PANGASINAN-LU ROAD WIDENING THE environmental advocates in the province may have found an unlikely ally in the 2nd District office of the Department of Public Works and Highways. District Engineer Rodolfo Dion vigorously opposed the plan of DPWH Regional Office to cut down the trees along Pangasinan-Zambales Road located in…
GARBAGE CRISIS FEARED THE open dumpsite in Dagupan City has been closed after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office issued a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) on January 21, a situation that could lead to a crisis situation for the disposal of the city’s daily 29 tons…
URDANETA PNP’S MISSING 41 GUNS THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) confirmed that 19 of the 23 firearms recovered by the police in its search for the 41 firearms missing from the armory of the Urdaneta City last year were confirmed to be properties of the Philippine National Police (PNP). This was…
REMEMBERING MAMASAPANO SAN NICOLAS—The mother of a member of Special Action Force’s (SAF) renowned Gallant 44 from this town killed in the bloody Mamasapano encounter in Maguindanao two years ago, still cries for justice. Helen Mejia, mother of PO2 Ephraim Mejia said she still longs for truth to come out….
BINMALEY—Twenty-five barangays in this town have been declared drug-free finally, the mayor said, even as he vowed to carry out President Duterte’s all-out war on illegal drugs continuously. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said in his State of Municipality Address on Jan. 23 that through the police’s unrelenting efforts, out of the…
DRUG-FREE BARANGAYS, 78% THE municipality of Natividad will likely be the second town in Pangasinan to be declared as drug-free. This was bared by Supt. Jackie Candelario, deputy police provincial director for operations, who said only a validation and certification from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is holding back…
LINGAYEN BAGOONG — Young boys hold containers aloft as they dance on the street to mark the start of the Bagoong Festival in Lingayen town, promoting the town’s signature ‘One-Town, One-Product.” (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ONLY SEGREGATED WASTES THE Urdaneta City government expressed willingness to help Dagupan City with its waste management problem and out of its dilemma since the Department of Environment and Natural Resources issued a cease and desist order to the Dagupan City government over the continued use of the latter’s open…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) said the request of the barangay chairmen in Pangasinan to be armed is possible under circumstances provided by law. This was the reaction of P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, deputy police provincial; director for operations, to the request of barangay chairmen in Pangasinan manifested by their provincial…
PINAKBET FOR THE BARANGAY – Two expert cooks use shovels to sauté the pinakbet dish to be served to visitors and barangay residents during the Talong Festival of Villasis town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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