SMUGGLING’S COLLATERAL DAMAGE — A vendor at the ‘bagsakan‘ in front of St. Vincent Ferrer Church in Bayambang town shows the harvested onions directly from the farms which sells at P10-P13 per kilo, representing an average loss of P7-P10 to the town’s onion farmer, as a result of rampant smuggling of…
ALAMINOS CITY—A more than 200-kilo pilot whale was found beached along the coastal area in Barangay Bued here Tuesday and already in a deteriorating condition owing to injuries suffered. Salvador Camba, barangay chairman of Bued, said the social sea mammal was seen floating with its belly turning up and down indicating its…
WATCH out for counterfeit peso bills! Luzviminda Soriano, BSP assistant director in Dagupan City, told local media during the KBP Forum in Dagupan City last week that as elections near, counterfeit syndicates begin distributing the fake bills and therefore, the public should be warned about the bills they receive and…
2014 SOMA BINMALEY – In case a calamity strikes, the local government of Binmaley wants to be sure that it has enough evacuation centers for affected residents. Toward this end, Mayor Simplicio Rosario said evacuation centers are now being constructed in barangays Calit, Buenlag and Camaley. “Nobody wants disasters to…
24 HOURS OF PRAYER THE Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan will open the 24 Hours of Prayer at 6:00 am on March 13 to end at 6:00 am on March 14 in response to the call made by Pope Francis on all bishops all over the world to observe on the said dates as 24 Hours…
DRUG-TESTING LAB IN DAGUPAN—Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) chairman, Secretary Antonio A. Villar, Jr., turns over the P5 million check as financial assistance for Dagupan City government’s plan to establish a drug-testing laboratory in the city to support its anti-illegal drug campaign. Receiving the check is City Administrator Atty. Farah Decano,…
THE Philipine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) views the establishment of the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Dagupan City last week is a big boon to the campaign against illegal drugs. Director Adrian Alvarino of PDEA in Region 1 considers the center, the first in the region and the biggest in the whole country, as one…
THE series of house fire in the past pointed to bad housekeeping practice as the culprit. This in sum was the how the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) described the various causes of fire that engulfed hundreds of houses and claimed lives of children and elderly. Senior Fire Officer II…
LINGAYEN – Some 100 policemen assigned to different towns were made to attend a one-day seminar on human rights last week. The seminar focused o PNP Human Rights-Based Policing, and R.A 9745 or the Anti-Torture Law. Lecturers included P/Supt Geraldo P. Roxas, Chief, RHRDO, PRO1; and Danilo T. Balino, Information Officer…
CAPITOL NEWS PROMOTION OF DIPLOMACY IN MINDORO. Pangasinan Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (standing, 2nd row, 5th from left) and Oriental Mindoro Governor, concurrently the League of the Provinces of the Philippines President, Alfonso V. Umali (standing, 2nd row, 6th from left) flash the number one sign with farm technicians…
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