A new OIC-Chief of Police was again designated at the Dagupan City Police, only 45 days after the police regional office designated one. The new chief of police is P/Lt. Colonel Vicente P. Castor Jr., who took over from P/Lt. Colonel Romil Avenido. The latter assumed office on June 29,…
UNIFORMED PERSONNEL BACK BRIGADA ESKWELA – Personnel of Engineer Support Company, 72DRC 7ID, Philippine Army and Regional Maritime Unit 1 of Philippine National Police arrive at the Dagupan City National High School to help volunteers accomplish their assigned tasks faster. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SOCIAL PENSION PROGRAM THE first of three scheduled payout of the Cash Card Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) under the Social Pension (SOCPEN) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was distributed to 1,759 senior citizens on August 13. Mayor Belen Fernandez and officers of the Landbank of…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! AUGUST 23- (Dagupan City) Arlene de Vera AUGUST 25 – (Dagupan City) Marlon Santillan, Rowena Joy Santillan; (Pozorrubio) John Mae De Leon AUGUST 26- (Dagupan City) Maria Beatrice Ramos; (Lingayen) Dan Ryan Soriano; (Calasiao) Myrna Servito, Rowena De Guzman AUGUST 27 – (Mangaldan) Clarissel Bumanlag, Marjorie Cleofe; (Sta….
OVER the past months, many communities in low-lying areas in Pangasinan, particularly in Dagupan City, that were usually safe from flooding suddenly find themselves having to cope with knee-deep flooding during torrential rains aggravated by high tide. These occurrences can no longer pooh-poohed as unusual and out of the ordinary…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINDING some solutions to mitigate the regular flooding in Dagupan City is one thing, and planning is another, but without the funds, all these become wishful thinking. In sum, the worsening flooding situation in the city will require support of every sector and residents, particularly,…
By Al S. Mendoza KAI Sotto is coming home and Lydia de Vega has gone back to her Creator. Kai is the Filipino beanpole long wanted by the Philippines to help our country’s campaign in the Fiba World Cup set in JIP (Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines) next year….
BIGGEST DRUG HAUL IN REGION 1 SOME P2.5 billion pesos worth of suspected shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pozorrubio on Friday, August 12, where four persons, one of them a Chinese national, were arrested. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva,…
P2.5B SHABU BUST IN POZORRUBIO – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency line up the stocks of shabu packaged as Chinese branded tea intended to be dropped-off at several points in Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Ahikam Pasion)
MAJORITY INVOKES OWN RULES THE majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, all members of the LiFe group, rejected a proposed ordinance certified as urgent by the Mayor Belen Fernandez to reduce fees for motor boat operations from P1,100 to P650. Minority Leader Councilor Jeslito Seen initiated the measure to help motor boat…
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