IS there or isn’t there continued jueteng operations in the province? If you ask Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr., officer-in-charge Pangasinan police director, he will confidently say the province is jueteng-free. On the other hand, Retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a long-time crusader against illegal gambling, would respond to…

IN PREPARATION FOR 2013 ELECTION A CRACKDOWN against private armed groups (PAGs) has been launched by the police in Pangasinan in preparation for the May 2013 elections. Wednesday last week, law enforcers seized from one group operating in the eastern part of the province several guns and ammunition during two…

EXPERIENCING flu-like symptoms such as fever, head and body ache, and malaise for at least three days? Go seek medical help right away as these are the early symptoms of leptospirosis, a disease commonly acquired from infested floodwater. This was the advice prescribed by said City Health Officer Leonard Carbonell…

LINGAYEN—A more detailed layout of Pangasinan will soon be accessible online through Google Maps, highlighting various points in the different cities and municipalities. The provincial government, in cooperation with the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning office (PCDSPO) and Google Incorporated, started a province-wide Google map-making session here last September 12,…

SAN CARLOS CITY—Officials of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) based here launched a campaign among city residents to help avoid dengue infestation by eliminating pockets of stagnant water that serve as breeding places for carrier mosquitoes. PPH doctors said dengue cases usually rise from the month of June until November.

LINGAYEN–“We are living in a digital age.” This was the emphasized by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. when the provincial government’s “Digitizing School Paper” project was launched last September 14.

 ‘ROBREDO-INSPIRED’  REPRESENTATIVES of the various sectors of the community in western Pangasinan will now have a more active role in monitoring the use of public funds following the introduction of a “participatory budget monitoring mechanism” as pursued by the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo.

WITHOUT a clearance from the Police Regional Office (PRO), Superintendent Noel Vallo did not show up last September 3 at the scheduled turnover of command from outgoing police chief, Superintendent Romeo Caramat Jr., who is set to take a study leave. OIC Pangasinan Police Director Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa…