FOURTH District Board Member Jerry Agerico Rosario has called for transparency and coordination among law enforcement agencies following a wave of illegal drug confiscations across several municipalities in the province over the past two weeks. In the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on October 13, Rosario expressed concern over…
NO STOPPING CHRISTMAS — Ambulant vendors wade through the incessantly flooded streets in Barangay Mayombo, Dagupan City to earn an income from selling Christmas decorations. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 1 formally awarded a Shared Service Facility (SSF) for the Engineered Bamboo Development Project to the Alaminos City government on October 9, 2025 at the Hundred Islands E-Kawayan Factory in Barangay Tangcarang. The SSF project highlights DTI’s continuing effort to promote innovation…
THE National Meat Inspection Service-Regional Technical Operation Center I (NMIS-RTOC) has recognized the Mangaldan Municipal Slaughterhouse for its outstanding compliance with national meat safety and sanitation standards. During the NMIS’ 53rd Founding Anniversary and the 32nd Safety Consciousness Week, held at the Urdaneta City Cultural and Sports Center, the Mangaldan…
JUST two weeks before the observance of Undas, graveyard workers at the Calasiao Municipal Cemetery expressed concerns over unusually low earnings this year, blaming persistent flooding. According to a local sepulturero (grave digger) who goes by the alias “Dindo,” October is typically a busy and profitable time for them as…
CONSUMERS will be charged lower electricity rates in October with the slight reduction in overall transmission rates, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced. “For the October 2025 electric bill of the end consumers, NGCP charges only 59 centavos per kWh (kilowatt-hour) for the delivery of its services,” NGCP…
LIGHTS OUT — It has been a while since just one light post is functioning along this stretch of the Judge Jose De Venecia Sr. Diversion Road in Dagupan City, where several accidents have been recorded. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A quiet morning in Barangay Maniboc in Lingayen turned grim when residents discovered the lifeless body of a 17-year-old male student along Baywalk Road, in what police are now investigating as a possible hit-and-run incident. At around 7:00 a.m., resident Dennis Benavidez Poblete, 50, was on his way to buy…
THE police have arrested five individuals cultivating marijuana in a 300-square-meter plantation in Sitio Talahib, Barangay Villacorta, Mabini town, on October 14, 2025. The suspects include two farmers aged 65 and 38 from Mabini, a 19-year-old farmer from Bokod, Benguet, and an 18-year-old from La Trinidad, Benguet. Authorities also took…
CLASSES at the Mangaldan Integrated School SPED were disrupted on October 13 as students were evacuated to the school gym following a bomb threat received via social media. The threat was sent from a social media account under the name “Luis Bautista,” warning that an explosive device had been planted…
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