THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said capital punishment and flawed legal system are always “a lethal mix” even as it urged the faithful to uphold the sanctity of life and make a stand against death penalty. In a pastoral statement on death penalty signed by CBCP president and…

LINGAYEN—The provincial government is eyeing the Metro Clark Waste Management Corporation’s sanitary landfill facility for the disposal of the province’s residual wastes. In an approved resolution Monday, the provincial board acknowledged that Pangasinan continuously generates, recycles and hauls residual solid wastes and is in need of a sanitary landfill facility…

TO IMPROVE TRAVEL TIME THE Urdaneta Western Bypass Road being constructed to ease the traffic congestion in the city proper is expected to be completed finally this year. Started in 2014 with P620 million by the Department of Public Works and Highways, the bypass road from Manila North Road in…

JOURNALIST, book writer and historian Restituto C. Basa, “Resty” to his friends, was laid to rest at Eternal Gardens before noon of March 24 after a ceremony at the Methodist Church in Lucao. He was 86. Basa, who wrote for THE PUNCH in his younger days, died March 19. He is survived by his…

LINGAYEN—The provincial government wants April 5 declared Pangasinan Day by Congress. Last week, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan sent its endorsement of the bill filed in the House of Representatives by Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil seeking to declare April 5 of every year as Pangasinan Day and a special non-working public holiday in Pangasinan….

WAR ON DRUGS THE elements of Mangatarem Police Station is strictly monitoring the border of Pangasinan and Tarlac highways to closely monitor all illegal activities including transactions of illegal drugs. P/Chief Inspector Demosthenes Magnaan, acting-police chief said, they are strictly implementing border control through law enforcement coordination and cooperation, intelligence…

OPLAN GREYHOUND THE inmates at the Pangasinan Provincial Jail (PPJ) in Lingayen town had a taste of the Double Barrel Reloaded campaign against illegal drugs last Wednesday Joint operatives of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, together with PDEA Region 1 and Lingayen Police Station…

THE Philippine government and other governments in the world should respond to the revelation of OXFAM, a British organization, that only eight persons own 50% of global wealth while countries are pooling resources to initiate programs to alleviate the plight of the poor. This was the challenge posed by former…

“FAKE news can destroy the community. the lives of the people in that community.” This was stressed by Dagupan Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo during a public hearing on March 13 on his proposed ordinance No. 0-603 seeking to penalize the spreading, reporting and/or publishing of fake news and misinformation in…

CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union– For better English skills, officials of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO 1) here and the teachers of English of Secondary Language Association of the Philippines (TESLA Philippines) signed an agreement on March 13 through trainings. P/Chief Superintendent Charlo Collado, PRO1’s acting regional director and Eli Natividad,…