POLICE ALERT POLICE authorities in Dagupan City expressed alarm over the use of minors by a local drug syndicate to push illegal drugs following the arrest of a 12-year old boy on October 18 in Sitio Silungan, Barangay Bonuan Binloc.

THE federation of local transport groups in Pangasinan complained to the Department of Energy (DOE) that many issued Pantawid Pasada cards are defective.

BRING them to court. This was the call made by the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) as complaints against business establishments that refuse to comply with or skirt around the law that require extending the mandated 20% discount to cardbearing senior citizens for certain goods and services.

LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has approved Provincial resolution No. 868-2011 ratifying the memorandum of agreement (MOA) entered into by Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. and the National Food Authority (NFA) on the rice loan program of the province for relief operations.

THE Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has turned over P6 million to the Region 1 Medical Center last week for the construction of the dormitory and recreational facilities of the Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City.

THE Maternal & Child Health Care and Anti-Violence against Women and Children Act seminars, sponsored by Senator Pia S. Cayetano, were held simultaneously held in Dagupan last week in line with the city’s observance of Family and Children’s Month.

SANENGSENG CHORAL COMPETITION THE Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS) and the Francisco Q. Duque Medical Foundation Special Science High School (FQDMFSSHS) were adjudged champions among public and private schools, respectively, in the Sanengseng Choral Competition held October 14 in Dagupan.