SOME 10,000 elementary and high school students in 75 public schools in San Carlos City joined thousands others in a nationwide campaign to save life and to train on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The training was conducted on July 26 at the Don Federico Mandapat Sports Dome by the Philippine…
A proposal of Pugaro Suit barangay council seeking authority to use the unfinished Tsunami Hill in their village as a dumpsite for biodegradable wastes is under study by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). According to SP Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez, the proposal was contained in a committee report of the Environment and…
LINGAYEN—The city of Dagupan can be finally declared drug-free by the Regional Oversight Committee once the required documents to complete the process are submitted. This was disclosed by P/ Colonel Redrico Maranan, provincial police director, amid report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that all the 31 barangays of…
LINGAYEN—Gov. Amado Espino III ordered localized suspension of classes all over Pangasinan on August 2 (Friday) due to the continuing southwest monsoon rains that already submerged some roads and streets. The governments of Sual and San Carlos City promptly ordered the suspension of classes from pre-school to high school and…
THIS province’s police force has acquired the digital facial composite sketch that enables it to easily and quickly identify crime suspects. P/Col. Redrico Maranan, provincial police director, presented to local newsmen Tuesday the new equipment and application that employs algorithms to pick out details about a person’s face from a…
AS celebrities and social media influencers around the globe use the Hashtag FaceApp Challenge, the more than 2-year-old app created by a Russia-based developer which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), the new app prompted police to air security concerns. Police said if the FaceApp data falls into the wrong hands, it…
LINGAYEN—“If you ask me, because I am optimistic, we can”. This was the response of P/ Col. Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, when asked by THE PUNCH if Pangasinan can be declared drug-free before the end of the year. His caveat, however, is: “As long as all will cooperate—the pushers…
ANOTHER COMELEC REGISTRATION — A Comelec official records the biometric of a student as a new voter at the satellite registration held at the Dagupan City National High School. Registration ends on September 30, 2019. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
COMMISSION on Elections Dagupan is set to focus on schools and barangays in order to reach more new voters during the two-month registration period for the barangay and SK elections. “We will be touring the schools and barangays, including malls in Dagupan to enable people to register”, said Atty. Michael…
FOGGING operations were launched in the town’s schools massive clean-up drive in the different barangays here were held last Friday in response to the call of the Provincial Health Office to control of the spread of dengue. The campaign was launched after Mayor Priscilla Espino called the town’s department heads…
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