LIMITED LOGISTICS, MANPOWER THERE will be no letup in the war on drugs in Region 1 despite the order of President Duterte making the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency as the sole agency that will launch and initiate operations in the campaign contra illegal drugs nationwide. Lawyer Marvin Tavares, PDEA OIC-Regional…
UNDER PDU30 NEW ORDER LINGAYEN—The provincial director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) remains optimistic the target to make Pangasinan as drug-cleared before the end of 2017 is still possible despite the order of President Duterte that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will now have the sole authority to…
UMINGAN— After 10 years, a suspect in the killing of former City Mayor Julian Resuello and his civilian security aide Eulogio Martinez in 2007, was finally arrested. Joint police and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) operatives have arrested Tuesday, Loida Gonzales Mendoza, 66, a Filipino-American midwife who is a…
BINMALEY—The local government is at loggerheads with the Department of Education (DepEd) over the utilization of land owned by the LGU to accommodate both a proposed mall building and a renovated school campus. Mayor Simplicio Rosario has expressed support for the establishment of a shopping arcade that will require 2,300…
VIETNAMESE FISHERMEN’S CASE LINGAYEN – The Sub-Task Group on Investigation (STGI) created by the Provincial Committee on Illegal Entrants (PCIE) has submitted its recommendations during the fourth and final case conference on the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen involving Philippine Navy personnel, 34 nautical miles off Cape Bolinao, this province….
UMINGAN —After 10 long years, the slaying of San Carlos City Mayor Julian Resuello in April 2007 has a good chance of being solved finally with the arrest of a woman tagged as leader of gun-for-hire group and her co-accused in Umingan town on Oct. 9 and 10. First was…
UP, UP AND AWAY FOR TEACHERS –Teachers from Pangasinan Schools Division I release balloons symbolic of their dedication and commitment as molders of young minds during the celebration of World Teachers Day at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen town. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
WAR ON DRUGS TARGET BAYAMBANG — With only 48 barangays of 1,267 drug-affected villages still waiting to be cleared, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) said it is confident it can accomplish its objective to declare Pangasinan drug free by December. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, head of the police community…
POSTPONED BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS THE Provincial Elections Office immediately relayed the memorandum from the Commission on Elections announcing the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 23 to all 48 municipal and city election offices in Pangasinan for their guidance. “We had to transmit the memorandum of the chairman…
VIETNAMESE FISHERMEN’S DEATHS BAYAMBANG—The events that led to the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen and arrests of five others after a patrol ship of the Philippine Navy (BRP Miguel Malvar) chased a Vietnamese fishing boat, on September 23 some 40 nautical miles off Cape Bolinao, are finally close to being…
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