JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT OF 2002 WHILE Congress continues to discuss and debate the amendments to R.A. 10630 (Juvenile Justice Act of 2002), specifically to reduce the age of criminal accountability of minors to 15 years old, the Regional Juvenile Justice Social Welfare Center in the region is conducting orientation briefings…
TECHNICAL vocational schools implementing scholarship programs of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) are now under review due to reports that these are not qualified to offer techvoc education or are not properly implementing TESDA’s guidelines. Joel Pilotin, new TESDA provincial director in Pangasinan, said a team from…
LINGAYEN – Provincial government offices and member agencies of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) have been tasked to formulate the province’s disaster contingency plan. PDRRMC-member offices and agencies convened at the Subic Bay Travellers Hotel in Subic, Zambales from September 25-28 for the Contingency Planning Formulation…
THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) simultaneously distributed emergency kits to host communities in Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan traversed by its transmission facilities on Sept. 27-28. Lilibeth Gaydowen, NGCP’s regional communications and public affairs officer, said the kits are the recipients’ benefit as partner communities. NGCP personnel distribute…
FUTURE COP — Newly promoted P/Chief Inspector Raymond Nicolas shows his aspirations for his baby boy, Nicolas Jr., while his wife, Katrina, and Police Provincial Director, P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee do the honors of donning the rank on his shoulders during the oath-taking of 350 promoted personnel of the Pangasinan Police Provincial…
VALUE your promotions. This was the advice of Police Provincial Director P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, to the 350 newly promoted non-commissioned (PO2 to SPO4) and commissioned officers (Inspector to Chief Inspectors). Newly promoted to their new ranks were 27 Police Officers 2 (PO2), 38 Police Officers 3 (PO3), 170 Senior…
REVERSAL OF P75-M BUDGET LIKELY THE construction of the boardwalk project in Dagupan will likely be delayed further if the construction of the planned city hall will be delayed. And, the delay will result in the reversion of the P75 million budget for the project to the national coffers if…
DASOL –A team from the Regional Public Safety Battalion in Region 1 (RPSB1) based in San Fernando City, La Union trooped on a special mission to Tambac Elementary School here last Wednesday, Sept. 20. Their mission – to bring RPSB1’s outreach program “Kabsat” (Kapulisan Kaagapay sa Bawat eStudyante at Titser)…
PROTEST EJK KILLINGS – Students’ attention are drawn to the picture on a tarpaulin hung on the fence perimeter of the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City dramatizing the reported extra-judicial killings in the country. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
PANGASINAN-NUEVA ECIJA BOUNDARY THE police and the Philippine Army have increased their alert level in eastern Pangasinan anew following a firefight between elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Caranglan, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, where at least nine NPA rebels were…
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