SUAL — President Duterte sent off last Wednesday the five Vietnamese fishermen arrested by the Philippine Navy for poaching in the country’s territorial waters, some 34 nautical miles off Cape Bolinao on September 23 this year. The President, in his speech at the Sual Wharf before sending off the Vietnamese…

LINGAYEN—The provincial board of Pangasinan is set to conduct a probe on Monday, Dec. 4, after a board member decried exorbitant charges by a private hospital and 3 doctors in Dagupan City which he described as a “robbery in broad daylight.” Second District Board Member Raul Sison cited an incident…

ESPINO TELLS PDU30 SUAL – Gov. Amado Espino III reported to President Duterte that the province is already 99 percent drug-free to date. Speaking at the ceremonial send off ceremony on Wednesday for the five Vietnamese fishermen, Espino said the Pangasinan police is optimistic that the province of Pangasinan will be…

WHILE the turnout on the last day, Nov. 30 for the voters’ registration was expectedly low, the almost one month registration period for next year’s elections had “very good results.” This was the assessment of Provincial Elections Supervisor Marino Salas who reported a total of 26,826 registered for Sangguniang Kabataan…

PPPO DECLARED 1,254 DRUG-FREE WHILE the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has already declared 1,255 barangays in Pangasinan as drug-cleared, records, however, of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office, shows that only 442 barangays of the total 1,254 drug-affected were officially validated as drug-free by the regional oversight committee….

PNP OPLANS ‘BOGA’, ‘SITA’, ‘BAKAL’ AN intensive campaign against criminality in the province that was implemented to support the war on drugs has resulted in the confiscation of 10,457 unlicensed firearms and filing of charges against gun owners. P/ Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, public information officer of Pangasinan Police Provincial…

WAR ON DRUGS SCORE CARD THE municipality of Burgos in the First District was finally validated as a drug-free community, the 11th in Pangasinan, last Thursday, Nov. 22. This was confirmed by the oversight committee composed of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Health (DOH),…

2018 HIGHER BY  9% LINGAYEN – After holding an executive session to hear the budget proposal of Office of the Provincial Veterinarian last Nov. 20, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is set to approve the 2018 provincial government’s P3.75 billion budget. The annual budget proposed by the office of Gov. Amado…