11 ARRESTED IN WAR ON DRUGS STA. BARBARA–A member of a drug pushing syndicate, along with his cohort, fell in a buy-bust operation conducted by elements of the local police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Poblacion, Sta. Barbara at about 5:30 p.m. on September 5. The suspect…
DAGUPAN Police Chief, P/Superintendent Jandale Sulit, assured members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Sept. 2 that despite the three murder crimes that rocked the city, “Dagupan remains generally peaceful”. Sulit said of the three cases, two were solved in less than 24 hours while investigation of the the slaying…
THE Dagupan City Council passed two complementary ordinances in support of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) that identified growth centers. One ordinance reclassified three parcels of land located near the old Lucao Road leading to Binmaley from agricultural to commercial while the other regulates the backfilling of lots as…
THERE is enough NFA rice for households in Pangasinan. The National Food Authority (NFA) Western Pangasinan gave the assurance amid fears of shortage of NFA rice in the province. Chona Maramba, OIC- assistant manager at NFA Western Pangasinan, said there are 9,000 bags of NFA rice available in the warehouse…
MENFOLK BE FOREWARNED A CITY ordinance protecting women against harassment on the streets was finally passed on September 3 by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). Authored by Councilor and Majority Floor Leader Maybelyn Fernandez, the ordinance defines streets harassment as comments or gestures of sexual nature directed at a woman in…
REFORMED DRUG USERS/PUSHERS – Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez addresses the 388 drug personalities, accompanied by their families, that completed the 4-week Sagip-User Rehabilitation and Empowerment (SURE) program during the graduation ceremony at Dagupan City Police Station. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAM THE 388 former drug users and pushers who surrendered last year have an opportunity to start a new life after graduating from the Sagip-User Rehabilitation and Empowerment (SURE) program, a community-based rehabilitation program of the Dagupan City government on September 7. These were the last batch of…
FUNCTIONAL EVACUATION CENTER – Converting schools and gyms into evacuation centers will soon a be a thing of the past. The newly-constructed two-storey Regional Evacuation Center building in Calasiao can house 550 persons with facilities for laundry, shower and comfort rooms, generator, garbage disposal facility and kitchen. (Inset photo) Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad of the…
CALASIAO—The 3rd Regional Evacuation Center for Region 1 of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) worth P36-million was inaugurated on Sept. 7. DPWH Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, executive director and OCD administrator who was guest of…
AFTER the recent experience of residents during the extended severe flooding in Dagupan City, a plan for the city government to establish a permanent central commissary and a mobile kitchen to prepare and cook meals for evacuees was raised during a committee hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last Wednesday….
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