THE FINAL SALUTE– Army corporal Marcos Mejia, brother of the late PO2 Ephraim Mejia join SAF commandos in the final salute to honor a brave fallen warrior. Gov. Amado Espino (right) and officers of the Pangasinan Provincial Police led the mourning in the province. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage…
A FALLEN 44’s WIDOW CRIES SAN NICOLAS–There could be no justice if questions are left unanswered, if the perpetrators are not hailed to court. This was reiterated by Mrs. Miya Mejia, widow of the late PO2 Ephraim Garcia, one of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos killed in an…
THE family of the Philippine National Police -Special Action Force trooper from San Nicolas town will receive full benefits from the government and more. This was assured by Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas during his visit to the province on Monday. The DILG secretary arrived in San Nicolas to condole with…
FROM BRAVERY TO MEDAL OF VALOR LINGAYEN— Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, a former Special Action Force (SAF) battalion commander in 1992, delivered a privilege speech at the House of Representatives Tuesday to raise the level of honor for SAF’s Fallen 44. Bataoil asked that the Medalya ng Katapangan (Bravery Medal) awarded…
ANTI-CRUG CAMPAIGN ASINGAN—The provincial government and the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) scored well soon after a Province Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) meeting was held last January 28. A notorious drug personality here was arrested in a buy-bust and raid conducted by lawmen at his house in Baro, Asingan at…
IT’S “open for business” again for all shellfish farmers in western Pangasinan. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) finally lifted the shellfish ban in Bolinao and Anda where red tide lingered for over four months. Dr. Westly Rosario of BFAR’s National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), said…
ANOTHER first will be introduced this year in Dagupan Cty. A month long celebration of the Chinese Festival will be staged in Dagupan City from Feb. 7 to March 5, and if the activities and the public clamor demand it, Mayor Belen Fernandez has been given the authority by the Sangguniang…
ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS WAR LINGAYEN—The provincial campaign contra illegal drugs shifts to high gear after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency reported that shabu now sells the lowest in Pangasinan compared to other provinces in the region. “We really have a big problem,” Gov. Amado Espino Jr. intoned during the joint Provincial Peace…
IN MOURNING — Senior officers at the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office place a black cloth on a police badge marker situated at the entrance of the police provincial office symbolic of the state of mourning in all police stations in the province over the massacre of 44 PNP-Special Action Forces…
MOURNING FOR FALLEN PNP-SAF MEMBERS MEMBERS of the Dagupan City and Pozorrubio police stations have expressed their mourning for their fallen comrades, particularly for the two Special Action Forces (SAF) members from Pangasinan.
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