ROSALES—In a country considered to be among the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, the Philippine media continues to struggle as it carries out its role as society’s watchdog. To pay tribute to members of the press, past and present, for their role in the fight for the…
P105-M UNLIQUIDATED FUND THE Commission on Audit (COA) has began sending demand letters to non-government organizations, barangay chairmen, as well as fiesta and Bangus Festival executive committees that received financial assistance from the Dagupan City government from the period 2010-2013 to submit their verifiable liquidation reports of public funds they…
THE livelihood program of Mayor Belen Fernandez for small fishermen suffered a major snag when unidentified persons cut a buoy attached to a payao, a submerged fish aggregating device, installed some three kilometers off Barangay Pugaro in Dagupan used to mark the location. With the bouy gone, the payao could no…
ROBBERY CRIME SCENE—-An officer of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) checks the pockets of the slain member of the robbery gang for evidence that could lead to his identification. He was later identified by relatives, whom the police notified through the suspect’s cell phone, as Alfred Conde Mondares alias…
SECOND BHF PAWNSHOP HEIST IN 2 YEARS CASES of robbery in band, attempted homicide and grave assault against nine persons, three of whom were already identified, have been filed by the Dagupan police in connection with the noon-day robbery holdup at BHF Pawnshop and Gemline on A.B. Fernandez Avenue here…
PEACE AND ORDER REPORT LINGAYEN—It’s still peaceful out here. This was the essence of the report of Senior Supt. Sterling Raymund Blanco, officer-in-charge at the police provincial office (PPO), when he reported before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last June 2. From January to May this year, 8, 054 crimes were reported…
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez called for the strict enforcement of Republic Act No. 8550, the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, during a coordination meeting with three national law enforcement agencies on June 5 The meeting was organized after the City Agriculture Office recently apprehended on two occasions at the Dagupan…
LINGAYEN—Provincial board member Generoso Tulagan has filed a resolution to protect and nurture the 770 trees left standing along the stretch of Manila North Road (MNR) from the towns of Rosales to Sison. Some 1,059 trees were earlier cut by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), on the…
CHED REMINDER AN official of the Commission on Higher on Education (CHEd) in Region 1 has stressed that higher educational institutions (HEIs) cannot increase their fees without consultation with stakeholders, that include the students and parents. Angelica Dolores, education supervisor II of CHEd Region 1, pointed out that any increase in…
KAPITANS’ SHOTGUNS LINGAYEN–The more than 1,300 shotguns issued by the provincial government to barangay leaders during Gov. Amado Espino Jr.’s first year in office now kept in police stations for safekeeping, could be returned to the kapitans provided terms under the new law on firearms ownership are compied with. The shotguns…
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