SITG FORMED AFTER the head of Calasiao town’s Public Order and Safety Office (POSO), Reynaldo Bugayong, 54, was shot dead by still unidentified suspects early Tuesday morning, February 16, a special investigation task group (SITG) was formed by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office to investigate and solve the case. According…
THE Department of Interior and Local Government ruled that the “Special Elections of the Liga ng mga Barangay-Pangasinan Chapter held on 09 December 2020 did not follow the electoral process”. DILG Undersecretary Martin Diño’s Feb. 16 letter to Edgardo Fontelera whom he addressed as “acting president of the Liga ng…
DILG rules Liga ng Barangay special election as defective
NO STRICT ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY — A fireman busily disinfecting the Dagupan City plaza is flabbergasted on seeing a child without mask and shield walking by with no cares. The child was unattended. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
NO STRICT ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY
A whale shark, known as ‘butanding’ that found itself stranded after it strayed into the fishermen’s nets along the shores of Binmaley Beach on Tuesday, February 16 was freed by the community. Sighting of the stranded butanding was initially reported by fishermen residing along the coastline of Barangay San Isidro…
Barangay folk free stranded butanding, turn over bayawak to DENR
PANGASINAN could have a third component city soon if nothing stands in the way of the efforts of the officials of Bayambang to have their town converted into a city. Mayor Cezar Quiambao approved Resolution Number 1 series of 2021 unanimously passed by the members of the Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal…
Bayambang seeks cityhood status
DRUNK DRIVING – Two foreign nationals found themselves in trouble for drunk driving after they hit an electric post on the highway along Tapuac District in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
DRUNK DRIVING
THERE are 88 cold storage facilities so far identified by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 where anti-COVID-19 vaccines will be stocked once they arrive in the region. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1 and DOH-CHD 1 spokesperson, said the vaccines need to be stocked…
Region’s cold storage for COVID-19 vaccines ready
THE mayor of Bayambang decided to lift the liquor ban and the suspension of cockfight operations in the town effective last week. Mayor Cezar Quiambao signed Executive Order No. 09 series of 2021, however with the clarification that while liquor ban has been lifted, “drinking in public places is still…
Liquor and cockfight ban in Bayambang lifted
WHILE an alarming rate of increase in teenage pregnancies was aired recently, the Commission on Population in the Ilocos Region (PopCom-1) indicated there is a decline in cases in the region, particularly in Pangasinan that only recorded two cases in 2019. PopCom-1 information officer Ma. Cristina Martinez said the cases…
Decline in teenage pregnancies in Pangasinan noted
HERE’S an update for retirees! The Social Security System (SSS) released the second batch of February 2021 pensions on February 16, 2021 amounting to P5.2 billion, through the Philippine Electronic Fund Transfer System and Operations Network (PESONet), participating banks, e-wallets, and M Lhuillier branches. Pensioners covered by the said batch…