LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan will be transparent, collaborative but critical, according to its new presiding officer, Vice Gov. Mark Lambino. Lambino in his message on June 30 after he took his oath of office before Lingayen Regional Trial Court Judge Maria Laarni Parayno, said he promises only three things as the new…
AFTER THE PALAY IS GONE –- The rice farm in Aguilar town is left to dry after farmers completed the harvest. (Contributed by Art Valenzuela)
22 TOWNS, CITIES TO GO AFTER re-evaluating the conduct of the campaign against the illegal drug trade this year, twenty-five municipalities and a city have been confirmed to be drug-cleared by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). According to P/Colonel Redrico A. Maranan,…
WEEK’S UPDATE LINGAYEN–Anti-drug operatives seized one rifle grenade, a Cal. 38 revolver with six bullets and 11 sachets of shabu worth P15,000 from the house of a suspected drug pusher in Dagupan City following a raid in his house in the early morning of June 26. The raid on the house…
SEPARATE OATHTAKING LINGAYEN—For the first time, the new members of the majority and minority groups of Sangguniang Panlalawigan have decided to take their oaths of office separately, an unprecedented arrangement The eight board members who constitute the majority took their oaths on June 24 before Regional Trial Court Judge Laarni…
AN organ transplantation expert of the Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging Pangasinenses to donate their organs after they pass away to give others a new lease on life. Dr. Francisco Sarmiento, program manager of the Organ Donation and Transplantation Program of DOH, who presided over the Advocacy Forum on Organ Donation…
AGULAR – We’ve heard of stories of cancer patients how they survived and triumphed in their journey. Here is 19-year-old Hanah Lou T. Abad of Niñoy, of this town, who was bullied all her school days, and finally triumphed. She stood tall before images of bullies in her mind when…
THE satellite unit of the Dagupan City Health Office in Bonuan Gueset is ready to serve the health needs of residents of barangays Bonuan Gueset, Bonuan Boquig and Bonuan Binloc. The new center, funded by the city government and the Department of Health, will serve as an extension of the…
HOME BOUND– A motorized banca that regularly transports residents between islands in Dagupan City cuts through along the Pantal-Calmay River, home bound as the sun sets along the horizon. (Punchphoto by Jojo Rinoza)
WAR ON DRUGS UPDATE LINGAYEN—In Mangatarem, a Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad was among 12 persons arrested in separate anti-drug operations conducted by the police in various towns and cities in Pangasinan last week. Arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Burgos, Mangatarem on June 14 was Gelo Aure de Vera,…
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