DASOL—The police have arrested two suspects involved in the killing of Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez last December 15, at a checkpoint last Monday. Recently relieved police senior superintendent Mariano Luis Versoza Jr., then still officer-in-charge of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) and the commander of the Special Investigation Task…
ARENAS SUBSTITUTION—Philanthropist and socialite Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas signs her certificate of candidacy before Provincial election supervisor Atty. Marino Salas (seated) as her daughter 3rd District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas looks on. The elder Arenas is substituting for her daughter who has withdrawn her candidacy for re-election. (Photo by Cesar S….
THIRD District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas, running unopposed for a third and final term in May 2013, has withdrawn her candidacy and her mother, philanthropist and socialite Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas, is taking her spot. The mother and daughter team, both from the Liberal Party, went to the Commission on Elections…
RETURN BOUT IN 4TH DISTRICT RE-ELECTIONIST Gina de Venecia is again facing off with Celia Lim in the congressional race in the 4th District in the May 2013 elections. Lim, wife of Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim, filed her certificate of candidacy last Friday as a substitute for Mario Lim who…
MS. DAGUPAN 2012—Mara Janielle I. Ramos (center) shines after she is crowned Miss Dagupan 2012 during the pageant and coronation night held December 17 at the City Plaza. She is joined on stage by her court, 2nd runner-up Eddylyn M. Aurelio (2nd from left), 1st runner up Ann Mabel D….
TWENTY-one year old Mara Janielle Ramos representing Barangay Lasip Grande was crowned Ms. Dagupan 2012 during the pageant and coronation night last December 17 at the City Plaza. Ramos bested 15 contestants as she impressed the judges and the audience not just with her beauty and grace but with her…
LINGAYEN—Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr., who was never permanently appointed and kept at ‘officer-in-charge’ (OIC) status as provincial police director, has been ordered relieved from his post effective December 20 following the eruption of the jueteng payola issue in the province. While the official word from the police is…
“LEAVE politics to politicians.” This was the first message sent out by the new officer-in-charge provincial police director, Senior Superintendent Manolito Labador, to city and municipal police chiefs in Pangasinan as he took over the post from Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr. last week. “Focus on peace and order…
RETIRED Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a long-time anti-jueteng crusader, is glad that the illegal gambling issue is back in the forefront and is hopeful that that Aquino government will this time finally put a stop to the age-old social problem. Cruz said he is putting his confidence in Interior and…
LEFT with no choice, Mayor Benjamin S. Lim has deferred the opening of the bids for the sale of the MCAdore International Palace last Monday following the temporary restraining order issued by the court the previous week. “Let us respect the order of the Court,” Lim told the members of…
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