BAYAMBANG—“It was like a movie scene.” This is how Police Officer 3 Eduardo de Guzman Santiago remembers the day when, off duty and simply on his way home to his family in this town, he rescued two children from a hostage-taker inside a passenger bus, an incident where he sustained…
AGNO—Two black barges believed to be from Indonesia ran aground at the shoreline of Barangay Aloleng here on July 31 due to strong waves brought by Typhoon Gener. A report from the Philippine Coast Guard, which conducted an ocular inspection of the area with the police, said the two barges,…
A SUSPECTED drug pusher was killed after he engaged agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 1 (PDEA RO1) in a shootout in the early morning of June 6 in Urdaneta City. The suspect was identified as Asis Hadji Modior of Baranggay Camantiles, Urdaneta City. A known shabu…
WHEELS FOR CRIME FIGHTING–Fourth District Representative Gina De Venecia (right), with Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, turns over a motorcycle unit to Dagupan City Police Chief Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr., the first of two she is donating to the force to aid in crime-fighting operations. The four other towns in the…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia, upon delivering on her promise to provide high speed motorcycles to the police, called on the force to intensify efforts in pursuing and arresting motorcycle riding-in-tandem hitmen (MRTH). Last week, the police of Dagupan City and the municipalities of San Fabian, Mangaldan, San Jacinto…
SAN CARLOS CITY—The police here are now equipped with Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) gear worth P3.5 million courtesy of the city government. City officials led by Mayor Julier Resuello turned over the gear to Supt.. Marlon Tayaba and Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Versoza Jr., officer-in-charge provincial police chief, during…
CHOLESTEROL could be good for you. A prominent physician and biochemist has called on the Pangasinan Press Club to lead in educating the public in the “truth and correct steps” to good health and wellness, including the many benefits of cholesterol-rich food to the human body. Dr. Robin B. Navarro, head…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pangasinan resumed on August 1 the registration of new voters and the validation of listed ones for the 2013 elections. Acting Provincial Election Supervisor Jenifer Balarbar explained that the registration was temporarily suspended last July to give way to the election in the Autonomous Region of…
LINGAYEN—Isulat yo ed Pangasinan. This was the encouragement given the budding literary writers in the province by prominent local writers in a workshop last July 28. The workshop was aimed at a wider use of the local language as their medium to expand Pangasinan’s body of literature.
GREENING PANGASINAN–Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia (right) leads a tree planting activity on July 28 at the vicinity of the Dagupan City Water District (DCWD) main office in Dagupan City with DCWD general manager Ramon Reyna in support of the national greening program and the national wellness program of…
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