RPOC RECOMMENDATION BOLINAO–First District Rep. Jesus “Boying” Celeste welcomes a report that his name has been cleared and recommended for delisting by composite government agencies for involvement in illegal drugs. Celeste, whose name was earlier identified in August 2016 by President Duterte as one of narco-politicians in his list, said…
COMELEC CHECKPOINT — Members of Dagupan City Police Station set up and man a checkpoint in Barangay Lucao Sunday morning to implement the Comelec’s gun ban and enforce stricter security at the start of midterm election period. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COMELEC CHECKPOINT
LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan asked the Civil Service Commission to deny the attestation of the appointment of Dr. Dexter Buted for a second term as president of the Pangasinan State University (PSU). Provincial Resolution No. 2124-2019 proposed by Board Member Agerico Jeremy Rosario said Buted has been reappointed as PSU president…
CSC urged to reject Buted’s reappointment
THE hosting of the National Schools Press Conference at the Pangasinan National High School on January 29-30 will not be hampered by the fire incident that burnt two rooms of the 24-year-old Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) building on Monday evening. Elvira Viray, PNHS principal, said the 90% of preparations…
PNHS fire will not affect NSPC hosting, say
THE students from the University of Rhode Island in USA who arrived in Pangasinan for a 20-day educational tour to study the best aquaculture practices in the province left last week fully impressed by what they were exposed to. The 10 students who arrived on January 1 led by their…
US students complete study on best aquaculture practices
” WALA po akong kasalanan sa taongbayan” This was stressed by former Senator Jinggoy Estrada in a meeting with the city’s barangay officials at the City Museum on January 16 in his whirlwind stopover in Dagupan City. Estrada was referring to the case filed against him before the Ombudsman over…
Estrada: I have not done any wrong
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) belied a viral post on Facebook about presence of “Mananabas” roaming in villages in Dasol town and Alaminos City. P/Sr. Inspector Ria Tacderan, information officer of PPPO, said there was no hacking incident recorded in Dasol and Alaminos City, nor a sighting of “Mananabas”…
‘Mananabas’ post in Facebook, a hoax –PNP
WHILE many towns in Pangasinan have already been declared “drug-cleared”, Dagupan is still waiting to be declared as drug-cleared too. According to P/Sr. Inspector Madonna Cabiles, deputy police chief of Dagupan, the validation and the granting of status as ‘drug-cleared’ will have to be issued by the regional office of…
Dagupan awaits PDEA validation as “drug-cleared”
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted mock polls in the cities of Alaminos and Dagupan this Saturday, January 19 as part of the preparations for the upcoming May 13 local and national midterm elections. The mock polls in Alaminos City were held at the Alaminos Central School and Telbang Elementary…
Mock polls held in Dagupan, Alaminos
UKAY-UKAY SHOES – A shopper looks for a perfect pair of low-priced shoes at the ‘ukay-ukay’ night market by the City Plaza in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)