chair

By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

Pangasinan Governor Ramon V. Guico III lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juan Victor C. Remulla for his appointment as the chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in Region-1.

He will serve the post from 2025 to 2028.

The region covers Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and the garguntuan province of Pangasinan.

Walang Baha sa Malasiqui, Pang-Akit ni Mayor

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Hinihikayat ng bagong alkalde dito ang mga mamumuhunan sa mga binabahang lugar sa Pangasinan na maglagak ng mga negosyo sa flood free town niya.

NEWLY MINTED Malasiqui Mayor Alfie Soriano poses for posterity while his constituents look.

“Mga katulad kong negosyante isip isip dito na lang kayo maglagay ng negosyo ninyo sa bayan ng Malasiqui. Bakit? Itong main thoroughfare namin papuntang Bayambang, papuntang San Carlos (City), papuntang Calasiao, papuntang Urdaneta (City), at papuntang Villasis hindi nagkakaroon ng baha sa daan so maganda magput-up ng negosyo dito kaya pag dito kayo kita kayo pero ang kontakin niyo si Alfie Soriano,” paghikayat ni Mayor.

P’sinan Ranks 7th in Revenue Collec. Nationally

 LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Governor Ramon V. Guico III received the awards on behalf of the province for being ranked 7 in Locally Sourced Revenues (LSR) for the year 2024 and 10th in Year-on-Year Growth in Local Sourced Revenues from 2023 to 2024, nationwide.

NAT’L AWARDEE. Pangasinan Governor Ramon V. Guico III (5^TH from left) and his department heads receive the awards for being ranked 7 in Locally Sourced Revenues (LSR) for the year 2024 and 10th in Year-on-Year Growth in Local Sourced Revenues from 2023 to 2024, nationwide. The plaudit is given by the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Governance Finance (BLGF) at the SMX Convention Center in Taguig City. The awards recognize the local government of the gargantuan province on good fiscal management. (Caption texts by Mortz C. Ortigoza)

Given by the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Governance Finance (BLGF) at the SMX Convention Center in Taguig City on November 5, the award recognizes the province’s good fiscal management.

LGUs Nagsanib Vs. Baha, Ecological Degradation

 Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

BINMALEY, Pangasinan - Suportado ng alkalde dito ang multi-LGU (local government units) collaboration para labanan ang mga prublema sa baha, drainage congestion at ecolological degradation.

COLLOBORATION of these Chief Executives to solve if not mitigate the perrenial flooding and ecological degradation of their shared river systems. Binmaley Mayor Pete A. Merrera (top left and clockwise), Calasiao Mayor Patrick A. Caramat, San Carlos City Mayor Julier C. Resuello, and Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez.

“On behalf of the Municipality of Binmaley, I express our strong and unequivocal support to this initiative. Binmaley, being geographically situated along the distributaries of the Agno and Sinucalan river systems, shares the challenges of recurrent flooding, drainage congestion, and ecological degration. These concerns transcend political boundaries and therefore require a united and coordinated response among neighboring local government units,” sipi ng liham ni Mayor Pete A. Merrera kay Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan L. Kua na ipinakita ng una sa Northern Watch Newspaper noong makapanayam siya sa kanyang tanggapan.

P8-B Budget for P’gasinan in 2026

 A SPIKE OF P1-B FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET

By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government of Pangasinan will have an P8 billion annual appropriation budget in year 2026, according to Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino. 

“Pinasa po natin on first reading iyong proposed annual budget ng Lalawigan ng Pangasinan this is amounting a little over P8 billion. It is an increase of about a billion for the 2025 annual budget. Tapos ito po ay nasa Committee ng Appropriation ngayon,” Lambino told recently reporters here.

 

PANGASINAN Governor Ramon V. Guico III (3rd from left front row) signs a document while Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino (2nd from left front row), and some provincial lawmakers witness the official act of the governor. 

He added that come end of November this year that mammoth budget will be passed by the provincial lawmakers.