PERSONA NON GRATA DECLARATION THE declaration of erstwhile chief of police of the town as persona non grata by the Sangguniang Bayan was withdrawn. The withdrawal of the declaration against P/Sr. Inspector Raymund Nicolas was confirmed by Balungao Mayor Phillip Peralta in an interview with The PUNCH. Peralta said he…

THE perennial flooding in Dagupan City will continue unless the dredging of the Pantal River is completed. This was stressed by Rodolfo Dion, District Engineer of DPWH, who estimated that some 450,000 cubic meters of silt or an equivalent of 22,500 truckload of mud should be removed from city’s main…

PANGASINAN continues to be free of insurgents but elements of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) are sometime sighted encroaching on border areas in the east and west. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, police provincial director, gave the assurance amid reports of increasing terrorism activities by the NPA…

MALASIQUI — Ten men were booked by the police for smoking cigarettes in various public places in Malasiqui town from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on July 26, in violation of the nationwide smoking ban. The suspects were arrested by roving policemen on foot patrol purposely to check compliance with…

URDANETA CITY— What better way to remind persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) of the Duterte administration’s unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs than to invoke the President’s name 24/7. Oplan RODY is rallying point to curb illegal drug use and trade inside…

URDANETA CITY — The officials and personnel of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in the city has taken its extended campaign against illegal drug use and trading beyond the walls of the jail facility. It has undertaken information awareness program on drugs in schools, colleges and universities here and…

PERHAPS the adage, “No pain, no gain” applies in the case of motorists traveling through Binmaley town. Motorists going through the town of Binmaley will continue to experience delay in their travel time owing to two ongoing construction projects in the highway crossing the town. Second Engineering District Engr. Rodolfo…

PHL BANGUS BORN IN INDONESIA THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has encouraged fishery stakeholders to putting up more hatcheries in the province saying it is a profitable venture. BFAR Regional Director Nestor Domenden cited the continued high demand for bangus (milkfish) fingerlings yet these are imported from Indonesia….

“PIKEWET” (It is skewed) This was sharp retort of Dagupan City Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo to the proposal of opposition Councilor Redford Erfe Mejia to amend the former’s draft resolution seeking to extend for another three weeks the signing and acceptance by the city mayor of a 1.2 hectare donated…

THE undermanned San Fabian Police Station will seek the community’s support to help keep peace and order in the town, particularly to deter robbery during the rainy season. P/ Chief Inspector Arvin Jacob, town police chief, said he hopes Mayor Constante Agbayani will approve the station’s proposal to launch and implement…