RECYCLED FOR CHILDREN’S PARK – The regulars at the Malued Day Care Center can’t contain their excitement as they try out their new colorful playground made from recycled materials. Village officials plan to replicate the Malued playground in other areas to encourage residents to be more environment-friendly. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
MAYOR Belen Fernandez decried as fake news the report being peddled by the camp of Vice Mayor Marc Brian Lim that Dagupan will borrow up P2 billion for the transfer of the new city hall on a donated land along the newly designated Pantal-Lucao growth center. Fernandez said the city government…
2017 CRIME INDEX PANGASINA has been more peaceful this year than in 2016 as gleaned from Crime Statistics for the two years released by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). A comparative crime statistics table released to THE PUNCH Friday by P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, PPPO information officer, shows a 17% decline…
THE city of Dagupan is now finally drug-free after Barangay II & III was finally cleared of illegal drugs on Friday, Nov. 17. Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the City Anti Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) and Police Chief P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz, vice chairman, signed the document certifying to the status…
REFORMED DRUG DEPENDENTS — The more than 700 drug dependents that completed the community-based rehabilitation program are acknowledged by the town and police officials. (Contributed)
MALASIQUI— The municipality of Malasiqui is the latest town in Pangasinan validated by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as drug-free town. All 752 self-confessed drug users and pushers in 61 barangays here (out of 73 barangays) at the start of the war on drugs in the town have been…
‘INSTAGRAMMABLE’ PHOTOS – Shoppers take ‘selfies’ for their Instagram at the ‘Disney’ themed Christmas centerpiece with a 25-foot Christmas tree in SM City in Rosales. Shoppers can avail of a pair of ‘SM Bears of Joy’ for P200. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil has assured the completion of the restoration of the old Casa Real by mid 2018 given the delay in the release of Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone Authority’s (TIEZA) commitment. Bataoil who made a call to TIEZA upon learning that the P50 million financial commitment of the agency has not…
THE 702nd Infantry Brigade based in Manaoag assured the security of the public despite sightings of the New People’s Army in the boundaries of Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zambales. Col. Henry Robinson, commander of the 702nd Infantry Brigade, gave the assurance in an exclusive interview with the PUNCH, even as…
GOLDEN Go Rapid Gaming Corporation (GGRGC), franchise holder of Small Town Lottery (STL) in Pangasinan announced it is continuing its operations pending resolution of its appeal for reconsideration of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)’s decision terminating the agreement for failing to reach its monthly quota of P7.5 million daily bet…
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