PROJECT DOUBLE BARREL RELOADED LINGAYEN—Since Project  Double Barrel Reloaded (DRB) was launched in Pangasinan, the campaign has resulted in the arrest of 73 suspected drug pushers and users, and seizure of 217 sachets of shabu and seven sachets of marijuana from 71 operations conducted by the Pangasinan in coordination with the…

LINGAYEN—The province of Pangasinan mourned the death of former Sen. Leticia Ramos Shahani on March 20. Shahani, 87, was afflicted with stage 4 colon cancer. She died at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City where she had been confined for a month. The provincial board passed a resolution…

PSU DEAN SLAY TRY LINGAYEN–Investigators of the Lingayen police are still facing a blank wall after the dean of the College of Criminology of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) campus in Binmaley town and another person were shot and wounded by hitmen riding-in-tandem at 7:30 a.m. of March 22  along…

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD STO. TOMAS—Glutinous corn, the town’s major product, will take center stage again when it makes its bid for Guinness World Record for the Longest Line of Picnic on April 2. In 2008,  the townsfolk used glutinous corn when they clinched the Longest Barbecue crown by simultaneously grilling…

1st UNITY GAMES FOR LGUs LINGAYEN– The employees of local government units began their respective campaigns for honor in the 1st Unity Games for LGUs on March 16. Gov. Amado Espino III led the formal opening of the sportsfest at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center gym, underscored the…

DOUBLE BARREL RELOADED LINGAYEN – The town’s police have intensified their Oplan Tokhang operations under Double Barrel Reloaded guidelines by tapping the Masa Masid of the Department of Interior and Local Government that involves the barangay officials in the campaign against illegal drugs. P/Supt. Jackson Seguin, town police chief, said…

ONLY 30% CONVICTED LINGAYEN–Despite the numerous arrests of drug personalities in Region 1 since the war on drugs began July 1 last year, the head of the region’s Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the war on drug’s lead agency, expressed serious doubts if these could lead to a higher conviction rate in…

NATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH LINGAYEN— Those who say Pangasinan’s policewomen are unattractive and unglamorous and irrelevant should take a good look. The ladies in the police force took time out last week to prove to the public they serve that they have their own share of charm, beauty, talent and poise…

LINGAYEN – Graft charges have been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman against the president of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) allegedly  for disbursing for himself “extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses” beyond what is allowed by law. In a complaint filed before the anti-graft body last March 13, a copy of…