DAGUPAN YOUNG PUGS-–Two triumphant boxers of the Dagupan City School Division, Vamjo Fonacier, gold medalist in the 34-kilogram elementary division, and Ronald Caranga, bronze medalist in the 39-kilogram secondary division, are joined by their coaches Fernando Lopez and Efren Rosario and trainer Levy Blanco after their fights during the 2013…
THE Junior NBA Philippines program will return to Dagupan City on March 16 to 17 for the holding of the Regional Selection Camp that will form the Region 1 Jr. NBA team. Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, regional director of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and host of…
LAOAC CHALLENGE CHAMPS—The top three winners in the Laoac Cycling Challenge in the executive-master category, Rolando Burgos Jr. (center), Christian Linda (left) and Simeon Gelacio raise their respective trophies during the awarding ceremony held on March 4. With them are (from left) Laoac Mayor Silverio Alarcio, 1963 Tour of Luzon…
LAOAC BIKEFEST LITTLE-known Ilocos Sur rider Rolando Burgos Jr. pedaled home alone to win the 85-kilomter Laoac Cycling Challenge executive-master division held March 4 in conjunction the town fiesta. Burgos, who wittingly stayed with the pack at the first round of three, suddenly pulled and spurted away for good in…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seeks a mandatory and regular drug-testing for all collegiate athletes following the arrest of two Far Eastern University (FEU) varsity players for possession of marijuana. “I believe that college basketball players are covered by the drug-testing procedure, but on a one-time basis just before…
ONE of the dreaded drug pushers in Dagupan City was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted at the Rizal Extension in Barangay Pogo Chico on March 5. Efren Caramat, also known as Pakoy, is well known in his neighborhood as a shabu peddler targeting out-of-school youths and fears no one…
POZORRUBIO–An intensive manhunt was launched by joint police elements against two armed suspects who shot and killed a councilman of Barangay Bobonan here at about 6:45 a.m. Thursday. The victim, Onofre Alvendia, also a former barangay chairman of Bobonan, was gunned down by two unidentified male persons riding in tandem…
THE adoptive mother of a 15-year old drug courier who was arrested last month was also arrested last March 6 by Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) operatives. The mother, Sheila Bangon, 29, a resident of Sitio Kamandag, Bonuan Tondaligan, Dagupan City was caught in a buy-bust operation where she sold…
ASINGAN–A trader temporarily residing in Barangay Macalong here and listed as priority target by the Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Ciouncil (MADAC) was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation on March 7. Recovered from the suspect, Elias Sultan, were one small and two medium-sized transparent sachets of shabu, P1,000 marked…
SAN Juan Congressman JV Ejercito announced in Dagupan City Thursday that the amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act which he co-authored in the House of Representatives is set to become a law soon. “Mukhang ipapasa na namin yan ,” Ejercito told newsmen during a lull in his solo-campaign sortie in…
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