Lingayen – If the Sangguniang Panlalawigan can have its way, it wants recently installed Officer-in-Charge P/Sr. Supt. Ronald Oliver Lee designated as the permanent provincial director of the Pangasinan Police. The resolution endorsing the appointment of Lee, authored by Board Member Raul Sison (Second District), was adopted during the Provincial…

DAGUPAN CITY—“Let us unite against drugs but let us offer an alternative to killing criminals.” This was reiterated by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, to priests, nuns and catechists in his archdiocese that recently underwent a formation seminar on the pastoral care of…

FIRST District Rep. Jesus ‘Boying’ Celeste challenged former Congressman and former Alaminos City Mayor Hernani ‘Nani’ Braganza to undergo a drug test including their immediate family members to prove to the public who among them are into illegal drugs. Mr. Celeste said he is ready to prove that the allegation…

The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office’s oversight committee on Project Double Barrel is set to reconvene to evaluate on who among the chiefs of police in the province whose performance have been below par. So far, only 11 have been named as new chiefs of police and a new provincial intelligence…

“THE war on drugs should not only be a war by the President or the PNP” This was how Fourth District Rep. Christopher “Toff” de Venecia felt about the ongoing war on drugs. “It should be a multi-sectoral battle that hinges on mutli-sectoral cooperation–from the barangay, the health sector, the…

DEATHS UNDER INVESTIGATION LINGAYEN—The police regional office has formed a unit group to conduct probes on suspected summary executions and alleged extra-judicial killings being linked to the government’s war on drugs. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, acting police provincial director, told local newsmen in a forum Thursday that shooting incidents perpetrated…

THE ordered revamp of chiefs of police in Pangasinan continues. After the relief of two police chiefs of two cities and nine towns and the Provincial Intelligence Branch, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office released the new appointments of acting-police chiefs. P/Superintendent Jackie Candelario, deputy provincial director for operations said, the…

TAYUG—There’s cash in trash. This was found literally to be true in the case of a woman scavenger who found P165,000 cash in trash bin but turned over her find to the police. P/Chief Inspector Marcos Anod, acting police chief, told The PUNCH in an interview Tuesday that as narrated…

LINGAYEN – The provincial government will enter into an agreeent with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology-Dept. of Science and Technology (PHIVOCS-DOST) for the training on the use of the Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System (REDAS) in Pangasinan. Under Provincial Resolution No. 65-2016, authored by Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Member…