875 MORE TO GO THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has declared only 375 barangays as drug-clear and has only until February next year to clear all the 1,250 drug-affected barangays. This was disclosed by P/Chief Inspector Demosthenes Magnaan, acting-chief of the Police Community Relations of the provincial police office during…

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IT had to take intensive and challenging operation to hunt down Ronnie Dayan. This was how P/Sr. Supt. Ronald Oliver Lee, acting- Provincial Police Director, described the operation that was launched to arrest Dayan, the former driver-bodyguard and lover of Senator Leila de Lima, since Congress issued an…

LINGAYEN—Sen. Leila de Lima’s controversial driver-lover, Ronnie Dayan, is now in a safehouse in Pangasinan According to P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, Dayan was brought to the Police Provincial Office here Thursday night around 10:30 p.m. and later transferred to a safehouse at 2:00 a.m. the following day, Friday. “He is…

ILLEGAL FISH PEN OPERATIONS A MIFFED Mayor Belen Fernandez appeared at the Monday flag-raising ceremony of city hall employees last Nov. 21 to stress that the crackdown on illegal fish pens in the rivers of Dagupan has not stopped and defended the campaign against criticisms leveled at her administration. Speaking…

FAKE CIGARETTE FACTORY RAID THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) office in Manila initially filed administrative charges Monday against 24 Chinese nationals found working in a factory of fake cigarettes in Barangay Unzad, Villasis, Pangasinan was raided on Nov. 18. Paulino Verzosa, alien control officer for Pangasinan based here, said the…

THE Dagupan City government has been cited as the Most Improved Component City by the Regional Competitiveness Committee (RCC) of Region 1 after improving on its ranking in the nationwide competitiveness survey this year, particularly in infrastructure, government efficiency, and economic dynamism. The committee composed of the Department of Trade…

NIGHTLY ANIMATED X’MAS DISPLAY BAYAMBANG—From being a Guinness record holder for its longest barbecue, this town now aims to attract the most number of people to watch and enjoy its animated Christmas display that was unveiled on November 18. More than 3,000 people gathered in its initial showing at the town…

SEVENTEEN corporations supporting the Angat Buhay Program of the Office of Vice President Leni Robredo are coming to Dagupan for the city’s poor, particularly children and senior citizens. This was bared by Vice President Robredo when she arrived in the city last November 12 to launch three projects by two corporations…

WAR ON DRUGS LINGAYEN–The Liga ng Barangay Provincial Federation is alarmed by the series of crackdowns by the police against Barangay chairmen in Pangasinan for their suspected involvement in illegal drugs, that resulted in the killing of some by criminals riding in tandem and in police operations. Liga ng Barangay Federation president and ex-officio Sangguniang…