A man arrested by the police in Asingan town for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition on December 9 turned out to be the gunman in the gun slaying of media practitioner Virgilio Maganes, a radio block timer and columnist of a local newspaper. The suspect, Noe Pelle Ducay, alias a…
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has not approved any fare increase Pangasinan or in any province in the region and the minimum fare in the region is still P8. The agency made the clarification amid numerous complaints from commuters in Pangasinan that public utility jeepneys and buses…
HEALTH experts in Pangasinan have joined hands in recommending to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) that children below 15 years old and adults from 66 years old and above should still be prevented from going out in public places, specifically, the malls, as they are still vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. Dr. Arlene…
FACE-TO-FACE CLASS DRY RUN THE Department of Education (DepEd) Dagupan City Division has chosen Salisay Elementary School as the area for the dry run of face-to-face classes in 2021. This, after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of DepEd to return to face-to-face classes in COVID-19 low-risk areas. Aguedo Fernandez,…
A ranking member of the underground New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Cagayan province and wanted for several crimes, surrendered on December 15 with the help of the municipal authorities of San Fabian town. Allan Tay Agbayani Balanay, alias “Ka Miguel” and “Ka Magog, 48, a native of Barangay Pallas,…
WHAT BOYS WANT FOR CHRISTMAS – The small boy and the big boys do their own shopping inside a bicycle shop, checking out different models that they’d like to have for Christmas. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DECEMBER 4-10 UPDATE THIRTY-one persons and 28 close contacts of COVID-19 patients in the province were infected over the December 4 to 10 period according to a province-wide monitoring conducted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, said the newly 31 infected persons only shows that COVID-19…
“I AM your big brother who you can count on.” This was the terse message of P/Colonel Ronald Gayo shortly upon assumption of his new assignment as the new Pangasinan Police Provincial director last December 5. He took over from P/Colonel Redrico Maranan who served as provincial director of the…
SHORTLY after P/Colonel Ronald Valdez Gayo was installed as the new provincial director, vice P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, he didn’t waste time in issuing initial orders to police stations in the province, particularly, his plan to intensify campaign against illegal drugs. In his first command conference, Gayo ordered the chiefs of…
THE mayor of Binalonan town issued an executive order placing specifically homes of two families in the town under extreme enhanced community quarantine (EECQ) effective Dec. 17 due to new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in their households. In his Executive Order No. 69, Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. said new COVID-19…
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