NPA ON THE OFFENSIVE? LINGAYEN—A policeman was killed and one wounded in a firefight with members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the mountain borders of Pangasinan-Benguet and Nueva Vizcaya. The lone fatality was PO2 Aries Tamondong and one member of the Regional Public Safety Battalion was wounded while…
ONE-TIME, BIG-TIME FOUR men were arrested and 11 sachets of shabu and several firearms and ammunition were seized during the One-Time, Big Time Operation in various parts of Dagupan City early Wednesday by the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, police provincial director, identified the arrested suspects as Aries…
NO-DRUGS, NO-SMOKING TOWN ASIDE from being the lone drug-unaffected town in Pangasinan, this municipality has already been a zero-smoking zone from the day President Duterte signed Executive Order 26 two months ago. Mayor Timoteo Villar III said to demonstrate the town’s strong support to the president’s administration, he and the…
FOILED EXTORTION ATTEMPT ON ESPINOS — Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr. talks to the media last Friday after the successful entrapment and arrest of an Ombudsman employee and his relative who tried to extort P1.35 million in exchange for ‘fixing’ the dismissal of fabricated yet non-existing cases before the…
THE long arm of the law will always catch the criminals. This was stressed by lawyer Geraldine Baniqued, provincial Legal officer, after the arrest of Lawyer Isagani Nicolas, labor arbiter and cousin Leonardo Nicolas, graft investigator from the Office of the Ombudsman for extortion. They were arrested last week for…
LINGAYEN–Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr., former governor, said the extortion attempts first on his youngest son, Bugallon Mayor Jumel Espino, and another on him by an employee of the Ombudsman with the help of his cousin should be enough reason for the Office of Ombudsman to cleanse its ranks. This…
PDEA DECLARATION AWAITED EIGHTEEN more towns were recommended by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) to the regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be declared drug-free. The towns recommended to be declared drug-free are Anda, Bolinao, Burgos, Dasol, Mabini, Aguilar, Basista, Labrador, Sison, Natividad, San Nicolas,…
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT! — Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte in Pangasinan stage a rally at the Dagupan City plaza wildly cheering the President’s State of the Nation Address on July 24. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINENSES came out on July 24 at the Dagupan City Plaza to show their support for President Rodrigo Duterte as he delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). Lynn Ang, a businesswoman and the provincial coordinator of FORD (Friends Of Rody Duterte), gathered Duterte supporters for another chance to demonstrate…
COMMITMENT OF SUPPORT FOR IP — Five organizations sign the Manifesto of Commitment for the Aliguas Indigenous Peoples ed Pangasinan to support projects for Indigenous Peoples Communities in Pangasinan. Shown signing are National Commission on Indigenous Peoples–Pangasinan Director Enrique delos Santos, Pangasinan Police Provincial Director Ronald Lee, Provincial Population Officer Ellsworth Gonzales (representing Gov. Amado…
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