THE DENR UNIT CAN INSTEAD APPLY FOR DEED OF USUFRUCT The Dagupan City government cannot issue tax declarations covering any part of the lands designated by Proclamation No. 98, issued by then-President Diosdado Macapagal in the early 1960s, which specifically allocated these lands for parks and playgrounds. This was underscored…
ANOTHER eight mayors from various towns and cities in Pangasinan have officially joined the growing ranks of the Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG), a national movement of local leaders committed to transparency, integrity, and anti-corruption in government. From having only one member in the province — Manaoag Mayor Jeremy “Doc…
CASES ON PASSAGE OF 2023 BUDGET THE Office of the Ombudsman has cleared with finality Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez and seven other city officials of criminal and administrative cases over the passage of the 2023 budget during a city council session on September 26, 2023, when it denied the motion for reconsideration…
TOWN HALL MEET ON NUCLEAR ENERGY — Residents and representatives of various sectors in Labrador attend a town hall meeting on October 4, 2025 to discuss nuclear energy as an alternative and cheaper power source, and the possibility of the municipality’s hosting of a modern nuclear power plant. One of…
THE municipality of Labrador has expressed openness to becoming the host site for the country’s first modern nuclear power plant, following a town hall meeting spearheaded by 2nd District Rep. Mark Cojuangco, principal author of the recently enacted Philippine Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (PhilAtom) Law. The town hall aimed to…
THE San Fabian local government’s Market Division has firmly denied accusations of forcibly ejecting ambulant vendors from the vicinity of the public market, stressing that their commitment is to maintain order and cleanliness in the area. “We are only doing our job to maintain order and cleanliness in the market,”…
SHABU INVENTORY — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents conduct an inventory early morning of October 4, 2025 on the suspected illegal drug shabu worth almost P6 billion seized the night before during a search at a house in Barangay Laois, Labrador. The PDEA, along with the Philippine National Police…
PANGASINAN OPERATION EXPOSES TRANSNATIONAL NETWORK AUTHORITIES have struck a major blow against the country’s illegal drug trade, seizing a staggering ₱6.9-billion worth of shabu in Pangasinan — one of the largest drug busts in recent years — following back-to-back operations that exposed a transnational syndicate’s coastal network. A joint…
REGIONAL PRIORITY TARGET ARRESTED POLICE operatives arrested a regional priority high-value target and confiscated close to P1.1 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation conducted along the bypass road of Barangay Poblacion, Lingayen, on October 7, 2025. The suspect, a 38-year-old construction worker from Mangaldan, was found in…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Teenager stabs 55-year-old man A 17-year-old student has been arrested after stabbing a 55-year-old man in Barangay Poblacion Norte, Sta. Barbara. According to police reports, the incident occurred when the suspect, a Grade 11 student, confronted the victim, Jerico Tambaong Cerezo, during some altercation. The victim…
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