PREEMPTING TERRORISM THE police in Pangasinan are prepared to respond and stop any terrorist escaping from troubled Marawi City and other parts of Mindanao who seek refuge in the Moro communities in the province. This was bared by P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the police-community relations office of the…
ONE OBJECTION THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed an ordinance on Wednesday accepting the donation of a 1.2 hectares land located near the De Venecia Extension Highway from the brother of Mayor Belen Fernandez to be the site of a new government center of Dagupan. With only one councilor objecting, the…
WHILE the police are busy coping with the war on drugs, the local government of San Fabian’s has been busy waging its own war against illegal fishing activities in its coastal waters. And the town’s efforts have resulted in almost zero illegal fishing in the town’s coastal areas. According to Mayor Constante…
FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG DEPENDENTS THE six-month community-based drug rehabilitation program of Dagupan, will finally kick off next week in Barangay Lucao for some of the 76 self-confessed drug dependents in the village. This was firmed up during the meeting of the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) on Wednesday at the…
BOLINAO—The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has lifted the shellfish ban in the coastal waters of Anda and Bolinao towns. In its Shellfish Bulletin No. 17 issued on May 26, BFAR Region 1 Director Nestor Domenden said that samples collected from the said coastal areas are already negative…
GUARDING VS MARAWI SPILLOVER THE Philippine National Police (PNP) in Pangasinan has been placed on full alert following the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the Police-Community Relations at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), said the full alert status was ordered by P/Sr. Superintendent…
BANNED BUT WHO CARES? — A corn farmer spreads out the corn grains for drying on a portion of the cemented highway in Sta. Barbara, a practice that has been banned by law. Hundreds like him continue the practice every rice and corn harvest period but barangay officials and the police just…
NEW GOV’T CENTER THE plan of the Dagupan City government to build a new government center has been accelerated after the brother of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez manifested his desire to donate 1.2-hectare lot of his property along the De Venecia Expressway Extension in Barangay Pantal here. The Sangguniang Panlungsod…
SMOKING BAN ENFORCEMENT LOCAL Government Units (LGUs) in Pangasinan have been advised to form their own anti-smoking task forces to enforce Executive Order No. 26 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte seeking to provide smoke-free environment in both public and private places. The call was made by Francisco de Vera Jr.,…
WAR ON DRUGS UPDATE FIVE listed high value targets (HVT) for drugs in Pangasinan have already been accounted for while four more have been tracked down and could be likewise arrested soon as the warrants for their arrest are secured from the courts. Another HVT remains at large and could…
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