Finally, the two suspected most notorious drug pushers in Dagupan City, a husband and wife team, were arrested Wednesday by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1. Datu Michael Kali Bagul, 49, president of the Dagupan Muslim Association and his wife, Anna Liza Bagul, 40, were arrested…
BEACHLAND INSPECTION—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and Councilor Alfredo Quinto join City Engineer Virginia Rosario in inspecting the illegal structures that sprouted at an accreted area in Bonuan, allegedly put up by some affluent citizens.
IN CORN MODE—A worker places a giant replica of a corn in front of the municipal hall building of Sto.Tomas town, known for its corn production, to mark the celebration of its 1st Corn Festival on February 10 where they hope to break the Guinness Records for Longest Corn Barbecue…
BONUAN LANDGRABBING SCAM “The truth of the matter is I was shocked”. This was the reaction of City Legal Officer George Mejia, noting the many huge and illegal infrastructures now rising simultaneously along the beach in Bonuan Binloc erected by both professional and affluent squatters.
NAMES of Mayor Roy Macanlalay of Calasiao and other prominent personalities were initially identified as among the prominent people who allegedly built structures illegally in the beach area of Bonuan Binloc. Barangay Captain Ronaldo Torio, in an interview with The PUNCH, identified Macanlalay as the allege downer of a fenced…
THE Dagupan City government is now inclined to proceed with the demolition of all illegal structures that were built in the beach area following a meeting on Friday that clarified the issues surrounding the anomalous sale of beach land in Bonuan Binloc. The meeting was attended by members of the…
ALARMED BY KILLINGS LINGAYEN-Ban the gun in Pangasinan. Governor Amado Espino Jr., alarmed by the spate of killings involving firearms, has ordered Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, police provincial director, to impose a province-wide gun ban effective Tuesday. Espino cited among others the still unresolved gun slaying of San Carlos City…
LINGAYEN- The cops in the provincial and Dagupan City police stations have reason to crow. Both the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office and the Dagupan City Police Station have been chosen recently as the country’s Best Police Provincial Office and Best City Police Station, respectively, by the Philippine National Police (PNP)….
ON CASE FILED BY METROSTATE There’s bad news and good news for the city government of Dagupan. The bad news is last December 18, Regional Trial Court Judge Rolando Mislang of Branch 42 granted the motion of Metro State Realty Corporation seeking the execution of his order, pending appeal, ordering…
LINGAYEN–A song for Pangasinan. The Pangasinan hymn, the first in the province’s long history, was played for the first time before provincial employees during the regular Monday morning flag raising ceremony in front of the Capitol building. Governor Amado Espino Jr. said the hymn, entitled “Pangasinan Aking Yaman“, reminds Pangasinenses…
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