DUTERTE MARTIAL LAW VS MARCOS MARTIAL LAW – Who’s afraid of martial law? Not me, who was among the first newsmen in the province arrested by the then Philippine Constabulary (PC) when Proclamation 1081 signed by then President Marcos was implemented in Pangasinan. In fact, I spent few hours in the…
GUARDING VS MARAWI SPILLOVER THE Philippine National Police (PNP) in Pangasinan has been placed on full alert following the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the Police-Community Relations at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), said the full alert status was ordered by P/Sr. Superintendent…
BANNED BUT WHO CARES? — A corn farmer spreads out the corn grains for drying on a portion of the cemented highway in Sta. Barbara, a practice that has been banned by law. Hundreds like him continue the practice every rice and corn harvest period but barangay officials and the police just…
NEW GOV’T CENTER THE plan of the Dagupan City government to build a new government center has been accelerated after the brother of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez manifested his desire to donate 1.2-hectare lot of his property along the De Venecia Expressway Extension in Barangay Pantal here. The Sangguniang Panlungsod…
SMOKING BAN ENFORCEMENT LOCAL Government Units (LGUs) in Pangasinan have been advised to form their own anti-smoking task forces to enforce Executive Order No. 26 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte seeking to provide smoke-free environment in both public and private places. The call was made by Francisco de Vera Jr.,…
WAR ON DRUGS UPDATE FIVE listed high value targets (HVT) for drugs in Pangasinan have already been accounted for while four more have been tracked down and could be likewise arrested soon as the warrants for their arrest are secured from the courts. Another HVT remains at large and could…
INMATES and personnel at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) district jail in Dagupan CIty are being given the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) tests as preventive measure in overly congested facility. Lawyer Kenneth Bid-ing, BJMP warden here, told The PUNCH that more than a preventive…
MAN’S BEST FRIEND — A young fisherman in Bolinao is met by his best friend, an excited pet dog, on his arrival from the day’s fishing trip for their usual bonding. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALAMINOS CITY–Two tourists were hurt when two passenger boats collided near the Governor’s Island in the Hundred Islands, last Sunday, May 21. The two were identified as Dianne Angela Abasta, 17; and Cristina Zarzuela, 40, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), both passengers of MB Babi 1. piloted by one Francis Abella, 33,…
SCHOOL teachers in Dagupan have started doing the rounds of communities doing their version of Oplan “Tokhang” in order to encourage children of school age who have not registered for this school year. Venus Estolino, chief of the Curriculum Implementation Division of the City Schools Division, told the KBP Forum…
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