LINGAYEN–There was a changing of the guard at the Police Provincial Office on September 8 with the assumption of Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte as the new police provincial director. Ricaforte, who came from the Police Regional Office III, replaced Senior Superintendent Percival Barba who headed the Pangasinan police for almost…

LINGAYEN–Was politics behind the brutal slaying of the former chief of Task Force Marshal in Dagupan City? Adel Malapit, who headed the unit tasked to secure government buildings and offices during the administration of ex-Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., was gunned down in the afternoon of September 6 in Barangay Paronking,…

TAYUG–The provincial board should attempt to determine the roots of the killings in Tayug, a town which served as the seat of the infamous “colorum uprising” in 1935.

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office has purged the list of voters in Pangasinan and in Dagupan City after it was found to be padded by double and multiple registrants. Provincial Elections Officer Reddy Balarbar said the double and multiple registrations were discovered after the Comelec headquarters in Manila…

DENGUE cases in Pangasinan are still rising, contrary to prediction it will decline during the remaining months of the year. Dr. Michael Canto, spokesperson of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC), said in the first week of September alone, they registered more than 40 confirmed cases of dengue.

LINGAYEN—At the risk of sounding like a party-pooper to some party animals in government, Governor Amado Espino Jr. reminded all mayors about the right priorities in governance –more projects, less parties. He categorically asked all municipal governments of Pangasinan to cut down on their expenses, particularly for extended and lavish…

City Hall, SP rift intensifies THE executive-legislative imbroglio in Dagupan involving Mayor Benjamin Lim and the majority of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) appears headed for worse before it gets any better.

TAYUG–This town, considered as the melting pot and center of trade and commerce in eastern Pangasinan, is well on its way to being called the crime capital of the province.