NINE-MONTH SCORECARD URDANETA CITY–The Urdaneta City police station (UCPS) arrested 57 drug personalities in 37 operations from January to September 15 this year, 35 percent higher than its accomplishment over the same period last year. P/Supt. Jeff Fanged, UCPS chief, said 37 drug personalities were arrested in 26 anti- illegal…
DAGUPAN TAKES WORLD CENTER STAGE — Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez fields questions from APEC participants about the biggest challenge being faced by Dagupan as a growing urban city before the international community composed of 28 Asia Pacific Economies. She spoke on the solution adopted by the city government…
PROTOCOL NOT OBSERVED LINGAYEN–The Provincial Health Officer here strongly denied there is a dengue outbreak in Pangasinan and asked the Department of Health (DOH) to rectify its declaration and reveal the data used as basis for declaration. Dr. Anna Teresa de Guzman told The PUNCH on Sept. 10 that Pangasinan…
EASIER ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGES DAGUPAN CITY— Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, as head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP), said Pope Francis “is reaching out tenderly to those who suffer from invalid marriages” but added that “the teaching about the indissolubility and unity of marriage remains”. He said…
FOR VIOLATING R.A. 9003 POZORRUBIO–Though the 40,000 dead chickens dumped in Barangay Nantalangan here last Sept. 6 were already torched last week, the owner of a poultry farm from Villasis town and his helpers are still accountable for violation of the Solid Wastes Management Act or Republic Act 9003 and other applicable laws. The burning…
BUGALLON— From being the town with the most number of underweight children in the province in 2014, this second district municipality has shown progress in dealing with its nutritional crisis. Based on the 2015 Operation Timbang (OPT) results gathered and tabulated by the Provincial Health Office, Bugallon already ranks as…
SOME 2.4 million tourists, domestic and foreign, visited Pangasinan last year. This was gleaned from records of arrival in various top tourist spots in Pangasinan monitored by the Provincial Tourism Office (PTO). Malou Elduayan, provincial tourism officer, speaking at the KBP Forum on Thursday, said the number was compiled by the Pangasinan Tourism Officers Association that has…
AFTER all the controversies that hounded the 18-hole golf course at the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen, it remains among those identified as a priority project of the National Economic and Development Zone. The controversial golf course, located in Lingayen covering adjacent barangays Estanza, Sabangan, Malimpuec and Capandanana, is a component of the…
SOURCE OF DAILY POLLUTION OF LINGAYEN GULF — The untreated wastes of inmates and jailers inside the Dagupan District Jail flow out from its pipes behind the locality freely and unobstructed to the clear beach water of Todandaligan Beach in Dagupan City. The situation has not been corrected for over 10 years…
IN VIOLATION OF DENR PERMIT POZORRUBIO – While most residents of Barangay Rosario of this town slept unmindful of clearing operations along the Manila North Road (MNR), the cutting of live trees surreptitiously by a DPWH contractor contractor has resumed last weekend. By the time residents realized what was happening,…
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