THE regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported that out of the 32 drug groups operating in Region 1, 17 are in Pangasinan. PDEA Director Jeoffrey Tacio told The PUNCH Friday, that the groups or syndicates are composed of two or more members conspiring with each other…

IF today’s momentum of the national campaign to eliminate the drug menace today does not change, both the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) expressed confidence that it is possible to see a drug-free Pangasinan in six months. P/ Sr. Supt. Ronald Lee, acting provincial…

DAGUPAN City’s No.1 drug personality here was shot to death by still unidentified riding-in-tandem hitmen last July 23. Dagupan City Police Station identified the victim as Jay Morante, 37, resident of Barangay Pantal here. Initial investigation showed Morante was in front of a store in his barangay when two men…

DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez expressed alarm over the trail of extra-judicial killings made to appear to be happening with regularity and increasing frequency in the city. “We condemn in the strongest terms possible the extra-judicial killings being perpetrated by vigilante groups that identify themselves as “Dagupan Death Squad”…

PANGASINENSES (businessmen, politicians, law enforcers and the youth) raved over President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Governor Amado ‘Pogi Espino III said the SONA was very unique and the delivery was natural and practical. “It was appealing to young executives like me. Sasabihin niya na ito…

6,230 DRUG USERS, PUSHERS SURRENDER PERFORM or be relieved! This was the warning issued by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office to police chiefs in the province who are deemed not doing enough to eradicate illegal drugs in their jurisdiction. P/Police Supt. Jackie Candelario, Police Community Relations Office head, said P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Oliver Lee, acting-provincial…

LINGAYEN—There are no vigilante groups in Pangasinan,  so the reported killings or ‘salvaging’ of drug pushers were likely the results of the “purging” among suspected drug personalities, particularly by those who refuse to surrender, police officials said. P/Senior Supt. Ronald Oliver Lee, acting police director, said Thursday killings of suspected drug personalities are happening…

TWICE-A-YEAR TESTING LINGAYEN— To boost efforts of the provincial government in the campaign against illegal drugs, Gov. Amado Espino III said he wants to require all employees of the provincial government not only to take a drug test once but twice a year. In an interview last July 20, Mr….

ILLEGAL FISH PENS, CAGES THE City Agriculture Office has finally identified the remaining twenty illegal fish pens and cages that will be dismantled by Task Force Bantay Ilog by the first week of August. According to Maximo Solis, the head of TF Bantay Ilog, most of the illegal fish pens to be demolished are in…