LESSONS LEARNED FROM WAR ON DRUGS LAOAC— The Philippine National Police has learned enough and good lessons from its war on drugs to carry on a more effective, focused campaign. Chief PNP, Director-General Ronald dela Rosa, gave the assurance that the campaign against illegal drugs will be “a more focused,…
MAY-DECEMBER RELATIONSHIP IN DAGUPAN IF you still don’t believe that love is blind, believe it. Beatrice Flores, 69, married her long-time boyfriend, Nick Tablada, 56, in civil rites officiated by Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez February 27, Monday afternoon. It was a marriage founded on true love, the kind that…
ANOTHER FOR THE BOOKS POZORRUBIO – A policewoman assigned to this town’s police station, delivered her second child under unusual circumstances, short of a miracle, and in the most odd place. PO1 Stephanie Novelas delivered her healthy baby boy in a natural fashion, ahead of her time for an expected…
LINGAYEN –The second installment of its lecture series of the Center for Pangasinan Studies (CPS) on February 27 held at the Sison Auditorium cited the relevance of Pangasinan Studies in the locale, national and international setting. The CPS lecture “Pangasinan Studies: The Locale, National and the Global” by Komisyon sa…
“YOU empower them. You equip them. You “complete” them!” This was how Fourth District Rep. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia challenged student affairs and services professionals in his keynote speech during the 2017 Regional Conference on Student Affairs and Services (SAS) on February 24 in San Fernando City, La Union. He said…
SUMMER BEAUTIES – The screening of candidates for 2017 LImgas na Pangasinan signaled the intensive preparations for the celebration of Pista’y Dayat in Lingayen on May 1. The official candidates will be presented to the media on Monday, March 6 at Urduja House. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FOR the war on drugs to succeed, the law enforcement agencies must strike hard at the very root of the problem–the source of illegal drugs. Victor T. Llamas, former judge, a legal practitioner in Dagupan City, and author of the book “Drugs, the Law, Du30 and You”, a 300-page book…
LAOAC— If you are passing through this town, you will note something different. The town has established Thursday its ‘Discipline Zones’ to stop and reform the “pasaway” (undisciplined) among its residents by complying with local ordinances. Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr said the ‘Discipline Zone’ is about the strict enforcement of…
A FUN run will kick off the observance of the Fire Month on March 7 in Dagupan City. The “Takbo Laban sa Sunog” will be spearheaded by the regional office of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Romie Tungapalan fire marshal of the BFP in Dagupan said F/Chief Supt. Leonard…
THE Philippine Marine Corps has rolled out its mobile recruitment program in Pangasinan. Capt. Romelito Macaraig, officer-in-charge of the Recruitment Division of the Philippine Marines, said the mobile recruitment is a one-stop-shop for those aspiring to be marines. Macaraig said the applicants will have to undergo the Armed Forces of…
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