THE decision of Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Celeste to impose a total ban on firecrackers and pyrotechnics is what Pangasinan’s mayors should consider adopting in their respective towns and cities. Every year, we hear of the local police taking measures to ensure that no fatalities or injuries will be suffered by…
By Ermin Garcia Jr AFTER their temporary successors showed what it’s like to be productive, relevant, and committed lawmakers as the new majority, I have no doubt the old and now completely irrelevant 7 epaLiFes, are out of their wits trying to see how they could get out of…
SOON,THE END OF THE 60-YEAR-OLD DUMPSITE — The towering dumpsite that the Dagupan City government has been trying to get rid of may finally see its final days in 2025 with the recycling agreement with Holcim Philippines expected to be signed next month. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
KIDS AGED 10-14, INJURED BY ‘BOGA’ PANGASINAN had 21 firecracker-related injuries during the Christmas week, the highest in Region 1 where a total of 31 cases were recorded, according to the surveillance report from the Department of Health–Center for Health Development Region I for December 21 to 26. The other…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported a crime solution efficiency rate of 81.1% for 2024, reflecting significant progress in maintaining peace and order in the province. P/Lt. Col. Radino Belly, chief of the Police Operations Management Unit, Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC),…
THE 105 police assistance desks set up across the province by the Pangasinan police office, staffed by 865 personnel, will be active until January 5 to support and ensure the safety of people traveling during the holidays. In an interview, Police Information Officer Lt. Trisha Mae Guzman detailed the deployment…
A 75-year-old Japanese died after he was hit by a truck early morning on December 27 along Barangay Golden in Mapandan town. Florante Petrola, a 50-year-old truck driver from Barangay Nilombot, Mapandan, was driving his Isuzu truck southward along the road when he accidentally hit Hyakuju Moteki, a Japanese national…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Mechanic dies in Urdaneta motorcycle accident A 31-year-old mechanic was unable to celebrate Christmas after a tragic vehicular accident in Urdaneta City. The victim, Noel Garcia Dana, was riding a motorcycle along Manila North Road with his 23-year-old backrider, Julius Garcia Dana, a construction worker, when…
SM’s DAY WITH MEDIA PRACTITIONERS – Media practitioners, vloggers and influencers join the Media Thanksgiving by SM held at the event Center of SM City Urdaneta Central, from left are: Oliver Dacumos, Tom Heramia Ora, Simon Francis Blaise Vistro, Rodz Manandeg Jr and Loui Urbano II. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ROUND FRUITS FOR GOOD LUCK – Fruit vendors along A.B. Fernandez Ave. stock up on every known round-shaped fruit to take advantage of the local traditional belief that bringing round-shaped fruits home for the New Year celebration will bring good luck to the family. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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