ATTACK ON VICTORY—Scene of the Crime Operatives(SOCO) of the Philippine National Police gather evidence at the Victory Liner terminal in Lingayen where five buses were burned, causing one employee to suffer third degree burns, by still unidentified armed men before midnight of November 26. The perpetrators escaped after a gunfight…
THE CATCH 22—Gov. Amado Espino Jr., in a press briefing at the Capitol Resort Hotel in Lingayen on November 24, says dealing with the jueteng issue is a catch 22 situation and he is leaving it up to the police force to address the illegal numbers game. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
SCUBA INSTRUCTION—Dagupan City Councilor Karlos Reyna gives Ms. Earth 2008 candidates some tips on scuba diving last Oct. 24, 2008 at the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City. Reyna, a certified PADI scuba diving instructor, joined Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza in welcoming the candidates to the province.
COLLATERAL DAMAGE? ALAMINOS CITY– A 15-year old boy is still fighting for his life at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan after he was shot last November 16 by his playmate with the pump shotgun issued by the provincial government to the latter’s mother, a barangay kapitan. The…
LINGAYEN—A “buddy system” between a police officer and the barangay kapitan who has been issued a shotgun has been instituted by the provincial police for purposes of maintaining peace and order in their communities. “This integrated, community-based approach to maintain peace has served as a deterrent to crime and generated…
FOR JUETENG, SHOTGUNS LINGAYEN–Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz laments the failure of Governor Amado Espino Jr. to keep his pre-election pledge to fight the illegal numbers game jueteng in the province Cruz rated Espino’s performance in governance as a “7” from a possible 10 as highest, and set 7.5 as passing…
TAYUG — Setting up of road barriers along highways fronting schools and churches are not only illegal but hazardous to motorists. This is the contention of RTC Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 51 in Tayug on seeing numerous barriers that began to proliferate along many highways, saying these are…
TAYUG–Take it from this teacher. She maintains parents have only themselves to blame if their children get hooked on illegal drugs. Consuelo Ladio, head teacher III and head of the Values Education Department of the Tayug National High School, did not hold back when she said most young victims turned…
ARCHBISHOP AND THE MEDIA—Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, who celebrated his 74th birthday on November 17, fields questions during last Thursday’s weekly Meet the Press forum of the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association while the other guest, Engr. Rosendo So, chairman of party-list ABONO, collects his own thoughts. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)…
ALAMINOS CITY— As the provincial government continues to defend the issuance of the shotguns to the barangay chairmen, the program claimed its first victim from accidental shooting. A15-year old boy is now in critical condition after he was blasted with a shotgun issued to a woman barangay captain of Alaminos…
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