Mr. Villar has given notice that he will temporarily be on leave and will resume writing soon. — Editor Active Anti-Drugs Advisory Council is key By Bebot Villar LOOKS like the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled on October 31 will be postponed for next year! Obviously, the…
Driving dilemma (Part 3) By Virginia Pasalo IT has been two years since he left the Philippines and Ramon had found new friends at ARAMCO, the company with which his Philippine employer had partnered with for the construction of several structures in Dharan. He was determined to excel in…
Battle royale in Calasiao By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWO days before the event I was informed that the second day of hostilities of the 2016 UCAAP Jimmy Fernandez Basketball Challenge will be held in Calasiao at the newly built Calasiao Sports Center. Surprised because for the last six years…
NO MORE SURPRISES. The new and hopefully final list of narco officials, past and present, set to be released by President Rodrigo Duterte, numbering some 1,000, should make those who waltzed with the devils despite their positions in government (and had long gotten away with it), nervous, sick and sleepless. We will not be surprised anymore if that list…
WAR ON DRUGS IN PANGASINAN AS a result of series of police and community initiatives, the number of drug-free barangays in Pangasinan as of Friday, September 16 has reached 36, out of 1,333 barangays in the province. The drug-free barangays are found in Alaminos-1, Agno-1, Bolinao-1, Infanta-1, Aguilar-1, Basista-1, Binmaley-1, Mangatarem-6, Urbiztondo-3….
SUCCESSFUL SUPPLY REDUCTION LINGAYEN— If the trend continues, shabu will already hardly be afforded by the jobless and residents in settlements. This became evident after Region 1 director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said price of shabu has increased by as much as 600 percent due to the…
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT — Lingayen-Dagupan diocesan parishioners, members of Philippine National Police, priests, nuns and seminarians, and families of victims, join the candlelight procession along Dagupan City streets carrying streamers and banners with message: “Huwag kang papatay,” “Thou shalt not kill” after a Holy Mass was offered for drug personalities…
IN a statement issued on Sept. 14 on the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said prayers are offered for “divine fortitude and wisdom to guide all enforcers of the law so that human rights may everywhere…
LINGAYEN— Urdaneta City’s drug dens in Muslim village are gone. This was revealed by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isidro Lapeña to local reporters after the Pangasinan Anti-Illegal Drugs Summit. Lapeña said Barangay Camantiles in Urdaneta City that used to be a hotspot and source of drug supply…
SAN CARLOS CITY—A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge here issued a preliminary injunction or status quo order enjoining a businessman from exercising his rights of ownership on the controversial century-old Bayambang Central School. In a two-page order dated Sept. 5, 2016, Presiding Judge Hermogenes Fernandez of the RTC Branch 56…
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