IN this issue is a story titled “Three drug pushers arrested in Dagupan,” that we find its information wanting – the names of the arrested suspects were deliberately withheld by the PNP Regional Office. We thought the omission was due to security matters involving the drug operations. It was not….
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN our editorial this week, we called attention to the misguided policy of the PNP that it is its responsibility to protect the privacy of arrested suspects caught in the act of committing a crime. PNP said the names of arrested suspects should not be…
By Gonzalo Duque I CITED Barangay Captain Sidney Lomboy of Tapuac as a different breed of barangay captain in my last week’s column. I was proud of him. However, I inadvertently omitted to cite others who also received commendations for their outstanding performances as barangay captains, particularly, one special barangay…
TWO high value targets for drug peddling were arrested by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in a buy -bust entrapment in Barangay Tombor, Binmaley town that yielded P1.3 million worth of suspected shabu. PDEA Pangasinan Provincial Officer Rechie Camacho identified the suspects as Herodotus Marquez aka Dodo, 59,…
A BUY-BUST joint operation by operatives made by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Calasiao Police Station resulted in the arrest of a woman on May 23 at around 1:50 p.m. in Barangay San Miguel, Calasiao town. About 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000 inside a plastic were confiscated from…
THREE persons, two of them women, were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation conducted by the Dagupan police, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Barangay Bolosan, Dagupan City. P/ Brig. General Lou Evangelista, regional director, said the women suspects were identified only as a 57-year old from…
DAGUPAN’S WHITE ELEPHANT — Dagupeños are beginning to believe that the unfinished “new” city hall will remain an eyesore for a long time since work on the building has been suspended by the contractor R.A. Matias Construction, appointed by the previous Lim administration, and was reportedly paid P42-M. The current Fernandez administration said it…
DAGUPAN City has been identified as one of nine cities in the Philippines included among the largest urban economies in the world. Oxford Economics, a UK-based think tank, recently unveiled its 2024 Global Cities Index, shedding light on urban environments worldwide. While global giants like New York, London, San Jose,…
A SUCCESSFUL buy-bust operation in Alaminos City resulted in the confiscation of 70 grams of shabu worth P476,000 and the arrest of four s high-value targets operation at around 10:45 p.m. on May 23 in Barangay Pogo, Alaminos City. In a joint operation of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Pangasinan and local…
TRADE AND HIGHER EDUCATION PANGASINAN’S micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and Higher Education and Vocational sectors can look forward to a more responsive national legislature with the designation of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as chair of two influential committees: the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and the Committee…
© 2025 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
