POZORRUBIO—Some 2,000 residents here signed a manifesto in a ‘people power ‘ rally Thursday asking President Aquino and the Department of Public Works and Highways to consider a realignment of the original plan of the Tarlac-Pangasinan- La Union Expressway (TPLEX). Pozorrubio residents stage a people power rally Thursday calling for…
LA UNION – Violators of gun ban in the region already reached 549 persons arrested while 119 firearms were confiscated in its overall focused police operations and all-out campaign in connection with Secure and Fair Election (SAFE) 2016 since the start of the election period from January 10 to February 23 this…
PRACTICE RUN –Members of Dagupan City PNP assist City Comelec personnel in simulating the transport of election materials and vote counting machine to barangay Pugaro, an island barangay in the city for the mock election. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PNP BLITZ RAIDS LINGAYEN—Twenty-seven known drug personalities in the watch list and members of criminal gangs involved in gun-for-hire, gun-running and also illegal drugs, were arrested in simultaneous serving of search warrant operations conducted by the police in 16 towns and cities in Pangasinan on February 16 till 18. Eight…
SAN FERNANDO-DAGUPAN ROAD WIDENING LINGAYEN–A storm is brewing anew in Pangasinan over the impending cutting of trees along the San Fernando-Dagupan road. The provincial government is reportedly poised to object to the plan of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources…
FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS LINGAYEN—The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) skipped celebration of Valentine’s Day and went around the region, including Pangasinan to look into preparations for the conduct of peaceful elections on May 9. Police Director-General Ricardo Marquez told newsmen, “I want to see their (region’s) state of…
NO BLACK SAND MINING “THE issue here is no longer about black sand.” This was how Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. assessed the published news items last week on the resolution of the Office of the Ombudsman affirming his indictment along with dismissed executives provincial administrator Rafael F. Baraan and…
FORMER ALLIES’ WORD WAR DAGUPAN CITY—Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. and Engr. Rosendo So, chair of Abono partylist, were once the closest political allies but the same politics recently made both a bitter political detractor of each, and are now engaged in a heated word war over the alleged black…
BEST PERFORMING PROVINCE LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. bid goodbye to his constituents in his ninth and final State of the Province Address (SOPA) at the Capitol Plaza here last Thursday, citing the accomplishments of his administration and the Capitol’s employees that catapulted Pangasinan as the best performing province in Region…
REMINISCING 9 YEARS — Gov. Amado T. Espino shares a light moment with Board Members Alfie Bince Jr. and Danilo Uy before delivering his last State of the Province Address, happily recalling the unprecedented achievements of his administration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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