While it’s hot ONE day in late January, the chill in the air was suddenly gone. Summer seems to have come early. This could mean the onset of the rainy and typhoon seasons, normally towards the end of May, could be sooner – and along with it the threat of…

Looking good  SPRUCING up the police stations and setting up special booths in busy areas to increase visibility and function as an extension office for the delivery of services to the public are welcome news from the provincial police director last week. A physically pleasant office fosters pride of place,…

Ending jueteng for real?   IS P/Sr. Supt. Moro Virgilio Lazo, the new chief of the Region 1 police, for real? We surely hope so. First week on the job and already he could be credited for the arrest of 23 people in Umingan involved in the illegal operations of…

Great expectations   WHETHER or not the ultimatum from the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to call the attention of the President – which the board members did carry out last week – was the pivotal element that sent the police leadership rushing to find someone to put in charge of the Pangasinan…

What gives? THE office of the provincial police director has been vacant for almost a month now and Pangasinan officials are getting very upset at the seeming disregard of the matter by the police officialdom and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to whom the Philippine National Police…