Control lost! By Emmanuelle The Muslims, the Moros, the Ilagas, MILF, Bangsamoro, ultimatum, lost commands, terrorists, murderers, pillagers, bodies beheaded or decapitated, defiled. Of late, these words have the capacity to chill the spine of the most ordinary of citizens, but especially those who live in the Mindanao areas most…
A FIRST IN THE COUNTRY LINGAYEN–Barangay chairmen are now armed. And hopefully, not dangerous. The provincial government started handing out pump shotguns to the barangay chiefs last week as part of efforts to maintain peace and order in the province’s remote barangays.
LINGAYEN–Short of arresting the suspects, the police believes it has finally scored a breakthrough in its investigation into the more than three-week old slaying of Mayor Arthur Cabantac of Agno town. P/Sr. Supt Isagani Nerez, provincial police director, announced last week that Task Force Cabantac has zeroed in on an…
LINGAYEN—Tourism promotion in Pangasinan gets a big boost with the recent delivery of a fleet of brand new tourist buses ordered by the provincial government for its use to promote local tourism. Delivered were six buses and one coaster that will be made available for the shuttling of local tourists…
LINGAYEN—The long arm of the law finally caught up with a suspected member of a notorious kidnap for-ransom (KFR) gang believed responsible for the abduction of two traders in Pangasinan in 2002. Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez said investigators are digging deeper to determine if the group of…
Faced with the possible interminable delay in the implementation of the fish processing plant, Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. decided to intervene personally. Mayor Fernandez finally chaired the meeting of the Task Force on Housing and Urban Resettlement headed by City Engineer Virginia Rosario on Wednesday, where he clarified…
Ed Pontaoe 26 Aug 2008 Lion’s head at Hundred Islands? How boneheaded NRFD honcho Dr. Wishy-Washy Rosario and Mayor Harenani BRAGanza could become! Placing a head of a lion . . . autochthonous specie to Africa . . . in a Philippine National Park, is an affront to every Filipino…
THE Dagupan police is cutting down on its fuel consumption without compromising visibility and crime-prevention — thanks to the electric bicycles and motorbikes donated by the city government last week. Four e-bikes and one e-motorbike (also called an e-scooter) were initially turned over by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. to the…
Ed Pontaoe 25 Aug 2008 After the mediocre PINOY O-LAME-PICS team came limping home Malacañang immediately started the blame game. The Pontius Pilate touch . . . The debacle at Beijing made Arroyo scampering like a rat she is washing her hands off the defeat. The non-production of medals she…
SAN NICOLAS–This town has been placed under a state of calamity after rampaging floodwaters surged through when a dike broke at the height of the Typhoon Karen. Mayor Leoncio Saldivar III said the breach on the Calaocan dike along the Ambayaoan River was about 100 meters long and immediately caused…
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