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(PNA file photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The city government is now studying a possible hike in business tax rates by at least 40 percent to raise funds for its priority development projects. City treasurer Alex Cabarrubias said on Tuesday the need to increase the city's business tax rates is anchored on the mandate of local government units (LGUs) to implement not only the Salary Standardization Law but also to raise funds for the city's operations and its 51 priority development projects under the administration of Mayor Benjamin Magalong. Magalong is pushing for several big-t...

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BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong and other city officials lead the inauguration of the first modernized barangay hall of Bakakeng Central Barangay with basketball court, sports center, day care center, senior citizens’ center, offices, and evacuation center. Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda

STREET PARTY. A man looks at the grilled bangus (milkfish) ready to be served during the Kalutan ed Dalan at the central business district of Dagupan on April 30, 2022. The Kalutan ed Dalan is the highlight of the Bangus Festival. (Photo courtesy of Lorenzo Austria Jr.) DAGUPAN CITY - Amid scorching heat, a crowd whose excitement could not be hidden behind the masks were all going in the direction of the city's central business district and on Saturday noon which was closed to vehicular traffic for the occasion. Then the familiar beat of drums to the tune of Gilon La (harvest time) and the...

THANKSGIVING. Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim (2nd from left) leads the release of some 4,500 fingerlings into the river during the Pisasalamat ed Ilog (Thanksgiving for the Rivers) on April 19, 2022. The fingerlings came from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the city's Agriculture Office. (Photo by Liwayway M. Yparraguirre) DAGUPAN CITY - Some 4,500 bangus (milkfish), malaga, and other high-value fish have been released into the city's river system as a thanksgiving activity for the Bangus Festival celebration this year. In an interview on Tuesday, Mayor Marc Brian Lim s...