URDANETA HAS NEW COP AFTER only less than three weeks as OIC of police of Dagupan City, P/Lt. Colonel Percival Pineda turned over his post to his successor Lt, Colonel Abubacar Mangilen Jr. in a turnover ceremony, Thursday afternoon. No reason was made for the abrupt reassignment of Pineda, who…
70 – 100 DAGUPENOS DIE MONTHLY ABOUT 70 to 100 residents of Dagupan City are dying monthly, according to records of deaths being recorded by the Office of the City Civil Registry. This was bared by Marian de la Cruz, Registry Office 1 of the Dagupan City Office of Civil…
NEVER TOO LATE SAN JACINTO—As freshmen college students in PHINMA-University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City were eyeing new faces in the classroom, one particular student stood out and got the curiosity of most. After all, the student was in full standard uniform unlike everyone else were in civies, and he looked like…
BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR FISHING — A fisherman at a fishing port in Bolinao prepares his boat to set out to the sea as the sun rises. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
WAR ON DRUGS LINGAYEN—The acting Pangasinan police director ordered the 48 police chiefs in the province to conduct at least two anti-drug operations, serving search warrants weekly and report their accomplishments in the continuing war on drugs in the province. “Our campaign is continuing (on illegal drugs),” P/Col. Redrico Maranan…
BEFORE Mayor Belen Fernandez finally bows out of office on June 30, she has made certain that a socialized housing program will be in place for some 40 residents of Barangay Pantal in Dagupan City. This after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution on June 3 authorizing Fernandez to sell…
GROUFIE BY THE RIVER –Four young teachers take a selfie to record their first day on board a banca on Calmay River in Dagupan City as they head to their assigned school in one of the island villages. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
IN DAGUPAN THE new acting police chief of Dagupan City Police Station wants a smiling, well-groomed police force serving Dagupeños. P/Lt. Col. Percival Pineda said the start of serving well is proper grooming which means having a regular haircut, wearing properly pressed uniform and head gear, clean shoes all the…
THE conflict between Pangasinan State University president Dexter Buted and PSU executive director Marcelo Gutierrez Jr. on one side and Ricardo Tapia on the other appears far from over following a resolution of the third division of the Supreme Court on March 25, 2019 denying the two officials’ appeal. The…
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas vehemently denied the allegation of Peter Joemel Advincula, the man claiming to be “Bikoy” in the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” video that he met with some plotters to oust President Duterte. In his statement dated June 6, Villegas said, “On the day and time, December 12, 2018…
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