“WE have zero tolerance for all forms of gambling”. This was stressed by P/Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen Jr., chief of police of Dagupan City, when asked if the local policemen are also going after other forms of gambling other than the gambling held during a wake for the dead. Mangelen said…
SEGREGATION OR SCAVENGING? – The two men are busy emptying trash bags in an area in Barangay Tapuac where residents dump their garbage left uncollected by the city government. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ABOUT 900 pupils at Lucao Elementary School in Dagupan City were given the privilege to experience automated voting system when they elected their officers for the Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) for the school year 2020-2021 on Feb. 14. Gary Desoloc, school principal, said it was part of a nationwide simultaneous…
AFTER 4 DAYS A fisherman from Agno town who was reported missing since Feb.13 was sighted and rescued on Monday, February 16, at about 30 nautical miles west of Balingasay, Bolinao town. According to Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL) information officer Capt. Jojit Ofiaza, NFNL Commander Commodore Caesar Bernard Valencia…
THE SIDEWALKS ARE GONE AGAIN — With no barangay officials and traffic enforcers to penalize them, (left panel) a flower shop finds the sidewalk a convenient extension of its display while tricycle drivers (right panel) casually take over sidewalk along Perez Boulevard as terminal in complete defiance of DILG’s directive. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is set to make a legislative inquiry on continued piling up of uncollected solid wastes in many parts that already threatened health security of city residents. According to Councilor Dennis Canto, chairman on Health committee, residents have started to complain about uncollected garbage for weeks…
NEVER underestimate what a police officer or a fireman can do in any form of emergency, even assisting in child birth. Such was the emergency for an expectant mother who was rushing to give birth at the rural health unit in Natividad only to find herself already in labor inside…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod is set to hold a question hour this week to look into the reported required installation of instant fire sprinklers from schools and big establishments by the Bureau of Fire Protection before a mayor’s permit can be issued. Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo raised the issue last week…
NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION – More and more Pangasinenses drive to the Daang Kalikasan for a chance to experience the panoramic and scenic view of the Agno River leading to the Lingayen Gulf and the long road line along the mountain. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE 14.6-kilometer of the Daang Kalikasan ‘that’s drawing crowds for a chance to view the scenic spots along the way, is expected to be finished in 2021. Department of Public Works Ilocos region project engineer Willer Bince said only three kilometers of the four-lane road connecting Pangasinan to Zamblaes province,…
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