WAR ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING THE war on drugs is ablaze again but the same cannot be said in the war on illegal gambling in the province. Pangasinan Police Provincial Offices’ acting-Director, P/Sr. Supt. Ronald Oliver Lee, admitted it cannot go after the off-fronton jai-alai operations because Meridien Vista Gaming Corporation…
THE worst is not over but things can be better. This was how Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez assessed the garbage disposal problem in the city since its 50-year-old open dumpsite was ordered closed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources last month. While Fernandez lamented that many households…
RESUMPTION OF ‘TOKHANG’ LINGAYEN—Both President Duterte and Chief PNP Ronald de la Rosa may have made it clear that the PNP has been ordered to resume Double Barrel operations under the direction of PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency), but the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office still cannot operate until it receives…
BOODLE FIGHT — Chief PNP, Dir. Gen. Ronald De la Rosa, gamely joins Gov. Amado Espino III and Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr. in the ‘boodle fight’ prepared for the inauguration of the newly-built building of the Laoac Police Station. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LESSONS LEARNED FROM WAR ON DRUGS LAOAC— The Philippine National Police has learned enough and good lessons from its war on drugs to carry on a more effective, focused campaign. Chief PNP, Director-General Ronald dela Rosa, gave the assurance that the campaign against illegal drugs will be “a more focused,…
MAY-DECEMBER RELATIONSHIP IN DAGUPAN IF you still don’t believe that love is blind, believe it. Beatrice Flores, 69, married her long-time boyfriend, Nick Tablada, 56, in civil rites officiated by Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez February 27, Monday afternoon. It was a marriage founded on true love, the kind that…
ANOTHER FOR THE BOOKS POZORRUBIO – A policewoman assigned to this town’s police station, delivered her second child under unusual circumstances, short of a miracle, and in the most odd place. PO1 Stephanie Novelas delivered her healthy baby boy in a natural fashion, ahead of her time for an expected…
MORE ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan expects to get more detailed responses and clarifications from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) on the status of its anti-illegal gambling operations in Pangasinan since President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the crackdown on all illegal gambling nationwide. Sixth District Board Member Noel Bince…
URBIZTONDO—While Senator Leila de Lima had the privilege of appointing the time for her arrest on Thursday, it was another stressful experience for Ronnie Dayan, her former driver-bodyguard and alleged bagman for the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison. Dayan, also the self-confessed lover of the senator, was…
BEWARE OF ARTIKULO 21 MANY Dagupeños may still not be aware of it but the touted Artikulo 21 is already being strictly enforced. Ask the 714 persons who were caught violating and fined for being pasaway and dugyot. Members of the Task Force Disiplina, enforcers of Artikulo 21, have started…
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