“PANGASINAN, ONE OF 25 POOREST…” LINGAYEN—Vice President Leni Robredo has received another round of scathing remarks not from President Rodrigo Duterte but from the provincial government this time. In defense of the province’s status against Robredo’s claim that Pangasinan was “one among the 20 poorest provinces” in the country in…
BORACAY IN PANGASINAN — Waiting to host tourists is the quiet Cabongaoan beach with its white powdery sand in Burgos town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
STILL NO ACTION ON BUTED’S SUSPENSION LINGAYEN—The board of regents of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) met on April 16 to decide on a new leader but reportedly again failed to muster a quorum. Those present were Commission on Higher Education (CHEd)officer-in-charge Prospero de Vera, chairman; Congresswoman Ann Hofer, chair…
SUSPENDED Pangasinan State University president Dexter Buted has turned to the Supreme Court in a bid to reverse the Court of Appeals’ earlier denial of his appeal for a temporary restraining order on his suspension. Buted, who was suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman, said his case is not…
NO world war will erupt anytime soon despite the joint missile attack last week by the United States, Britain, and France on Russia-backed Syria over the Arab nation’s suspected use of chemical weapons against its citizens, according to former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., now President Rodrigo Duterte’s special envoy on…
FOR ELECTORATE’S ADVICE LINGAYEN—The Commission on Elections regional office has welcomed the suggestion of the police regional office to urge all candidates in the May barangay and SK elections to take drug tests voluntarily. This was revealed by Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, police Region 1 director, even as he clarified that drug tests…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan police is closely monitoring activities of 186 barangay officials who have earlier been arrested or have surrendered under the Oplan Tokhang war on drugs and have reportedly filed their certificates of candidacy for next month’s barangay and SK elections. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, police provincial director, said that…
SECRETARY Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) recently urged the Philippine National Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government to release to the public the drug watch lists containing names of barangay officials involved in illegal drugs. Andanar said the release of names of barangay officials in the…
BEAUTIES BY THE MANGROVE — Candidates of Limgas na Pangasinan 2018 take a trip to Provincial Mangrove Nursery in Bolinao to participate in the provincial government’s Coastal Resource Management Program by planting mangrove trees. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
OVER STONING INCIDENTS LINGAYEN— Peeved by persistent incidence of stoning of buses along highways in the province, the police regional director, P/Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, has warned town police chiefs in the region of “immediate relief” if they fail to stop these incidents. Sapitula reiterated this policy amid reports that…
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