(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Elderly man goes missing outside hospital AUTHORITIES and family members are now searching for a 78-year-old man who went missing after reportedly stepping outside the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital for a cigarette. The missing man, identified as Romeo Rafon Prado, a resident of Bugallon, was last seen…
CHINESE, FILIPINO ARRESTED IN BUY-BUST LAW enforcers seized some ₱850-million worth of the illegal substance methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu. They arrested two alleged high-value drug personalities, one of them a Chinese national, during a buy-bust operation along Romulo Highway in Barangay Polong, Bugallon, on October 2, 2025. Authorities…
BRAVING THE FLOOD — Vehicles and even pedestrians brave the familiar flood in Dagupan City on September 25, 2025 as two typhoons and the southwest monsoon brought rains during the week. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BARANGAY Dalongue Chairman Angel Tamayo denied reports of a so-called “ghost” flood control project in their area, clarifying that the structure being referred to is unfinished, not nonexistent. He explained that a legitimate flood control project is underway in their community, but construction was temporarily paused to prioritize a similar…
A memorandum has been issued detailing the stricter security protocols that will be enforced in all hospitals under the provincial government, a move prompted by the recent abduction of a newborn baby at Lingayen District Hospital. In Memorandum 2025-053 issued on September 17, Dr. Tracy Lou Bitoy, head of the…
CONSTRUCTION of the P150-million Edades and Bernal Cultural Museum, located on a donated land along Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension in Dagupan City, is in full swing. The project, which broke ground on November 15, 2024, will honor two national artists from the city — Victorio Edades (Painting) from Barangay…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Flooded Sta. Barbara residents use bamboo rafts ELPIDIO Dela Cruz and his neighbors in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Sonquil in Sta. Barbara has their bamboo rafts ready to get into town and back home as the flood level in their area reached waist-high following two typhoons…
PARTS OF PANGASINAN FLOODED SEVERAL parts of Pangasinan were already flooded early last week as Super Typhoon Nando (international name: RAGASA) swept through northern Philippines along with the prevailing southwest monsoon, and more rain was expected until the weekend from another severe tropical storm, named Opong (international name: Bualoi). As…
LAW enforcers carried out a series of successful anti-illegal drug operations that led to the arrest of five drug suspects and the confiscation of nearly ₱222,000 worth of suspected shabu in Infanta, Dagupan City, and Alaminos City. In Infanta, police operatives of the town’s police station nabbed a high-value target…
A road accident in Calasiao claimed the lives of three members of a family of four, with the three-year-old child as the sole survivor. According to Police Captain Godofrey Mercado, operations officer of the Calasiao Police Station, the incident occurred when the elf-type truck, driven by Rey Maure, attempted to…
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