BOLINAO—To ensure that the town will be fish pen-free by January 2019, the town mayor here has ordered the dismantling of all fish pens in its coastal waters by the end of December. Mayor Arnold Celeste said the remaining 179 fish pens must be dismantled this month based on an…
DUE TO DENGVAXIA SCARE THE Provincial Health Office has intensified its information and education drive on the importance of having vaccination amid reports of resistance of many parents to have their children vaccinated as a result of the Dengvaxia controversy. Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, suspects that the…
WE ARE NOT BEHIND THE FACTORY — Espino patriarch and Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr., flanked by sons Bugallon Mayor Jumel Epino (left) and Gov. Amado Espino III (right), raises his hand to stress his view during the press conference in Bugallon to respond to insinuations that his family is…
BUSTED FAKE CIGARETTEFACTORY FIFTH District Rep. Amado Espino Jr. and his two sons: GovernorAmado Espino III and Bugallon Mayor Jumel Espino, flatly denied insinuations they were involved in the operation of the fake cigarette factory in Barangay Portic, Bugallon which was raided by combined agents of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the National…
IT’S NOT ME – Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, a former policeman running for mayor in Sual is teary-eyed recounting his anguish after being implicated by the NBI-BIR in the operations of the raided illegal cigarette factory in Bugallon. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN—Second District Board Member Raul Sison wants President Duterte, the Senate andCongress to conduct separate investigation on the operation and protectors of the factory of fake cigarettes that was raided by joint elements of theNational Bureau of Investigation (MBI) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) last week in Barangay Portic,…
JOINT operatives of the Bureau ofInternal Revenue and National Bureau of Investigation-Intellectual PropertyRights Division (NBI-IPR) retrieved total of twenty-nine truckloads of different machineries and raw materials used to manufacture fake cigarettes in Barangays Portic and Malabago in Bugallon town. This was confirmed by Rodolfo Ignacio,Jr., supervising agent of the NBI-IPR…
FINAL DEMAND FOR P16-M THE Dagupan City Legal Office is still awaiting the reply of Jose Mariano Cuña to the final demand letter sent to the latter onNovember 26 for the return of P16.1 million, including a 12 percent per annum, that he received as payment for the undelivered 30-hectare land…
SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS – Awed by the colorful lights embedded in the fantasy castle created at the Christmas Village in Tayug, a little boy sitting comfortably on his father’s shoulders is pleasantly distracted by PUNCH lensman’s activity behind him. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN–Twenty-five drug pushers and a user were arrested in anti-drug operations conducted by the police indifferent parts of Pangasinan from December 1 to 5, the Pangasinan PoliceProvincial Office (PPPO) reported. In Urdaneta City, Abe Oxsima, 21,waiter, was arrested in Barangay Dupac, for carrying sealed plastic sachet of shabu and bullets for Cal….
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