THERE are no illegal gambling activities in the province. This was asserted by P/Sr.Supt. Ferdinand De Asis, chief of the Police Community Relations Branch/Public Information Office at the police provincial office (PPPO) during the KBP Forum on Thursday. He said the claim is based on the monthly reports of the chiefs…
THREAT TO PATAR BEACH BOLINAO— After successfully stopping the construction of a cement plant here in the 90s, this time the townsfolk are bracing themselves for a legal battle to oppose the establishment of a commercial ‘feedmix’ hatchery plant in Barangay Patar, an area that has been declared an eco-tourism…
DONATE-AND-SING DONATING one’s blood in Pangasinan will never be a traumatic experience but fun. Here’s how the fun starts. Before a blood donor extends his/her arm for the blood-letting, the donor will be handed a microphone and a playlist from which the donor will choose his/her favorite song. Then soon…
LINGAYEN—How does one deepen one’s love for his or her province? Only by imbibing behavioral change and basic moral values! This was what the “I Love Pangasinan” Movement pointed out during its launching last week in the presence of young and old volunteers who participated in the multi-sectoral project organized…
ILLEGAL FISH PENS REMAIN — Contrary to earlier reports of the Dagupan City Agriculture office, there are still several illegal fish pens operating and polluting the city’s rivers. Their continued operation is already deemed a defiance of Mayor Belen Fernandez’s order in early 2014 to ban illegal fish pens in…
POLLUTION OF CITY’S RIVERS CONTINUE HERE we go again. Something fishy appears to be going on in the management of Dagupan City’s rivers and tributaries by the city agriculture office. The massive pollution and siltation of the city’s rivers two years ago was caused by the proliferation of illegal fish…
MANAOAG— Hitmen riding in tandem struck again. Fortunately, this time, their target, the assistant provincial health officer, survived the attack and suffered a gunshot wound on the shoulder. Dr. Jeremy Agerico Rosario, also former board member of 4th district of Pangasinan, was attacked on his way home by unidentified persons riding…
ANONYMOUS TEXT MESSAGES “MAY drug pusher dito sa barangay namin dito sa ____.” “Si_____ is selling shabu to students dito sa ____.” These are the kind of text messages being sent to the Dagupan City Police Station and which the latter eagerly await 24/7 through the hotline established by the…
LINGAYEN-“I will not sign it. I will not go for it, 100 percent no.” This was the terse reply of 5th district Rep. Kimi Cojuangco, who had withdrawn her support for the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) following the deaths of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos in an encounter with Moro rebels last Jan. 25. “I want…
TPLEX, NEW BATTLEGROUND LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) reiterated its support, through a resolution, to the original route of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) Section 3, from Urdaneta City to Rosario, La Union. Provincial resolution no. 1241-2015 reiterated the Board’s conformity with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-approved original…
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