(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News)

 Manaoag gets 3 awards from DILG, PDEA 

THE Manaoag local government received three awards from the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in recognition  of its unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs.

Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said that more than 10 barangays of Manaoag are already declared ‘drug-cleared’ and the town established a Balay Silangan Reformation Center that offers three months residency rehabilitation to residents who use drugs and recipients.

Rosario told IFM Radio Dagupan that close coordination between barangay residents with the municipal government as well as the police is the key for eventually ending the drug problem in Manaoag. (Badz Agtalao)

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 Commuters like riding on modernized jeepneys but.. 

COMMUTERS in Pangasinan and Dagupan City expressed mixed reactions to the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) amid the renewed emotional discussion on the issue as the deadline for consolidation of all traditional jeepneys on December 31, 2023 nears.

They noted that more new modernized jeepneys are on the road to-and-fro various towns in the province that provide comfort to the commuting public, but many sympathize with the operators and drivers of single-owned traditional jeepneys that served them well who they know stand to lose their livelihood once their units are eventually phased.

Many commuters expressed relief that the drivers and operators of traditional jeepneys did not join last week’s nationwide strike launched by transport groups calling for a halt to PUVM. (Joana de Vera)

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Bataoil creates anti-mendicants task force

MAYOR Leopoldo Bataoil issued an executive order creating Anti-Mendicancy Task Force in Lingayen aimed at rescuing and helping all persons begging for alms in the streets and are  vulnerable.

The task force, composed of representatives of the Municipal Social; Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO), Local Risk Reduction and Management Office, Lingayen Police, Public Order and Safety Office and the Bureau of Fire Protection, was created pursuant to Anti-Mendicant Law of 1978 or Presidential Decree No. 1563 making the begging of alms by any person unlawful.

MWSD officials clarified that street vulnerable are not being arrested but are being protected from accidents or risks while in the streets. The task force began its operations last week and picked up three children in the streets begging for alms. They also rescued Aeta families whose members, old and young, are in the streets begging for alms.  MSWDO said it is now processing papers for these families to be returned to their communities in Zambales. (Badz Agtalao)

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Tighter security measures seen in malls, supermarkets

MALLS and supermarkets in Dagupan have started to adopt stricter security measures during the Christmas season.

Melvin Mercado, chief of security of one of the malls in Dagupan City, said they need to thoroughly screen persons entering their establishment to ensure that they are not carrying deadly weapons or explosive devices hidden in their back packs or bags for the public’s welfare.

He appealed to mall-goers not to bring deadly weapons, including pointed objects when entering commercial establishments so they will not suffer any unnecessary delay in their shopping. (John Caranto)

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