FOR the past 21 years, one family has ruled San Carlos City, the biggest component local government unit in Pangasinan. The Resuellos, headed by the patriarch Julian, commonly known as Jolly, started to hold the mayoral post in the city from 1998 until 2007. Today, his two sons: Julier or…
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) reminded candidates – national and local – to refrain from campaigning during the Holy Week, or face consequences. Atty. Ericson Oganiza, COMELEC Pangasinan election supervisor, said campaigning April 14 (Maundy Thursday) and April 15 (Good Friday) is banned. Different forms of campaigning, whether explicit or…
OPLAN HARABAS – PDEA K-9 dog is brought in to augment implementation of the agency’s Oplan Harabas in Dagupan City that included random drug testing of drivers and conductors of bus companies plying the Pangasinan-NCR routes. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ONLY ONE TESTED POSITIVE ONLY one of the 150 drivers and conductors of buses plying Dagupan City-Metro Manila, who took the random drug testing under Oplan Harabas implemented by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on April 8 tested positive for illegal drugs. Richie Camacho, PDEA provincial director, did not…
OPERATIVES of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) – Pangasinan arrested a high-value target (HVT) in a drug-bust operation in Barangay Nalsian in Calasiao town on Tuesday night, April 5. The suspect, identified as Aaron James Andaya, a 40-year-old resident of Dagupan City, sold a sachet containing 100 grams of…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) is on heightened alert for the observance of Holy Week and the rest of the summer vacation this year. PPPO information officer P/Major Katelyn Awingan said the police provincial command already issued guidelines to all the chiefs of police in the province to ensure…
SOME 418 police personnel were organized to compose the Regional Special Operations Task Group (RSOTG)-Pangasinan as a pre-emptive measure to avert violent election-related incidents across the province for 32 days. This was stressed by P/Brig. Gen. Westrimundo Obinque, police regional director, on April 7 during the activation of RSOTG-Pangasinan who…
ABIG SINING OUTSTANDING ARTISTS – The winners in the painting contest of the 2022 Abig Sining Visual Arts Competition and Exhibit at Casa Real, Lingayen hold their plaques after their work were adjudged the most outstanding: Clyde Aedriel T. Rafael (center), 1st place; Joshua R. Carajay (left), 2nd place and Ray A. Dizon, 3rd…
2022 ABIG SINING VISUAL ARTS THE provincial government announced the winners of the 2022 Abig Sining Visual Arts Competition and subsequently held the opening of the Abig Sining Exhibit at Casa Real in Lingayen on April 5. Sculpture category: Bonifacio G. De Guzman Jr.’s “Estudyante sa Panahon ng Pandemia“, 1st…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved a resolution authorizing Governor Amado Espino III to sign partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) for the utilization of the latter’s grant for the implementation of the project, “Music Geography of Pangasinan: Folk and Traditional Songs.” “The project is supported by…
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