LINGAYEN—Pangasinan continues to be unrelenting in pursuing its environment-related projects as 38,000 mangrove seedlings were again distributed last Friday to six municipalities and two cities. Governor Amado Espino Jr. led the distribution to the towns of Bolinao, Infanta, San Fabian and Sual with 6,000 seedlings each; Anda and Lingayen, 5,000…

SIX TREES A MONTH PER COP COMMUNITY relations officers of the 44 municipal and four city police stations in the province met in Lingayen last Monday to plan for their contribution to the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) ‘Sampung Milyong Puno, Pamana sa Kalikasan’ project. PNP Provincial Spokesperson P/Supt. Benjamin Ocumen…

PREPARATIONS for the Bangus Festival in April kicked off last week with the initial meeting of the event’s executive committee presided over by Councilor Brian Lim, this year’s hermano mayor. The first activity in the month-long celebration will be the opening of the food strip and tiangge on April 9. Formal…

  URDANETA CITY— It appears policemen are now on the menu of possible targets of motorcycle-riding-in-tandem hitmen (MRTH) in addition to barangay officials and businessmen.   On Feb. 23, another policeman in the city was marked for liquidation but fortunately survived the attack.   PO3 Christopher Corpuz, 35, detailed with…

THE Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in Dagupan City has been granted the “special bond of spiritual affinity” by the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Wall in Rome. Fr. Roberto Mejia, a member of Team Ministry of the St. John Cathedral, explained that the “bond” means…

CALASIAO—Residents of Barangay Talibaew here recently completed their “WASH (Water and Sanitation Hygiene) in Emergency” Program conducted by the Philippine Red Cross Pangasinan Chapter in cooperation with the International Federation of Red Cross and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid. Under the program, 425 beneficiaries from the community were given training…

PUBLIC and private vehicles are now diverted to other routes as the Villamil Bridge in Calasiao is now closed to all transportation with reconstruction work in full swing. Light vehicles coming from San Carlos City and Malasiqui going to Dagupan can take the route going to Lasip Road, San Vicente…

THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panglunsod’s sessions outside of the hall has proven valuable in addressing concerns that directly affect the barangays. This was the assessment of Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), who promised to hold more of such sessions in the future.

LINGAYEN–Everything remains under control. This was the response to newsmen of Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Resueto Ricaforte when asked about the peace and order situation in the province. Ricaforte said despite incidents of killings that happen “once in a while”, Pangasinan remains “relatively peaceful”.