ROSALES—Motorcycle-riding-in-tandem hitmen (MRTH), operating with impunity in the province, gunned down last week a retired senior police officer here. Paulito Alabanza, a retired police senior superintendent who served as police provincial director of Kalinga province, died from several gunshot wounds while undergoing treatment.
GOOD ORAL HYGIENE—Pupils of Pogo Grande Elementary School listen intently as Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez reminds them to observe good oral hygiene practices when she visited the school on March 5 where she distributed toothbrushes and toothpastes to them. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has alerted the public against fictitious texts relating to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman issued the warning versus a text scam coming from mobile number 0927-592-8747 and others.
LINGAYEN—Three members of a suspected gun-for-hire group were arrested on the night of Mar. 6 in Barangay Papagueyan, Binmaley where they entered a house and threatened to kill its occupants. The arrest was made following a report to the police through a text message alert sent by a member of…
LINGAYEN—A team of 60 Filipino volunteers composed of medical health practitioners from Pangasinan and in San Diego, California received a salute from Governor Amado Espino Jr. for conducting a medical and dental mission in Labrador recently. In a fellowship and dinner party tendered by the provincial chief executive and his…
ROSALES– A pile-up of nine vehicles along the MacArthur Highway in Barangay Carmen here in the afternoon of Feb. 23 resulted in the death of four persons and seriously injured 13 others. The mishap occurred when a south-bound Isuzu cargo truck loaded with Baguio vegetables went out of control after…
THREE summer spectacles are lined up in the province this summer, starting off with the celebration of Agew na Pangasinan (Pangasinan Day) and Pista’y Dayat in April then Palarong Pamgansa in May. The annual Pista’y Dayat (Sea Festival) beginning in April and culminating in the first week of May will…
DESPITE CASES VS. OPERATIVES THE Dagupan police is not backing down on its efforts against the illegal drug trade in the city despite administrative charges filed against some of its operatives. Superintendent Romeo Caramat Jr., head of the city police, brushed off the attempt at harassment which he said is…
ALAMINOS CITY—A consistent awardee, this city again bagged three honors during the recent Regional Development Council Performance Awards. Alaminos, considered as Pangasinan’s fourth largest economy and tourism capital, was champion in the Search for the Most Outstanding LGU Coastal Resource Management (CRM) Implementer for CY 2011 under the City Category.
LINGAYEN–Lawmen scored big in their campaign against loose firearms when they seized a cache of firearms and ammunition in a raid of the house of a suspected leader of a notorious criminal syndicate last March 1 in Barangay Dilan, Pozorrubio. The raid at the house of Joel Manong, 35, was conducted by…
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