LINGAYEN— The police have alerted parents and guardians to look into the security of their daughters and female relatives on a regular basis because the number of rape cases in the province has increased. The Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) recorded 121…
SOME inmates at the Dagupan District Jail may expect to be freed soon and join the 8,600 inmates that had been freed after 13,600 civil cases were settled by the Justice-on-Wheels (JOW), a mobile court launched by the Supreme Court since year 2005. SC Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez who headed the Justice-on-Wheels…
Justice-on-Wheels returns to Dagupan
ONLY 290 household helpers in Dagupan City have been registered in Social Security System (SSS) by their employers in compliance with the “Kasambahay Law”. Marilyn Dioquino of accounts monitoring section in SSS Dagupan branch said, her office is still conducting mapping to locate household helpers that have not been enrolled…
Poor compliance with ‘Kasambahay law’ noted
URDANETA CITY—A barangay captain of Echague, Isabela and another person died while five others were injured when the Mitsubishi Montero they rode in hit a mango tree at the road shoulder in Barangay Catablan here night of June 14. The fatalities were identified as Aureliano Baracao, 52, barangay captain of…
2 killed, 5 hurt when SUV hit mango tree
THE provincial government is prepared for the onset of the La Niña phenomenon. This was the assurance given by Avenix Arenas, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) training and information officer during the KBP Forum last week. He said PDRRMO’s disaster plan, contingency plan, among other plans, are ready…
Pangasinan prepared for La Niña
LINGAYEN— The provincial health office (PHO) is set to do an evaluation whether the province can still be declared malaria-free in the next three years. According to PHO chief, Dr. Anna De Guzman, her office already received guidelines on how to do the assessment in areas that are considered high…
PHO seeks malaria-free status for province
THE local government units of Dagupan City, Sta. Barbara, Bayambang and Mangaldan availed of the e-AlkanSSSya project of the Social Security System (SSS) for contractual employees of the municipal and city government. Marilyn Dioquino, accounts monitoring section of SSS Dagupan branch, told the KBP Forum, that discussions are ongoing with…
Four LGUs avail of e-AlkanSSSya for contractual staff
ROSALES – Some 2,300 farmers and agricultural workers in Pangasinan received their certificates for completing their course on sustainable swine production during the graduation ceremonies of the School-On-the-Air (SOA) program held here, Friday. Rogelio Evangelista, center director of the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) in Region 1, said “Sanayang…
Farmers complete swine production course
FORMER Dagupan City Vice Mayor Teodoro “Teddy” Manaois III has joined his Creator when he expired on June 23 at 6:25 a.m. after a lingering illness. The former vice mayor, who served for three consecutive terms, including one term as city councilor, was the son of the late Dagupan City Mayor Cipriano…
Former Vice Mayor Manaois joins Creator
FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS LINGAYEN— Pangasinenses have every reason to be proud of their police. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) is this year’s outstanding police provincial office (PPO) in police community relations (PCR) in the region based on its performance in 2015. Aside from the PPPO, the other regional awardees…