BATTLE FOR NUMBERS GAME LINGAYEN–The days of jai-alai betting in Pangasinan may already be numbered as the Small Town Lottery (STL) under the authority of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is now all set to operate in the province. A symposium on STL was reportedly organized in Dagupan last Thursday…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez told newsmen on May 10 that she is not keen on allowing the entry of Small Town Lottery (STL) in Dagupan. Asked by newsmen on the issue of STL, she said categorically: “We do not want any STL in Dagupan. That has not yet been…
SUPPORT FOR WAR ON DRUGS LINGAYEN—The provincial government is looking forward to the start of the operation of the drug rehabilitation center in Barangay San Vicente, Burgos, with the expected early completion of the construction facility. In his State of the Province Address (SOPA) during a special session of the…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez has ordered P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz, the city police chief, to revalidate the status of barangays in the city already declared as drug-cleared by his predecessor. Fernandez gave the order during a meeting of the City Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) and officials of the Treatment and…
LINGAYEN— Police teams are validating and continue to revalidate the drug situations in all barangays. This was the directive of P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Oliver Lee, police provincial director, as he confirmed that the seven towns they earlier declared as drug-free, only the status of Sto. Tomas and Laoac were retained….
PAF HELICOPTER CRASH LINGAYEN— He sent a photo of him while airborne to his wife with a view of “heaven” two hours taken before the Philippine Air Force (PAF) chopper crashed in Tanay, Rizal last May 4. On hindsight, the wife realized it was like a premonition about his death….
ANOTHER GUINNESS TITLE — Sto. Tomas folks are all eyes on the drone flying above them documenting their town’s bid for the Guinness Longest Table Line last April 2, 2017. On Wednesday, Mayor Timoteo Villar III received an email from the Guinness records management team that the town won the record title. (Punchphoto…
LONGEST PICNIC LINE STO. TOMAS—This town has proven once more that being small is not a terrible thing but a terrific thing because it can accomplish anything it sets out to do. This time, it clinched another Guinness World Record (GWR) title: The Longest Line of Tables. In an e-mail…
LEE AS PERMANENT PD WHAT can be expected now that P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee is the province’s permanent provincial director of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO)? P/chief Inspector Norman Florentino, PPPO information officer and head of the community relations, said there is now full accountability over police operations and…
COOL SUNSET BY THE LINGAYEN GULF – The sight of the magical sunset is enough reason for frolickers at the Lingayen Beach to stay longer and watch until the sun vanishes from the horizon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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