DAGUPAN CITY – Goodbye and hello jueteng. Welcome small town lottery (STL)! Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, head of the Krusada ng Bayan Laban sa Jueteng, has recognized that jueteng operations in the country have significantly been reduced, but only to give way to its legal version, the STL. “Jueteng is…
STA.BARBARA, Pangasinan – At least five possible candidates have so far expressed intent to vie for the congressional seat for the third district of Pangasinan in the local elections in May next year. Retired Philippine National Police deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco, who hails from barangay Banaoang this town, is…
The provincial office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has given assurance it is ready for the May 2007 elections whether or not the polls push through. “Notwithstanding if the elections would be postponed, we will see to it that in so far as our office is concerned, we are…
IN MANGALDAN TOWN MANGALDAN – P/Chief Insp. Llyod Milan, the newly-sworn in police chief here, has promised to address the worsening traffic situation in this town’s central market area. Milan said the police force will coordinate with the town’s Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) to draw up new and…
DAGUPAN CITY–The state of marine mammal preservation in the country is still in its “infancy stage”. This was the observation of an official of Ocean Adventure who came to Pangasinan Wednesday to teach barangay officials in San Fabian town the ABCs of giving proper care to any dolphin beached on…
TWELVE minors were arrested by the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) on Galvan street last Tuesday while they were sniffing rugby, a pasting substance that has delusionary effects when inhaled. Rugby, an adhesive substance, is freely sold in hardware stores. POSO chief Robert Erfe-Mejia said the children included 10…
SAN MANUEL – Here is yet another lesson that drinking and driving don’t mix. A municipal councilor of this town died after the motorcycle he was driving bumped a camachile tree along sitio Cabatuan in barangay Sto. Domingo on Oct. 14 around 3:35 p.m. The victim was Municipal councilor Regulo…
NOT A HAWKER, BUT A ROLLING STORE — An enterprising vendor crosses A.B. Fernandez Avenue pushing a cart laden with his goods, a device he built to escape the daily cat-and-mouse chase between members of Anti-Hawking Task Force and ambulant vendors occupying the sidewalks. – (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BOOK DONATION — Retired Police Deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco (middle), an alumnus of the Banaoang Elementary School in Sta. Barbara, turns over books he donated to school principal Mrs. Fredeline Celzo for the library’s use. Standing behind Velasco is book author Mel Velasco, the general’s cousin. – (Photo by…
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