Rubout, cursing, Abu Sayyaf By Ulysses R. Butuyan PINOYS ABLE TO FISH FREELY, UNDISTURBED AT SCARBOROUGH SHOAL. May Filipino fishermen introduce fish pens, too? BISHOP: NO MORE CURSING AS IT BOTHERS ONE’S CONSCIENCE. Summary execution of crime suspects doesn’t bother? MAGUINDANAO MAYOR’S KILLING AT CHECKPOINT, RUBOUT OR SHOOTOUT? Ask…
KERWIN ESPINOSA’S WORD— Hopefully, lightning will not strike twice on the Espinosas now that suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinoza is finally back from Abu Dhabi where he was in hiding for months. Remember that Kerwin’s father, Rolando, mayor of Albuera, Leyte, was shot dead inside his cell at the Leyte…
WAR ON DRUGS LINGAYEN–The Liga ng Barangay Provincial Federation is alarmed by the series of crackdowns by the police against Barangay chairmen in Pangasinan for their suspected involvement in illegal drugs, that resulted in the killing of some by criminals riding in tandem and in police operations. Liga ng Barangay Federation president and ex-officio Sangguniang…
DEFIANT CAO, ILLEGAL FISH PEN OWNERS — Above picture showing an illegal fish pen in Barangay Carael was received by The PUNCH from one of its sources to prove that contrary to claims of the City Agriculture Office, huge illegal fish pens remain in operation past the October 30 deadline. To…
MOLINA GETS ORDER DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez gave City Agriculturist Emma Molina a direct order to remove all fish pens in the city’s river immediately as she had earlier directed when she set the October 30 deadline. She gave the order after City Legal Officer Victoria Cabrera pointed out…
WHAT DEADLINE? — The owner of the illegal fish pen in Barangay Carael that promised to voluntarily dismantle the structure before the Oct 30 deadline is having the last laugh. The fish pen remains operating as of Nov. 18. (Contributed to The PUNCH)
THE Dagupan police has confirmed that 10 of the 31 barangays of the city are already considered drug-free and he expects five more barangays to earn its drug-free status next week. P/Supt. Neil Miro, acting chief of police, said the clearing operations were accomplished after the 1,211 drug pushers and…
PROPOSED REHAB CENTER SITE LINGAYEN –It’s final. The Philippine Army (PA) rejected the proposed plan to use a portion of Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag as site for a boot camp-type of rehabilitation for some of the 16,000 drug pushers and users that surrendered in the province. Instead, PA recommended…
24 CHINESE ARRESTED VILLASIS– Joint operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police swooped down on a clandestine cigarette factory in Barangay Unzad this town last Friday morning that yielded packaging machines and billions worth of fake cigarettes. Antero Prado Jr, Customs technical assistant, said…
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