GROUNDBREAKING. Mayor Marc Brian Lim (right) and other officials during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Dagupan City hall complex on Thursday (May 5, 2022). Phase 1 of the construction will begin immediately following the groundbreaking. (Photo courtesy of Liwayway Yparraguirre) DAGUPAN CITY - The first phase of the construction of a new Dagupan City hall complex at the A.B. Fernandez Avenue here has started and is expected until December this year. In an interview during the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Mayor Marc Brian Lim said the first multi-storey building will be constructed in the almost 1,000-square-meter area in front of the old city hall main building. Phase 1 will be groundwork starting with the construction of its foundation and the majority of the building's frame or cell, he said. Lim said the construction does not violate the election spending ban as the processing of the necessary papers as well as the demolition of the one-stop-shop-business center