RESIDENTS WELCOME CHANGES OPLAN ‘Tokhang’ was off to a good start in Dagupan City starting Tuesday as barangay residents who no longer fear policemen knocking on their doors unlike in the past. This was the observation of P/Superintendent Jandale Sulit, officer-in-charge at the Dagupan City Police Station when the two teams…
NEW OPLAN TOKHANG THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has identified 220 new drug personalities who will be targeted initially by Oplan Tokhang in the province. P/ Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, provincial director, said Tokhang teams in the towns and cities will implement the operation under new guidelines but the…
SAF 44 MASSACRE AFTER 3 YEARS THE wife of the late PO3 Efraim Mejia, one of the SAF 44, has called on the government to fast track the investigation and put those responsible for the Mamasapano massacre to jail. Mea Mejia, widow of PO3 Mejia, lamented that all that has…
ASSASSINATION PLOT FORMER Binmaley Mayor Lorenzo Cerezo decried the insinuation by incumbent Mayor Simplicio Rosario that he is the mastermind and the political rival behind an attempt on the latter’s life. In a press conference, Cerezo said the alleged death threat and assassination plot that Rosario announced in a press…
NORMAL TEEN LIFE — Nicole, a differently-abled Grade 10 student at Carael National High School, Dagupan City, is joined by her school friends during a break at the Children’s summit on Journalism. (Punchphoto by Eva Visperas)
AN INSPIRATION TO ALL SHE is small, her height only half the average height of high school student, but she inspires people with her perseverance, determination and competitive spirit. Nicole Mayandoc, a pretty 16-year old, Grade 10 student at Carael National High School in this city, does not mind standing…
INTENSIFIED OPERATIONS SAN CARLOS CITY–An incumbent barangay councilman of San Carlos City and three others were arrested in three buy-bust operations conducted on Thursday by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1 in separate parts of the province. Their biggest catch was the incumbent councilman of Rizal, San Carlos City…
IT’S all systems go for the construction of the new Dagupan City Hall after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the back-filling of the donated property in Barangay Pantal as site of a government center. Mayor Belen Fernandez told the KBP…
DEATH THREAT BINMALEY—“Someone is out to silence me.” Thus said Mayor Simplicio Rosario during a press conference on January 23 as he exposed a threat on his life. He added, “Someone out there is dead serious… so desperate to hide the truth in exchange for our lives.” He said he made…
HIRED GUN, DRUG DEALER? – Wilberto Castro, a suspect in the killing of a police officer in San Carlos City, is confronted with the seized guns, bullets and sachets of shabu found in his possession by operatives of Dagupan police and PDEA during a raid in his rented apartment. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
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