No more jueteng, says Ricaforte LINGAYEN–Believe it or not, jueteng has again been completely stopped in Pangasinan. Newly-installed provincial police director, Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte reported the complete halt of jueteng operations in the province shortly a few days after he was ordered by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to clear…
VETO OVERRIDE–Dagupan City Councilors led by Karlos Reyna approach Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez shortly after voting 9-1 to override the vetoes of Mayor Benjamin Lim on their two ordinances. Councilors Lino Fernandez, Librada Reyna, Jigs Seen Alvin Coquia were joined by minority member Redford Erfe Mejia in voting for the…
WHEN push came to shove, members of the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, joined by one of the two in the opposition, rallied together and passed a resolution on September 13 overriding the veto of Mayor Benjamin Lim on their two ordinances involving tricycle franchises.
ALAMINOS CITY–The One Pangasinan Alliance (OPAL), composed of seven Local Government Units (LGUs) in the First District, has received a grant from the European Commission (EC) and the German government for the construction of several artificial wetland wastewater treatment facilities.
EXPRESS lanes for dengue patients have been set up in government hospitals around the province to facilitate medical treatment and avoid any more fatalities from the still pressing disease. At the same time, the provincial government issued an order to all hospitals last week to strictly implement the established protocol…
WARM WELCOME HOME— Barbara “Barbie” Salvador, Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism International 2010, with her parents, Dr. Raul (left) and Dra. Bles (2nd from right) are welcomed by their townmates in Pozorrubio led by Mayor Artemio Chan and wife, former Mayor Emma, during a homecoming visit last September 11. Back to…
MUTYA ng Pilipinas Tourism-International 2010 Barbara “Barbie” Salvador, also the reigning Mutya ng Pangasinan, was back in her hometown Pozorrubio on September 11, her first visit since she won the national beauty pageant.
A COP from Pangasinan was named among the ten awardees for the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) Award this year. Senior Police Officer 2 (SPO2) Hermie Soriano Raymundo, a non-commissioned police officer assigned at the Provincial Investigation and Detective Management Division of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, was proclaimed…
SUAL–The police seized four high-powered firearms with assorted ammunition and magazines in two simultaneous raids in the houses of suspected illegal gun holders in Barangay Pangascasan here last September 11. The suspected gun owners, brothers Enrico Brudo and Elmer Brudo, both of Barangay Pangascasan, were also arrested.
DROP-BALL IN THE CITY—Daily operation of the “Drop-Ball’ table in many barangays using fiesta ‘perya’ as a front, continues despite protests from parents and families whose children are being victimized by the seemingly harmless game of chance. Afficionados now reportedly bet as much as P1,000. Above photo was taken in…
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