Fiscal Discipline, Transparency Fuel Calasiao’s Revenue Growth

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The fiscal discipline and transparency of the Caramat Administration earned it the “Zero Disallowance” citation from the Commission on Audit (COA) and award from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) while it earned a significant revenue growth last year and the first quarter of 2026.

ZERO DISALLOWANCE

Mayor Patrick A. Caramat said that the Zero Disallowance given for the last year’s feat of the town showed that the taxpayers money collected by his administration was not squandered.

Mapandan to Borrow P45-M from LBP for Solar Panels, Others

By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

MAPANDAN, Pangasinan – This town to borrow P45 million at the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to fund its procurement and installation of solar panels for the municipal buildings, its purchase of information and technology software, and kiosk for automated transactions with its constituents.

Embodied in a Municipal Ordinance No. 3 Series of -2026 of the Sangguniang Bayan of Mapandan, Pangasinan, it was part of the Order of Business of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Board) at the Capitol in Lingayen, Pangasinan last July 20, 2026. It was marked as Proposed Resolution No. 1486 -2026.

Mayors, Kaps Happy: Marcos Reduces Greed of Cong.

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

The 1,642 city and municipal mayors and the 42, 010 barangay chairmen all over the Philippines have been smiling nowadays after President Bongbong Marcos expose the avarice of national officials in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 28, 2025.

“Mahiya naman kayo sa inyong kapwa Pilipino!” (Have some shame towards your fellow Filipinos!),” he told the 318 members House of Representa-thieves, er, Representatives.

526-K Puno na ang Naitanim ng Guico Admin

Ni Mortz C. Ortigoza

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan - Nagsama-sama ang mga empleyado ng Kapitolyo kamakailan lang upang makiisa sa pagtatanim ng mas maraming puno na bahagi ng Capitol Redevelopment Project at Green Canopy Program dito at sa labing-isang bayan sa lalawigan.

Ang mga bayan na ito ay ang Binalonan, Burgos, Bolinao, Dasol, Infanta, Asingan, Pozorrubio, Mangatarem, Mabini, Alcala, at Manaoag. 

Rice Distr.: One of the Topics Discuss at the LMP-P’sinan Meeting

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – One of the topics discussed at the recent general meeting of the League of the Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)- Pangasinan Chapter held in Manaoag, Pangasinan was the rice distribution for the marginalized sector in the local government units (LGU) in the province.

In the artificial intelligence (AI) illustration, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (far left) talks to Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno. Pangasinan Gov. Ramon V. Guico III, and League of Municipalities of the Philippines - Pangasinan Chapter President Manaoag Mayor Agerico Jeremy Rosario. 

This town’s Administrator lawyer Teodora Cerdan, who represented Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno, said the subsidy of ten kilos of rice in a six-month span from the national government will be bolstered by a purported counterpart from the provincial government.

FMR to Spike Economic Stocks of Farmers

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANAOAG, Pangasinan – A newly inaugurated P15-million farm-to-market road (FMR) was seen to uplift the economic welfare of the farmers here.

According to Pangasinan 4^th District Cong. Gina de Venecia, the new road that connects between the far-flung farmlands and the markets would lower the production cost of the crops that will give benefit to farmers and the buyers.

Barring Age, Disability for Empl. Punishable in this Town

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

BASISTA, Pangasinan – Employers beware!

A law has been passed in this town that refusal to hire an applicant because of their mature age and disability is punishable by local and national laws.

 Municipal Ordinance No. 261, Series of 2026 prohibits age and disability-based discrimination. The law was declared valid and within the powers of the municipal council to enact after it was reviewed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial lawmakers).

Massive Replanting of Trees Ensue at the Capitol

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Move out bashers, massive replanting of trees ensue now at the Capitol!

Personnel of the Guico Administration here have been buried in work planting trees at the periphery of the Capitol after 192 invasive and endemic trees have been cut off to pave the way for the constructions of an eleven-story government center, an eight-story corporate tower, and the redevelopment of the Capitol Complex.

Bigger Budget for Mangaldan Next Year

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – The annual appropriation budget of Pangasinan Top 5 “richest” town is growing stronger based on the PHP 478 million indicative National Tax Allotment (NTA) for year 2027.

In a flag ceremony held here recently, Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno crowed that compared to this year’s NTA, the NTA next year will be bigger.