SUN PROTECTION — A lady pillion rider holds an umbrella as protection from the sun as they traverses the streets of Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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THE Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA) Pangasinan Chapter is celebrating six decades of service this September, marking a milestone in its long-standing mission to promote mental wellness and dismantle stigma across the province. Founded in 1965, the Pangasinan Chapter has grown from a civic movement into one of the most…
PMHA Pangasinan marks 60 years of mental health advocacy and service
THE local government of Mangaldan conducted a joint executive-legislative meeting to review and revise the town’s 10-Year Solid Waste Management (SWM) Plan, with the end goal of addressing long-standing issues in the town’s waste disposal system and further promoting sustainable environmental practices. Presided over by Mayor Bona Fe de Vera-Parayno,…
Mangaldan updates 10-year solid waste management plan
THE sale of unhealthy snack foods in and around schools in Dagupan City will soon be regulated following the passage of a resolution last week that aims to prevent obesity and other illnesses among students. Resolution No. R-109, Series of 2025, authored by Councilor Danielle Francine Canto, a nutritionist, calls…
Junk food to be regulated in, around Dagupan schools
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is intensifying its campaign to promote breastfeeding as a vital step in ensuring healthier children and stronger mother-child relationships. Ligene Neri, PHO’s nutrition assistant program manager, said while data from the Field Health Services Information System revealed an impressive 97.91% breastfeeding compliance rate among mothers…
Pangasinan pushes for stronger breastfeeding awareness
MURDER SOLVED — Police Col. Arbel Mercullo, OIC Pangasinan police director, gives a media briefing on August 18, 2025 at the provincial police office in Lingayen on the swift resolution of the murder of a 7-year-old girl who was found dead on August 15. The suspects had been indicted by…
MURDER SOLVED
A high-value drug personality was arrested and illegal drugs worth ₱408,000.00 were confiscated in an anti-illegal drug operation conducted late Sunday night, August 17, 2025, in Urdaneta City. Joint police and anti-narcotics operatives carried out a search warrant at the residence of an unnamed 39-year-old male suspect, identified as a…
₱408K worth of shabu seized from high-value drug dealer
LOPEZ SPEAKS AFTER CHILD KIDNAPPING CASE ASINGAN Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. admitted that the number of police officers in the municipality is significantly lacking, raising concerns about public safety, especially in the aftermath of the abduction and eventual murder of a seven-year-old child from the town’s Barangay Bantog, whose body…
Police force in Asingan insufficient, says mayor
TWO victims of sex trafficking were rescued in Urdaneta City by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Dagupan District Office, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The case was referred to NBI-Dagupan by a non-profit organization that was approached by the victims’ concerned relatives seeking…
NBI Dagupan rescues 2 trafficked women in Urdaneta City bar
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 3 HVTs nabbed in Manaoag drug ops THREE High-Value Targets (HVTs) were apprehended during a buy-bust operation conducted by the combined forces of PDEA Region 1 and local police in Manaoag on August 18. The arrested suspects were identified as Virgilio De Guzman Agda Jr., also…
