STILL NO JUSTICE FOR SAF 44 THE 72-year-old father of PO2 Ephraim Mejia, one the Fallen SAF (Special Action Force) 44 killed by members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mamasapano Maguindanao in January 2016 laments that justice for his son and 43…
FOR DISHONESTY POZORRUBIO—The Ombudsman has dismissed from office Mayor Artemio Chan here for signing a marriage certificate of a couple even if he didn’t solemnize it himself. In a nine-page decision approved by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, Chan was found “administratively liable for grave misconduct and serious dishonesty and is…
POZORRUBIO—A new mayor here was installed Friday by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) following the dismissal from service of his predecessor- mayor for grave misconduct and dishonesty. Vice Mayor Ernesto Go took his oath to succeed Mayor Artemio Chan in simple rites presided by lawyer Joseph Apolonio…
SAN NICOLAS — Three members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were killed when they clashed with joint elements of the police led by the Provincial Public Safety Company in San Nicolas town at 5:20 p.m. Friday. A text message from Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, public information of the Pangasinan Police…
FIRST AND ONLY TOWN STO. TOMAS—This smallest yet considered the most peaceful town in Pangasinan earned anew a certification from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) being drug-unaffected. The certification signed by PDEA Region 1 Director Jeoffrey Tacio, also the chairman of the Regional Oversight Committee, said, “the municipality of…
PARENTS, watch out for your daughters. The police have sounded the alarm about rising cases of rape in the province. The number of rape cases in Pangasinan is continuously increasing, averaging from 20 to 30 or more per month, and victims are now girls as young as four to seven…
LOOKING OUT FOR THE CHICKS – No cargo truck containing live or processed chicken and eggs from Pampanga gets passed the the boundary quarantine checkpoint positioned at the boundary of Bayambang town and Camiling, Tarlac. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
LINGAYEN—Authorities in Pangasinan assured the people that there is no cause to panic following the confirmation by the Department of Health (DOH) that the bird flu strain that hit poultry farms in San Luis, Pampanga is transferable from fowls to humans. Provincial Veterinarian Eric Perez said there is nothing to…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region has declared 26 of the 34 barangays in Urdaneta, cleared of illegal drugs, while the remaining 8 barangays are already undergoing validation based on recommendation of the city police. The declaration was made by PDEA Region 1 Director Jeoffrey Tacio during the visit…
WAR ON DRUGS SCOREBOARD THE Pangasinan Police is now focusing its time, energy and resources on 93 barangays in the province that remain still affected by illegal drugs as of August 15 this year. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the Police Community Relations branch of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office…
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