Drug war. Duterte. Pope Francis. By Ulysses R. Butuyan 80% OF FILIPINOS WORRY THEY MIGHT BE KILLED IN THE DRUG WAR. To worry for themselves is self-interest; to worry for others is patriotism. SWS SAYS 80% GIVE DUTERTE’S DRUG CAMPAIGN AN EXCELLENT RATING. On Calvary, one of the famous…
Remembering my cycling mentor By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT was morning of December 22 when I received a text message from my cycling contemporary Jesse “Og” Mosada of Mapandan saying my cycling maestro, Tour of Luzon veteran Bienvenido Bongato had passed away in Canada due to colon cancer….
LAST HURRAH FOR FIRECRACKERS. With only three days more to go before New Year’s Eve, the nationwide ban on firecrackers is now too late in the day to implement. President Rodrigo Duterte, we were informed, is not keen on implementing the ban this year, noting the huge investments of businessmen…
TARGET ZERO-CASUALTY — Dagupan City’s acting police chief, P/Superintendent Neil Miro, is joined by the Barangay Kapitan George Galvan of Pogo Grande and Filipinas de los Santos of Malued, and P/Chief Inspector Bernabe Ramos as they prepare to dispose of the oversized firecrackers seized from vendors. (Punchphoto by Leonardo Micua)
13 MISSING FIREARMS RECOVERED LINGAYEN— The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office warned buyers of the missing 41 firearms from the Urdaneta City Police Station (UCPS) that they will be subjects of police operations if they do not return the firearms they acquired illegally, soon. Acting Provincial Director, P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Oliver…
WITH five more barangays in the city still drug-affected, Mayor Belen Fernandez said the drug clearing operations by the police and barangay officials will continue even during the holidays, until Dagupan City is 100 percent drug free. So far, 26 of the 31 barangays have already been declared drug-free. The…
IWAS PAPUTOK: SO FAR SO GOOD SO far so good! No firecracker-related injuries in the city. This was the encouraging assessment of Dagupan City police as of December 30, 2016 considering that 19 cases were already recorded in various parts of Pangasinan, and 41 in Region 1. Department of Health’s…
WHILE 25 firecracker vendors have been allowed to sell their wares at the designated firecracker zone in Barangay Poblacion Oeste under the New Pantal Bridge, they have been warned by the police against selling banned firecrackers. Mayor Belen Fernandez decided to allow the vendors to sell firecrackers for humanitarian reasons…
LINGAYEN —The Provincial Health Office already recorded 13 cases of firecracker-related injuries as of December 28. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa De Guzman, provincial health officer, said, the youngest victim was four years old while the oldest was 48 years old. Twelve of the victims are male while only one is…
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