NEW MARKET, UPGRADED POLICE STATION THE local government of Manaoag, headed by Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario, eyes to improve the town’s public market and to seek upgrading of the status of its police station, as the solution to the town’s dismal traffic woes. Mayor Rosario, in a radio interview on…
BIGGER SPIKE IN ARRRIVALS SEEN IN 2023 THE Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City is finally seeing a recovery trend when it logged 389,006 tourist arrivals in 2022. Miguel Sison, Alaminos City Tourism Officer, said out of the total number, 267,567 were domestic tourists, while 118,459 were local…
100 Islands logs 389-K tourist arrivals in 2022
THE provincial government led by Gov. Ramon Guico III and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) represented by Atty. Ricky Arzadon, Office of the Undersecretary for Field Operations and Environment, signed a memorandum of agreement for the Interim Management of the foreshore area for Salt Production. Identified area…
Capitol inks partnership with DENR on salt production
FAMILY WELCOMES 2023 – A family cautiously watches two “fountains” they lit on the street fronting their home on Burgos St. in Dagupan City to welcome 2023. The family agreed on “No fireworks” this year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FAMILY WELCOMES 2023
THE head of a crime syndicate engaged in various criminal activities in the Second District was arrested mid-afternoon of January 3 in Barangay Tapuac, Dagupan City where he is hiding. According to the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), the suspect, Rodrigo Poral, alias “Badon”, 31, a construction worker of Barangay Libsong East…
Crime gang leader arrested in Dagupan City
TRAFFIC stood still along the Manila North Road at 7:30 p.m. on January 4 when one vehicle stopped in the middle of the Teofilo Sison Bridge in Carmen, Rosales . When the police arrived to respond to a concerned citizen’s call about a gridlock on the bridge, they found a stalled…
Ex-Kapitan murdered atop Carmen’s Sison Bridge
THREE Persons Deprived of Liberty, all members of one family, were arrested by the police inside their cells at the Bureau of Management and Penology in San Carlos City following the issuance of warrants of arrest against them for the crime of syndicated estafa. The suspects were identified as Melcin…
Family of 3 arrested for syndicated estafa
A YOUNG man riding his motorcycle without a helmet in San Carlos City was arrested by authorities not because of it but for possession of illegal drugs. Police manning the checkpoint along Barangay Baldog hailed down Alex Magat, resident of Barangay Parayao in the city because he was not wearing…
Motorcycle rider without helmet yields drugs
By Ahikam Pasion Three die in motorcycle mishap THREE persons died after two motorcycles collided with each other in Mangaldan town during the New Year’s revelry. Victims were identified as Jayson Viado, 24, and Lorna Urap, both riding in tandem, and Jay Mayugba, resident of San Fabian town. Police…
POLICE REPORTS
By Leonardo Micua LAST week, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. stunned the rank and file of the Philippine National Police when he challenged all bigwigs, from full colonel to general, to tender their courtesy resignation amid speculations that a few of them are involved in illegal…