FULL HOUSE FOR SIMBANG GABI – The pews inside the St John the Evangelist Cathedral were fully occupied per distancing protocol during the anticipated Simbang Gabi masses, on Christmas Eve, and expected to be the same for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist and New Year’s Eve. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FULL HOUSE FOR SIMBANG GABI
COVID-19 CONTINUES TO SOAR IN PANGASINAN COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the province with 285 active cases recorded as of December 23, compared to only 177 on December 17, or an increase of 108 cases in less than six days. The biggest surge was registered in Dagupan when its…
108 new cases noted in less than a week
MOTHER AND SON SLAYING A remorseful police officer who shot dead a mother and son in a fit of anger after an emotional exchange on Dec. 20 in Barangay Cabayaoasan, Paniqui, Tarlac surrendered to the Rosales Police, an hour after the incident. P/Major Fernando Fernandez, town police chief, said the suspect,…
Killer cop remorseful, surrenders to Rosales police
INTENSIFIED ANTI-DRUG WAR – The faces of the two high value targets in the drug war look crestfallen as the cash and drugs seized from them by the joint operatives of PDEA and PNP are lined up on the hood of their vehicle. (Punchphoto by Ahikam Pasion)
INTENSIFIED ANTI-DRUG WAR
PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives backed by the Calasiao Police Station arrested two high value targets in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay San Miguel, Calasiao, on Friday, December 18. Arrested were suspects, Mark Joseph Acot, aka ‘Mar’, 32 years old, a resident of Baguio City, while accomplice Salvador…
PDEA nabs 2 HVTs, seizes P 340k worth of shabu
ANTICIPATING possible attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) timed in during their 52nd anniversary last December 26, P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, placed the Pangasinan police on full alert. Gayo said the full alert was ordered after President Rodrigo Duterte decided not to declare a ceasefire with the…
Pangasinan PNP on full alert vs. possible NPA attack
UNDER the direction of P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, the campaign against illegal drugs is a top priority in Pangasinan and warned those involved in trading and use of illegal drugs to cease and desist before the police catch them. In his first press conference since assuming his new…
Gayo: Campaign vs illegal drugs is top priority
GENUINE PANGASINAN ICE CREAM — An ice cream vendor chooses a vantage point to take advantage of the message on the tarpaulin for the promotion of the Payamang Yaman, Produktong Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
GENUINE PANGASINAN ICE CREAM
THIRTY-six towns of Pangasinan were awarded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government for sustaining the “drug-cleared” status of their drug-affected barangays, while 16 of the 36, plus three others or 19 were awarded for sustaining their “unaffected barangays” status. The towns received the Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Special Award…
