NEVER MIND THE GUN, MIND THE POLICEMAN. – Policemen are expected to be marksmen. They must hit their targets even if they are expected to be trained on subduing their criminal targets, without need to fire their guns at their targets indiscriminately. During our not-so-often visits at the Sison Camp…
AN official of the Regional Medical Center in Dagupan warned that increased incidence of measles and other infectious diseases are expected in Pangasinan if parents continue to refuse to submit their children for vaccination against other infectious diseases. Dr. Jocelyn Angeles, head of R1MC’s epidemiology center, noted reports that the number of…
BAMBOO HALOS – Young ladies of San Nicolas parade their bamboo crafted ornament that appear like a halo from afar during the parade for the town’s 5th Kawayan Festival and town fiesta. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FOUR IN PANGASINAN LINGAYEN—The rising number of stoning incidents on the highways in the region have so alarmed the police that it prompted the police director of Region 1 to sack 10 police chiefs in the region for failing to stop stoning of vehicles in their respective jurisdictions. “I want…
WAR ON DRUGS SCORECARD AS of Saturday, March 10, twenty-two towns and one city have already been declared drug-free by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) with more to be declared in the weeks ahead. This was revealed P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the Police-Community Relations of the Pangasinan Police…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has finally declared towns of Bayambang and Mangatarem, as the 21st and 22nd drug-free towns, respectively after both have been validated to have accomplished the minimum parameters to be declared a drug-cleared community. P/Superintendent Roland Sacyat, Bayambang chief of police, said all the 77 barangays have…
DELAY IN SUSPENSION HIT LINGAYEN—The provincial board not only deplored the undue delay in the implementation of the nine-month suspension slapped by the Office of the Ombudsman on Pangasinan State University (PSU) president Dexter Buted owing to the continuous failure of the PSU Board of Regents to muster a quorum in its meetings, but also deplored the…
CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM COLLABORATION TO help promote peace, love and respect among Christians and Muslims in the province’s communities, a unique group of volunteers has been formed in Pangasinan. Meet the Salaam Police Volunteers (SPV). Some 13,887 youth and adults from the 1,364 barangays in Pangasinan have been recruited and trained by the…
A BEAUTIFUL 17-year old Dagupeña traveled to Thailand to seek honor for the province and the country, and as she had wished, she came home with the Miss Asian International 2018 crown. Gerina Chanel Decena Ancheta who hails from Barangay Pantal, Dagupan City and a student of Phinma University of…
A FIRE tanker, a fire truck of 9,000-liter water capacity and a rescue truck purchased by the city of Dagupan have arrived to augment the existing firefighting equipment of the city. The new trucks were delivered on Wednesday (March 7) to the city. All these are now at the city…
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