JOINT operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the PNP arrested four persons, and dismantled a drug den in an anti-illegal drugs operation on Wednesday, June 8 in Barangay San Antonio, Rosales town. PDEA Pangasinan provincial officer Rechie Camacho said the suspect, Jovil Orizo, 41, resident of said…
FOUR drug dealers, one of them a high-value target, were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted June 3 by joint elements Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 1, PDEA Pangasinan Office, police intelligence and the Dagupan Police in Barangay Mayombo. The arrested suspects were identified as Roberto Maramba, alias Jayson,…
Four drug dealers arrested in Dagupan
A car hit a motorcycle while traversing the road along Barangay Unzad in Villasis town that resulted in the death of biker’s backrider. Police investigation shows a motorcycle driven by 28-year-old Melchor Parayno Jr., and backrider Rizza Ulep, 28, resident of Barangay Balite, both from Villasis, were riding through the…
Car hits motorcycle, back-rider dies
THE Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Mangaldan implemented the suspension order against six barangay officials from Poblacion for six months for grave misconduct and abuse of authority, effective June 9. The suspension order was issued last January 10, 2022, and was only imposed after the elections period officially ended as stipulated…
Six barangay officials suspended for 6 months
THREE more members of a communist front organization (CFO) in Bayambang surrendered to the police. The three who surrendered were identified as Marcia Thalia Lorenzana, 25; Elvira Baden, 58; and Jewel de la Cruz, 23, all of Barangay Manambng Sur, Bayambang. The three are members of the Ulupan na Umbaley…
3 communist front group member surrender

RHU BUILDING – Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil (4th from left) leads other officials in lowering the time capsule to signal the start of the construction of Rural Health Unit 3 (RHU3) building in the town’s Barangay Basing. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
RHU BUILDING
KANKANEN FESTIVAL DON’T look now but the Asingan town’s ‘Kankanen Festival’ will likely find itself in the Guinness Book of World Records next year after its successful celebration last week after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview, Asingan Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. said his town…
Asingan sets eyes on 2023 Guinness World Record
A student from Daniel Maramba National High School (DMNHS) in Sta. Barbara town received admission offers and P25-million worth of scholarships from eight prestigious universities abroad. Chrizsean Venette, a 17-year-old senior high school student, shares in a Facebook post his college applications journey on how he got accepted to esteemed…
Student gets P25-M scholarship offers
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JUNE 12 – (Dagupan City) Michael De Vera, Anacleto Mendoza; (USA) TRINI R. BUSTRIA JUNE 15 – (Dagupan City) Kenneth De Guzman Happy Birthday! DENNIS MICUA (June 12 – Australia) Happy Birthday! CHAP M. MICUA (June 14 – New Zealand) Happy Birthday! MARK KEVIN CALACHAN (June 17 –…
Birthdays/Anniversaries June 12 – 18, 2022

THE national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has, of late, been downplaying the predicted surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. The provincial IATF is echoing the same. But the context of a surge continues to be about level of contagion, specifically numbers of mild,…