WITH 996 barangays in Pangasinan already drug cleared, having fully complied with the requirements and process established by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 1, only 275 barangays remain drug-affected. This was confirmed by Bismarck Bengwayan, PDEA Region 1 public information officer and chief of Preventive Education and…
LINGAYEN—Despite concerns expressed by some local officials over the rash of killings in some parts of the country, no local executive in Pangasinan has so far asked for additional police security nor admitted he or she received death threats. This was confirmed on Wednesday by P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief…
OPLAN SITA – P/Superintendent Virgilio Pascua Jr. (center) deputy provincial director for administration of the Pangasinan PNP, presents to newsmen some of the firearms and ammunitions seized during simultaneous police operations in towns and one city last week in the intensified campaign to neutralize armed groups in the province. He is…
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS LINGAYEN — Nine suspected members of a guns-for-hire group were arrested and various loose firearms and ammunitions were confiscated during simultaneous operations of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) and local police units last July 11. PPPO with the joint operation of Provincial Force Company and different units,…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan has recorded 52 leptospirosis cases as of July 9 with 11 deaths. The Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) records showed a 27 percent increase in number of cases compared to the 2017 data of the same period which had 41 cases. Commonly affected were 35 to 39 years old and…
NEW PNP ASSETS – LIngayen Parish Priest Fr. Hernan Coronongan blesses newly acquired 258 bullet proof vests for Pangasinan police’s use in operations contra drugs. Five new mobile patrol cars were also delivered to the PNP headquarters in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Jojo Rinoza)
LINGAYEN—The shotguns issued by the provincial government to all barangay captains but were recalled in 2010 remain in the custody of the Pangasinan Police for safekeeping. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, spokesman of Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), told newsmen on July 11 that all the recalled shotguns and turned over…
“MAYOR, I am anemic.” This was the response of a nine-year-old boy to Mayor Belen Fernandez when she advised kids at East Central Elementary School to remain healthy and well after her storytelling time with them. On her way back to her office at city hall, Fernandez phoned City Health Officer Ophelia…
MANAOAG—Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia welcomed the signing of Republic Act 11053 (Anti-Hazing Act of 2018) into law by President Duterte, amending RA 8049 passed 23 years ago in 1995, saying this has more teeth now since it also covers complicit people in hazing. De Venecia, one of the…
HONORING TOPNTOCHERS – The Pangasinan provincial board led by Vice- Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim honor the three Nursing Licensure Exams topnotchers, Mark Tristan Robosa, Chielon Abalos and Daisy Albright Fernandez, all from PHINMA-University of Pangasinan, who placed first, seventh and 10th placed respectively. (Punch photo by Eva Visperas)
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