THE Dagupan City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) launched last week a community-based drug rehabilitation program for self-confessed drug users. The program, S.U.R.E. or Sagip User Rehabilitation and Empowerment, was launched during the first meeting of the city’s CADAC after the council was reconstituted. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, CADAC chair, said…

TARGET AFTER FIRST 100 DAYS LINGAYEN – Governor Amado I. Espino, III will continue to pursue the development of the agriculture sector in partnership with key players to attain the ‘agro-industrial enterprise status’ for the province. The governor underscored his plan in his First 100 days report he delivered before…

27 BARANGAYS STILL HAVE PUSHERS, USERS THE Dagupan police confirmed that only Barangay Mamalingling of the 31 villages in the city has so far been declared drug-cleared barangay. P/Superintendent Neil O. Miro, acting city chief of police, made the clarification as he confirmed that 27 affected barangays remain under Category…

SESSION WITHOUT MAJORITY MEMBERS WITH only four Dagupan City councilors, all members of the minority, physically present during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod last week, they approved a resolution that gave the go-signal to an e-company to operate “Peryahan” in Dagupan, Passed was Draft Resolution No R. 5396 jointly authored by Councilors…

LINGAYEN–Health authorities expressed alarm over the increasing number of leptospirosis cases in the province this year which already ballooned to 129 with 18 deaths so far recorded from January to October 3, with still three more months before the year ends. Dr. Anna de Guzman, Provincial Health Officer, said only 71…

IMPLAN BIG TIME LINGAYEN—Pangasinan PNP confirmed that no illegal drug was found on fish cages, establishments and warehouses by a composite team of policemen and members of various government agencies that conducted “Implan Big Time” on the business sector last October 4 in Western Pangasinan. The inspection zeroed in on fish cages and warehouses owned…

THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS MALASIQUI—Former drug personalities now known as reformists here have returned to living normal lives with decent jobs and cleared of illegal drugs use. In an interview with P/Supt. Roland Lee Sacyat, chief of Malasiqui Police Station (MPS), said there are over 200 self-confessed drug personalities…

LINGAYEN– To further create higher awareness against the dangers of drug abuse and violence, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has began implementing the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for grade school pupils in all towns. P/Chief Inspector Luis Lipadan, deputy for police community relations, said DARE’s police officers in…

LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) decided to hold in abeyance a proposed resolution seeking to declare Pangasinan State University (PSU) president Dexter Buted persona non grata. This was decided during a closed-door meeting of the provincial board members to discuss the proposed resolution filed by Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Rosario, seconded…