THE ‘No to Drugs Textline’ of the Dagupan City government proved effective in the city’s campaign war versus drugs. P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, city police chief, told The PUNCH that 60 percent of arrests of drug pushers were triggered by the information the city police station through the textline. Meanwhile, he…
ALAMINOS CITY– The city government with the police, the Church and other concerned agencies have decided on a holistic approach to help combat drug menace and help self-confessed drug users and pushers have a new life. This was reached after City Mayor Arthur Celeste invited the Department of Social Welfare…
LINGAYEN—“I personally support the no nonsense, no mercy, no toleration campaign against illegal drugs of the President.” This was asserted by Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil in an interview when asked of his views, as a former police general and now a lawmaker, on the administration’s fight versus illegal drugs….
LINGAYEN–Some 8.000 households in 37 towns affected by Typhoon Lando last year will receive P40 million worth of roofing materials from the National Housing Authority (NHA) to help them rebuild their houses. Gov. Amado Espino III led the ceremonial distribution of these housing materials to 50 beneficiaries from the towns of Mabini, Lingayen and…
STILL ‘MANUAL’ TECHNOLOGY — Two tobacco farmers in Villasis town rush to stack tobacco leaves manually from a drying barn as the rainy season begins. The dried tobacco leaves are compressed and stacked until completely dry before selling them to traders. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ROSALES–Abono party-list representatives filed on July 26 a House Bill abolishing irrigation fees and other related fees to dramatically help farmers and improve their productivity. House Bill No. 1887 authored by Reps. Conrado Estrella III and Vini Nola Ortega noted that rice farmers have to pay an equivalent of five…
LINGAYEN–The Disaster management-useful technology GeoCloud Integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) will be pilot-tested in the country through a test-run on November 9 in Dagupan City, Lingayen and Binmaley. This was decided by a steering committee of the project that held its meeting last July 26 at the Pangasinan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Operations…
OWNERS of business establishments along Arellano St. in Dagupan city, joined by motorists and jeepney operators hailed the improved traffic flow in the area and credited Mayor Belen T. Fernandez for forming Task Force Arellano. Jeepney drivers and operators were one in claiming that the improved flow of traffic enabled them to earn…
FOUR towns recently received their respective Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) 2016 fund from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Regional Director Florante Leal and Provincial Director Peter Mangabat turned over the checks on separate occasions to local governments of Alaminos City, Binmaley, Sto. Tomas and Bugallon. Alaminos City Mayor Arthur…
ROSALES—The autobiography of Conrado F. Estrella, one of Pangasinan’s pride and most popular sons, will be launched on August 19 in Barangay Carmen here, on the occasion of his 99th birthday. Titled “Thoughts And Truths Under Five Presidents”, the 200-page book says, “The narrative of Conrado F. Estrella speaks of…
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