SAN FABIAN–Two police officers from Agno town listed as high value target in illegal drugs were shot dead in an armed encounter with policemen on Aug. 22 in Barangay Cabaruan here. Dead were SPO3 Marlon Nicolas from Ilocos Norte and PO3 Jenny Agbayani, from Ilocos Sur, both males, assigned in Agno…
INNOCENT VICTIM OF DRUG WAR MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez condemned the accidental shooting and death of Danica Mae Garcia, the five-year-old girl, on August 23, assured her family of the the city government’s resolve to identify the armed men responsible for her death and the wounding of her grandfather. The mayor…
MANDATORY DRUG TEST LINGAYEN – Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino, III led officials, heads of office and employees during the second day of the mandatory drug testing last August 24 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center. The provincial chief executive was first to arrive at the venue to take the…
THOUSANDS of Pangasinenses commuting regularly to Metro Manila also expressed support for the early granting of emergency powers to President Duterte in order to hasten the improvement of daily nightmarish traffic along EDSA. This was echoed by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano when he warned during Senate committee hearing last Thursday,…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) confirmed the increase in the number of shooting incidents in the province, mostly drug-related, but does not attribute these to supposed vigilantes. P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, PPPO information officer, said 66 shooting incidents were recorded from July 1 to August 24 this year. He admitted…
LINGAYEN – Striving to expand his predecessor’s projects for the province’s youth, Gov. Amado I. Espino, III plans to develop a program that will further develop the youth’s talents in performing arts and sports. While details for the tie-up with Department of Education (DepEd) is are still being finalized, the…
LINGAYEN – The provincial government is now assured of rice supply for distribution during relief operations. Gov. Amado Espino III will soon sign memorandum of agreement with the National Food Authority (NFA) for its Rice Loan program that will enable the provincial government to avail of at anytime for its…
BAYAMBANG—A 14- year-old grade-seven student drowned in a creek in Sitio Balangobong Barangay Tambac here on Tuesday, August 23. Bayambang Police Station (BPS) identified the victim as Kevin Yalung, resident of Barangay Sapang here, whose body was seen floating in the creek by a resident in the place. He was…
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Ilocos region has started deploying additional ovicidal-larvicidal (OL) Traps in 141 public and private sentinel schools region wide this August. This was made possible after DOST extended the implementation of the Nationwide Dengue Vector Surveillance (NDVS) until December. The campaign seeks to strengthen…
FISH growers in Sitio Talaib in Calmay and Sitio Tocok in Lucao denied they suffered a fish kill at the height of the monsoon rains that inundated many parts of the city as published on August 20 in a national daily. In an interview, fishermen Roland Vinoya and Rosemarie Gonzales, from Talaib, Calmay; and Ricardo Jose and Nelia Perez, from…
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