12 MORE TO GO WITH finally only 12 barangays (in three towns and two cities) of the originally 1,271 drug-affected barangays in the province to clear, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) remains optimistic that the whole province will be declared drug free until December from its level. P/Chief Inspector Norman…
URDANETA City became the second city in Pangasinan to be declared drug-free while Bayambang is the latest town in the province to be declared drug-free as well by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office. For Urdaneta City, the declaration was issued after all it’s 34 barangays have been finally cleared from…
P/SUPERINTENDENT Franklin O. Ortiz has been officially appointed as city’s permanent chief of police, six months after serving in an officer-in-charge capacity of the Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) starting April this year. Ortiz received his appointment from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office on October 27, giving him full authority to carry…
THE chief of police of Dagupan City has expressed confidence that the city will be declared drug-free before Dec. 31 this year in keeping with the target deadline set by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) that the province of will be cleared of drugs before the year ends. P/Superintendent Franklin…
BINMALEY— After savoring a broiled whole Dagupan bangus, don’t throw away its fish bone. It’s valuable to a 24-year old artist from Binmaley, the Fish Bowl of Pangasinan. Jessica Lopez from Barangay Gayaman this town told The PUNCH in an interview that she’s using fish bones as medium because aside…
SCARE NIGHT – A street vendor at the Malimgas Market in Dagupan city hopes to scare shoppers enough to buy ghost masks from him for the celebration of Halloween on October 31, 2017. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
WITH 28 towns and one city already cleared by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) of illegal drugs awaiting to be validated by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and with just seven towns and two cities still to be cleared, Pangasinan police is confident it can achieve its objective…
POZORRUBIO –Five suspected members of a notorious robbery gang operating in Pangasinan, Central and Southern Luzon as well as in Metro Manila were killed in a shootout at past noon Friday inside a hotel in Poblacion II, Pozorrubio past 12:30 noon on Friday, Oct. 27, according to the police. The identities of the…
PANGASINAN-BEENGUET BOUNDARY DISPUTE LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) stepped into the boundary row between the town of Sison and town of Tuba, Benguet, affirming the rightful jurisdiction of Sison over Sitio Saguitlang in Barangay Labayog. The SP adopted a resolution during its regular session on Oct. 23 endorsing and reaffirming the territorial jurisdiction…
A FAMILY from Quezon City, with roots in Dagupan City, has donated their more than 6,000 square meters of land in the island barangay of Pugaro to the Dagupan city government to be used as the site of a socialized housing project. The donation was conveyed by Ma. Eleanor, Archibald, Allan, Arnold and Artemio, all…
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