A STRONGER intervention in a bid to prevent suicides in Dagupan is being mulled by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) after commending a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadet of the Lyceum Northwestern University for saving the life of a senior high school coed who jumped from the fifth floor of the school…
MABINI—Twenty-six former members of the Revolutionary Hukbong Bayan (RHB) and supporters of the CPP-NPA from Barangay Barlo in Mabini town, a former threatened area, who surrendered to the government have since become productive members of their communities. The former rebels who were processed and validated, commended the efforts of the…
THE Guinness World Record holder 51-meter-tall Saint Vincent Ferrer statue in Barangay Bani here continues to draw devotees since it was unveiled on April 5 this year. Fr. Carmelo Carreon, director of St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park, said the visitors average 750 people on weekdays and 1,200 on weekends. (The…
EARTHQUAKE DRILL FOR KIDS — Pupils of the Dulag Elementary School in Lingayen cover their heads as they walk slowly towards a designated safe place as they take part in the 4th Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) 2019. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
NO POLITICAL PATRONAGE, NO GAMBLING THE region’s police director warned policemen in Pangasinan against soliciting letters from politicians for transfers of assignment, promotions and for many other personal purposes. PNP B/Gen. Joel Orduña issued the warning after the Monday flag raising ceremony at the provincial police headquarters in Lingayen. “We…
THE Dagupan City government will likely be included in the next batch of 100 Local Government Units (LGUs) in the country that will face charges before the Ombudsman for the continued operation of its dumpsite in Barangay Bonuan Binloc. The aerial view of the location of the site…
THE Dagupan City government may face a case for breach of contract if it will not honor its joint venture agreement signed in year 2016 with Sure Global Inc. which promised to build a 15 million U.S. dollar Waste-to-Worth project for Dagupan City. Thus warned Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, a…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) in the region has determined that more than 50% of the 38 percent of road accidents in Region 1 involved young motorcycle riders. This, according to Teofilo Guadiz II, LTO regional director, is an alarming situation. He said of this number, most of the young…
THE findings of the Land Transportation Office in the region that most vehicular accidents in Pangasinan involved motorcycles and young riders was confirmed by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). However, PNP Provincial Director P/Col. Redrico Maranan noted that while there is a decreasing number in eight focused crimes such…
THE Dagupan city government has not yet reached a decision on the plight of some 70 fish retailers along a road in front of the Dagupan City Fish Market whose area was targeted for clearing operations last November 10 by the City’s Anti-Hawking Task Force. This was revealed by Aguedo…
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