LINGAYEN— With the onset of monsoon rains and typhoons, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has placed 16 towns and Alaminos City under its leptospirosis-watch. Data gathered by The PUNCH from PHO headed by Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, from January to Aug. 15 showed that these are in Mangaldan…
ARMY BACKS CAPITOL ON REHAB — Gov. Amado Espino III (left) explains the requirements for the establishment of a rehabilitation facility inside Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag town to Col. Milfredo Melegrito (3rd from right), 702nd Brigade Commander based in Pangasinan, for the expected 20,000 drug dependents in Pangasinan during a…
HIGHEST IN REGION 1 CAMP FLORENDO— So far, there have been 26,736 drug personalities in Region 1 that surrendered to the police in the region, and still counting. P/Chief Superintendent Gregorio Pimentel, Region 1 police director, qualified that as of Aug. 8, out of the 26,736 drug personalities that surrendered as…
ASINGAN—Twenty-three members of the municipal police station here, including their chief, were removed from their posts for still unknown reasons. The withdrawal of all but two police personnel was unlike other revamp initiated in 44 towns and four cities in Pangasinan where only the police chiefs were transferred to other…
LINGAYEN – The Espino administration has identified four priorities as its focus for the development of the province At the Provincial Development Council (PDC) meeting held on August 10 at the Sison Auditorium, Governor Amado I. Espino, III said he wants the towns and cities to allot resources and focus…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office is set to give P5,000 reward each for information provided by citizens that leads to the arrest of drug pushers in their areas. P/Superintendent Jackie Candelario, deputy police director for operations and spokesman of the provincial police office, told the KBP forum the reward program…
BOLINAO – “My conscience is clear and I keep calm. The people here know how we struggled in our business, including our modest lifestyle!” First District Rep. Jesus “Boying” Celeste told The PUNCH as he reiterated his earlier statement that he is open to any investigation to clear his name…
A TOTALLY unexpected exodus of Muslim families in Dagupan City back to their roots in Mindanao is happening amid intensified police operations against illegal drugs. As of last week, a number of families have since moved out of Barangays Bonuan Binloc and Bonuan Gueset, both considered illegal drug hotspots by…
URDANETA CITY—“I am not that stupid to do that. That’s unconstitutional.” This was the angry reaction of Mayor Amadeo Gregorio Perez IV to a newspaper report that he announced his “bold order” banning Muslims’ in the city during their Monday flag raising ceremony. The report said the mayor won’t even…
21st CENTURY SCHOOL SERVICE — Unmindful of the dangers posed by their travel, eleven students in Dasol town squeeze in and pile up on a tricycle for their trip home in Barangay Macalang from school. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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