TWO candidates for senator of the Liberal Party were in Pangasinan last week to engage Pangasinan voters. Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay and election lawyer Romulo Macalintal expounded on their respective political agenda if elected in May 2019. Hilbay wants a stronger claim against China because he warned that that…
THE almost month-long Dagupan City Fiesta celebration (December 7 to January 1, 2109) kicked off last week, with a motorcade along the downtown area, followed by the opening of the Paseo de Belen and the lighting of Christmas symbols along the Jose de Venecia Expressway as well as the lighting of Christmas…
BUSTED KAGAWADS – Edward Capua and Pepito Capua, a former and incumbent barangay council members of Bacayao Norte, respectively, are handcuffed while Dagupan City PNP operatives go over the evidence seized from them after a buy-bust operation. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) officially declared the municipality of Urbiztondo as the 30th drug-cleared town in Pangasinan. P/Chief Inspector Rizalina Suarez, Urbiztondo chief of police, said out of the 21 barangays in Urbiztondo, 19 drug-affected barangays were cleared of illegal drug trade and use. Barangays, Salabante and Pasibi…
LINGAYEN – Local Government Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin B. Diño commended the efforts of the provincial government for its support to the national government’s campaign against illegal drugs. Speaking at the Provincial Anti-Crime and Peace & Order Forum on December 3 attended by over 2,000 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed last week an ordinance seeking the establishment of the first ever Dagupan City Health Office Pharmacy. Councilor Dennis Canto, chairman on health of the SP, said in order to accomplish it, must comply with the provision of Republic Act 9711, otherwise known as Food and Drug…
INQUIRY ON COLLAPSED CEILING “HE’S back barking up the wrong tree”. This was the reaction of Dagupan City Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo to the resolution filed by Minority Leader Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia calling on a legislative inquiry on the reported collapse of a ceiling of a building being constructed at…
ANTI-DRUG EDUCATION – A pupil at West Central 1 Elementary School holds up the information materials on drug use distributed by the Dagupan City Police during the forum for the the launching of 2018 Drug Prevention and Abuse Week. (Punchphoto by JoJo Riñoza)
BAYAMBANG—Retired Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and now senatorial candidate Ronald Dela Rosa reiterated that he is standing by his record and accomplishments in the war on drugs and challenged his detractors to prove that he issued illegal orders to hunt and kill drug personalities. “If I did something wrong,…
MANGALDAN–The rehabilitation services of Pangasinan Provincial Reformation Center (PPRC) in Burgos town is being offered by the provincial government to convicted drug pushers on parole apart from the reformed drug personalities that surrendered in the province. This was disclosed by retired Colonel Rhodhyn Luchinvar Oro, Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Officer (PDRRMO),…
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