NO world war will erupt anytime soon despite the joint missile attack last week by the United States, Britain, and France on Russia-backed Syria over the Arab nation’s suspected use of chemical weapons against its citizens, according to former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., now President Rodrigo Duterte’s special envoy on…

FOR ELECTORATE’S ADVICE LINGAYEN—The Commission on Elections regional office has welcomed the suggestion of the police regional office to urge all candidates in the May barangay and SK elections to take drug tests voluntarily. This was revealed by Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, police Region 1 director, even as he clarified that drug tests…

LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan police is closely monitoring activities of 186 barangay officials who have earlier been arrested or have surrendered under the Oplan Tokhang war on drugs and have reportedly filed their certificates of candidacy for next month’s barangay and SK elections. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, police provincial director, said that…

SECRETARY Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) recently urged the Philippine National Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government to release to the public the drug watch lists containing names of barangay officials involved in illegal drugs. Andanar said the release of names of barangay officials in the…

BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS LINGAYEN—Pangasinan units of the Commission on Elections, Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines held their first joint command conference to finalize initial plans and strategies to ensure secure, peaceful and drug-free Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (B-SKE) on May 14. Held last April…

LINGAYEN—With the start of the candidates’ registration period on April 14, 2018 for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this May, the Philippine National Police and Commission on Elections have announced plans to set up joint checkpoints in the province. Police Superintendent Ronald Lee, police provincial director disclosed the coming…

ON MAY 14, a total of 1,797,052 registered voters are expected troop to Pangasinan polls to elect barangay officials. Up to 683,462 qualified youths will cast their votes in the Sangguniang Kabataan election. This was bared by the Commission on Elections’ provincial supervisor Marino Salas at the KBP Forum in…

9-MONTH SUSPENSION UPHELD LINGAYEN—The implementation of the decision of the Ombudsman suspending Dr. Dexter Buted and Marcelo Gutierrez, president and director, respectively, of the Pangasinan State University (PSU), for nine months without pay for oppression now appears certain after the Court of Appeals dismissed on March 27, 2018 the petition for review filed…