Who says a policeman can only get wounded in a firefight with criminals? PO3 Alfonso Villamil of the Dagupan police found this the hard way after losing three fingers on his right hand when a pillbox inside a suspect’s pocket exploded while frisking the latter at the city jail. Superintendent…

URDANETA CITY—A massive manhunt has been launched for a bank security guard as the primary suspect in the killing of the bank manager of Rizal Commercial Ban-king Corporation Urdaneta branch. The victim was identified as Maria Fe Valencia, 32, single, resident of Bora, Tarlac City, who temporarily resided at a…

MALASIQUI–Rep. Rachel Arenas of the 3rd District of Pangasinan has appealed to the Department of Public Works and Highways to speed up the construction of the Calvo Bridge in Bayambang. In an interview, Arenas said the people are now getting impatient over the sluggish pace of construction of the bridge,…

MANAOAG–Mission impossible. That was how Edgar Valdez, head of the Municipal Planning Development Council (MPDC), described Manaoag’s attempt to comply with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). “Parang suntok sa buwan iyan,” Valdez said and confirmed having been informed by the national government about the MDG in 2001, or a year…

GRADUATION DAY LINGAYEN-A simple graduation rite that will not require contributions from students and their parents was ordered for all schools in Pangasinan 1 school division. Pangasinan 1 Division Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio issued the order as she announced that the graduation exercises in elementary and high school in Pangasinan…

SAN CARLOS CITY–Smokers beware. When in San Carlos City, remember not to take a nicotine puff inside public vehicles plying any road in the city or you may find out too late that the momentary nicotine rush may not be worth it after all. A jeepney or bus driver can…

LINGAYEN–The renovation of the provincial capitol where all the elected provincial officials, including their respective staff hold office will be completed on April 30. This was confirmed by the contractor, Cris David, and his designer, Ponciano Sibug, who initially employed 50 workers for the job, and added another 30 to…

MALASIQUI-Summer is here and the intense heat is on. Health secretary Francisco Duque III has a timely advice to his kabaleyans. “Be very cautious about the effects of over exposure to sunlight,” he said. Duque, who arrived here with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last week to launch several government projects, reminded…

Some 30 language experts are joining a one-day seminar-workshop on Pangasinan dialect to be held at the audio-visual center of the University of Pangasinan (UPang) on March 28. Mel Jovellanos, a historian and Pangasinan language expert, said in an interview with The PUNCH that the activity, dubbed Pangasinan Language Orthography…