FINALLY, NO WORK, NO PAY! We thought we were seeing ghosts when even some of the frequent absentees in local legislative bodies have resurfaced and are now attending regular sessions, something they did not do often for the last nine months since assuming their posts. At first, we surmised these folks…
STREET DANCERS FOR GILON-GILON — Young men and women wear bangus-inspired costumes as they take part in the Bangus Festival’s Gilon Gilon ed Baley street dancing competition late afternoon last Friday (April 21) in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DOUBLE BARREL RELOADED SCORE SINCE Double Barrel Reloaded (DBR) was launched in March, 163 drug personalities have been arrested in 154 anti-drug operations conducted by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). According to P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, PPPO’s chief of the police community…
POZORRUBIO–The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported the arrest of the province’s top high value target (HVT) in the province by operatives of a joint team of the Pangasinan police , the Pozorrubio police, Urdaneta City police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Irisan, Baguio City on April…
AN early morning parade led by the famed University of Luzon’ Drum and Lyre Corps, the flying of hundreds of balloons, non-stop zumba dancing and playing of native games by children marked the grand opening of the 2017 Dagupan Bangus Festival at the Tondaligan Blue Beach, witnessed by thousands who trooped to…
HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCE LINGAYEN—The four-day holiday for the observance of Holy Week left 10 persons dead in separate drowning incidents in beaches and rivers, many of whom were reportedly drunk. Oliver Abaoag, Grade 1 pupil of Poblacion District II of Pozorrubio, drowned in a swimming pool of a resort in…
THE drowning of 10 vacationists in various rivers and beaches of Pangasinan on Holy Week should serve as a wake up call to local government units (LGUs) in Pangasinan to enact ordinances that will ensure the safety of tourists going to their places. This was underscored by P/Chief inspector Norman…
USE OF CEMETERY ROAD ACCESS to the Cemetery Road from Mayombo District has become the center of a dispute as result of the city ordinance requiring a nose in-nose out policy for bus terminals. A case has been filed before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) by Solid North bus company…
AFTER the generally peaceful observance of the Holy Week, the Pangasinan Police are now focused on the security of residents and visitors in popular tourist destinations in the province. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, acting-police provincial director, has ordered the implementation of security measures around tourist destinations and malls during the…
TRADITION OF SALUBONG — Little girls dressed as angels stand between the images of the Risen Christ and Mother Mary for the reenactment of ‘Salubong’ at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City after the Easter vigil mass and procession. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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