ONLY 201 persons with disability (PWD) in Pangasinan enlisted during the national special registration day for the sector nationwide last Aug. 11, a low turnout given the estimated 1.4 million total number of voters in the province. A special registration for PWDs was also held Thursday in Umingan because none…

PANGASINENSES cheered the contra-SONA (State of the Nation Address) delivered by Senate Minority Majority Floor Leader Alan Cayetano last week. Instead of the usual critique of the President’s SONA last month, the senator articulated the sentiments and aspirations of the people, whom President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has tagged as his…

STEPPING up the capacity for disaster preparedness, 59 police personnel of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) recently completed a 15- day Disaster Search and Rescue Management Training (DSRMT). “This is a big step towards disaster preparedness and police being at the forefront of rescue operations, we need to double…

PREPARING FOR 2013 ELECITON THE police regional office 1 (PRO1) that covers Pangasinan, has intensified its campaign against private armed groups (PAGS) in preparation for the May 2013 elections and has so far arrested nine persons. Chief Supt. Franklin Jesus Bucayu, police regional director of Region 1, said his command…

HEALTH TALK—Stakeholders from the health sector listen to Councilor Jigs Seen (left podium) as he rebuts Councilor Brian Lim during the Sangguniang Panlungsod regular session on August 6. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage

FOR GRAVE MISCONDUCT LINGAYEN—Two public servants have been slapped with corresponding punishments for grave and gross misconduct in office, both involving monetary transactions. Carmelita Tan, an Assessment Clerk at the Provincial Assessor’s Office here, has been dismissed from service with perpetual disqualification from public office after she was found guilty of…

UNLIKE in 2009 when Typhoon Pepeng devastated most parts of the province, the 4th District was by and large spared in last week’s flooding brought about by days of incessant monsoon rains. And Rep. Gina de Venecia is thankful that the flood-control projects she initiated and financed in coordination with…

AGNO—Two black barges believed to be from Indonesia ran aground at the shoreline of Barangay Aloleng here on July 31 due to strong waves brought by Typhoon Gener. A report from the Philippine Coast Guard, which conducted an ocular inspection of the area with the police, said the two barges,…

A SUSPECTED drug pusher was killed after he engaged agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 1 (PDEA RO1) in a shootout in the early morning of June 6 in Urdaneta City. The suspect was identified as Asis Hadji Modior of Baranggay Camantiles, Urdaneta City. A known shabu…