TV5 is Coming to Dagupan City

TV5 Executives (from L-R): Raul Dela Cruz, Provincial Operations Head; Bobby Barreiro, EVP AND COO and Percival Intalan, Entertainment and Creative Production Head

TV5, the country's fastest growing network is finally coming to Dagupan City and Pangasinan. This development is part of the network's expansions in programming, infrastructure and technology which is regarded as the greatest ever seen in the local landscape for the past decades.

TV5's plans include putting up a TV5 Dagupan office and a Baguio news bureau. Local news programs and variety shows are to be expected by the first quarter of 2011. TV5 will also prioritize the hiring of locals in the area. The expansion of its 92.3 News FM in the provincial areas would surely make TV5's regional presence felt even more. These were announced during the TV5 Regional Launch Press Conference held at Lenox Hotel, Dagupan City and attended by national and local mediamen and bloggers.  

One can observe the improved signal of Tv5 in its local channel 28 here in Pangasinan as state of the art transmitters have been put up particularly in Baguio City.

Source: http://whatsupdagupan.blogspot.com/

Hubris

THE smoldering enmity between Dagupan city hall and the city council has turned from bad to worse. Blame it on the propensity of Mayor Benjie Lim to push the envelope too far in his evident desire to show who’s boss in the city. 

From where I sit, it was plain hubris on his part that caused the city to operate on a re-enacted budget. The needless power play that he triggered by his decision early on to bar department heads from appearing in council sessions and investigative hearings in aid of legislation will likely result in more unwarranted inefficiency in governance.

Source: By Ermin Garcia Jr.