MALASIQUI–Policemen here knocked on the doors of some residents, not for the dreaded Oplan Tokhang anti-drug campaign, but to give red roses to the ladies on Valentine’s Day to spread love. P/Chief Inspector Dennis Balitoc, deputy police chief, said it was P/Superintendent Cirilo Acosta Jr., chief of police, who initiated…
ALAMINOS CITY—Two of three fishermen who went to fish in the West Philippine Sea on January 31 on board two fishing boats have not returned home and are still missing, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) reported. OCD Region 1 Director Melchito Castro told newsmen in Alaminos City on Feb….
MANGALDAN—The barangay workers in four towns and one city in the Fourth District got their wishes on Valentine Day. Rep. Christopher de Venecia delivered various equipment they had wished for to help them in their work. Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Child Development Workers (CDWs) received 168 units of blood…
NO INCREASE IN PENSION FOR WWII VETS GIVEN the fast depleting number of World War II veterans, Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil expressed hope that his bill seeking to increase the old age pension of veterans, from the current P5,000 a month to P20,000 a month, is approved this year and included…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) officially declared the municipality of Aguilar drug-free last Friday, February 8 and became the 16th town validated by the regional oversight committee as drug free in Pangasinan. PDEA Deputy Director Marvin Tavares was accompanied by Congressman Ace Barbers, chair of the House committee on…
CATCH US IF YOU CAN—Two kids frolic by the giant ‘jack stones’ (actually breakwater) at the Dagupan Blue Beach, running away each time a big wave threatens to engulf them. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) directed anew two of the bus companies with terminals in Dagupan City to settle their differences, or else it will pass a resolution asking Mayor Belen Fernandez to order both to transfer their terminals presently located beside each other near a street intersection on Perez Boulevard…
P7.9-M FOR MAYOMBO LOT THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Belen T. Fernandez to negotiate for the sale of a 529 sq. meter property in Barangay Mayombo so the city can raise the fund needed to construct a three-storey school building to house nine classrooms. The resolution proposed by Councilor Nicanor…
BIOLOGICAL SOLUTION WITH controversies surrounding the Dengue vaccine – Dengvaxia and increasing number of suspected dengue cases in Pangasinan, the fisheries expert at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-NIFTDC) advocates the use of a “biological” but cheaper way to battle…
ANTI-JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CAMPAIGN THE Dagupan Police will step up its inspection of the different computer shops in the city to ensure that students are not delinquent and do not skip their classes during school hours as well as ensure their safety. P/Superintendent Jandale Sulit, city OIC-chief of police, said the police…
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