URDANETA CITY–The assistant manager of the Pangasinan Electric Cooperative III was shot and wounded by two hitmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle early evening last Monday while waiting for a ride home along Mac Arthur Highway, Barangay Nancayasan here. P/Superintendent Jeff Fanged, city police chief, said the victim, Celso…
MANGALDAN–Although the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) has assured its customers that it will not suffer any power disconnection from its power supplier, it seems nothing will the customers in this town from seeking the transfer of their town to another distributor, Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp). This was bared by…
CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM LINGAYEN–There has been no let up in the campaign of the Pangasinan police against illegal drug and loose firearms as shown in the number of arrests scored by lawmen last week. These operations were conducted even as the changing of the guards at the Pangasinan Police Provincial…
LINGAYEN—There is hope for a successful, intensified campaign vs. illegal drugs. Pangasinan’s new officer-in-charge police director, P/Senior Superintendent Belli Tamayo, who assumed his post last Tuesday, wants police chiefs to intensify their anti-illegal drugs operations through strong police presence and to target big-time pushers. “I know that drugs is a big problem…
(We are reprinting the news account on the murder of The PUNCH Founder-Editor published in the Saturday edition of the Manila Chronicle on May 21, 1966, to commemorate his 49th death anniversary – Editor) EDITOR SLAIN IN COLD BLOOD DAGUPAN CITY, May 20— Ermin Garcia, editor of the…
LOCAL consumers can already be assured that the Dagupan bangus they buy are genuine because of the ‘Dagupan Certified’ tag that the Dagupan City government has began implementing. “Finally, this is a dream fulfilled for our fisherfolks!” said Mayor Belen T. Fernandez when she led the tagging of Dagupan bangus…
COA REPORT ON PDAF SCAM PANGASINAN Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil flatly denied he channeled his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to a bogus organization contrary to what the Commission on Audit has claimed and reported to the national media. Unperturbed by the COA report, Mr. Bataoil maintained that since…
CAMPAIGN SHIFTS TO HIGH GEAR LINGAYEN — Lawmen scored big anew in the campaign against illegal drugs last week when four persons in the middle of a sniffing session were arrested in Binmaley while a government employee was arrested in Natividad in a buy-bust operation. Combined agents of the police and…
TRAFFIC STOPPER — Jeepneys and tricycles that ply Dagupan City’s streets regularly were everywhere last Sunday noon except on the streets for the duration of the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. The drivers parked their units where they could watch the free “pay-per-view” coverage of the bout like the free showing on the…
LINGAYEN—After being appraised of the reported increase in deaths by rabies during the first quarter, the provincial board adopted a resolution seeking to strengthen the campaign against rabies in the province. During its May 4 regular session, the Board approved provincial resolution no. 1319-2015 “urging all local chief executives to…
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