WAR ON DRUGS IN PANGASINAN LINGAYEN—The war on drugs in Pangasinan is far from over. This was the terse admission of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office when P/Sr. Supt. Ronald Lee, officer-in-charge as police director, talked to The PUNCH. He said more than 6,500 identified suspected drug personalities have not…

THE Commission on Audit’s notices on the failed environmental and waste projects initiated by the Lim administration that started with the planned sanitary landfill project of Dagupan City in Barangay Awai in San Jacinto have not seen the end of it. City Mayor Belen Fernandez said she is considering to…

URDANETA CITY—The police chief here was relieved from his post pending investigation of the missing 41 firearms of the Urdaneta City Police Station. P/Supt. Marcelino Desamito Jr was replaced by Supt. Jackie Candelario, deputy police director for operations and information officer of the Pangasinan Police Office, in a concurrent capacity. Desamito…

OWING TO UNSOLVED DEATHS LINGAYEN—Fearing for their lives and security while the Duterte administration is pursuing its war on drugs, barangay kapitans in the province are now seeking the provincial government and the police to give them the privilege to arm themselves so they can protect themselves This was manifested…

THE Dagupan City Council approved last week the resolution opting to reject the death penalty bill now pending in the House of Representatives, voting further to make the decision forwarded to Fourth District Congressman Christopher “Toff” De Venecia. The body adopted the resolution proposed by Councilor Luis Samson Jr., seconded…

OPERATION TOKHANG CONTINUES LINGAYEN– The war on drugs in the region is far from over. The second phase of Project Double Barrel and its twin program Oplan Tokhang are now being actively implemented in Region 1 targeting newly emerged drug personalities and those identified during the first phase of the war…

THREE TO GO AS of January 12, Dagupan City is now 90 percent drug-free following the declaration of Barangays Pantal and Pogo Chico as drug–free, raising the number of villages cleared of illegal drugs to 28. The separate declarations of the two barangays being clear of illegal drugs was signed…

UNIQUE HISTORY WALL LINGAYEN—Pangasinenses can review World War II in capsule through rare photographs now on display in the wall of the renovated Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) branch in Lingayen following its inauguration on Jan. 9. The inauguration coincided with the commemoration of 72nd anniversary of the Lingayen Gulf landings at the…