WAR VS.ILLEGAL DRUGS THE campaign of the Pangasinan police against illegal drugs under P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, got off to a good start with the arrest of five drug dealers in different towns in separate police operations. Arrested in these operations were suspects Frederick Tandoc, 42, of Sitio…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) finally busted and arrested the province’s top 4 priority target in a buy-bust operation last Thursday in Barangay San Miguel, Calasiao. PDEA Pangasinan team leader Rechie Camacho said the high value target identified as Arnel Sanchez aka ‘Badz’, of legal age, and a resident…
NEW NORMAL, NEW YEAR REVELRY – Residents of Gomez and Burgos Streets in Dagupan City traditionally light thousands worth of firecrackers and pyrotechnics to welcome the new year during the previous years. This year, they content themselves lighting up mini pyrotechnics because of the strict regulation on use of firecrackers. (Punchphoto by Willie…
290-DAY WAR VS COVID-19 AT the end of the year and 290 days from March 16, 2020, Pangasinan still has 319 active cases confined in hospital and in various LGU isolation facilities. In sum, the Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) records showed that the province’s war vs COVID -19 tallied 2,772…
THE Dagupan City Water District (DCWD) entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with the private company Pamana Water Corporation in the middle of the pandemic in August 2020, a deal that surprised many water consumers and even the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The JVA, effective for 25 years, only came to the fore…
LINGAYEN Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said a total firecracker ban is in effect in the town following the occurrence of separate fire incidents in at least two barangays during the New Year revelry. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil went to the affected areas in Tonton and Pangapisan North, together with Bureau of Fire…
THE number of persons injured by firecrackers and fireworks display during the New Year’s countdown in Region 1 significantly decreased by 62 percent, with two victims of indiscriminate firing during the New Year revelry. P/Brig. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr also said in his report to the Philippine National Police (PNP)…
THE celebration of New Year in Pangasinan was generally peaceful with only 17 persons reported hurt from December 21 to January 1, although the final count for firecracker-related injuries will still be known on January 5. P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, described the decrease in firecracker- related incidents in…
THE Dagupan City government is set to purchase 10-million worth of COVID-19 vaccines. According to City Mayor Marc Brian Lim, he sent a letter to the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), stating the city’s intent to purchase vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the city’s residents….
THE Police Provincial Office turned over 107 Galil Ace 21 rifles to eight police stations in a bid to boost their firepower in protecting their areas of responsibility from communist terrorists and criminal groups. The rifles were turned over by P/Colonel Ronald Gayo, police provincial director, last December 28 to…
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