FRESH MANDATE. Elected Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez delivers her inaugural speech on Thursday (June 30, 2022). Fernandez won against former Mayor Marc Brian Lim. (Photo courtesy of Hilda Austria) DAGUPAN CITY - The tricycle permit, regulatory, and franchise fee here will be free for the operators from July 2022 to 2025 as part of the campaign promise of newly-elected Mayor Belen Fernandez. In a speech on her inauguration on Thursday, Fernandez thanked the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod for passing the ordinance revising a portion of the revenue code of the city to give way to the request of tricycle drivers and operators. "With the help of our friends in Sanggunian, we were able to deliver some of our promises," she said referring to the moratorium on the franchise and other fees for tricycle drivers and operators. In the past, aside from the franchise fee that was valid for three years, operators and drivers still had to pay the regulatory fees like mayor's