DAGUPAN CITY – The law purportedly aimed at eliminating jueteng is inutile since it is not being enforced. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, chairman of Krusada ng Bayan  Laban sa  Sugal, said Republic Act Number 9287, the law increasing the penalties  for the illegal numbers game called jueteng, “proved futile and…

Dagupan Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez said the Sangguniang Panlungsod cannot and will not enact an ordinance that will ban fraternities in the city. “The people’s right to form lawful associations or societies is clearly enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution,” Fernandez said. The vice mayor reacted to…

DAGUPAN CITY – The fact- finding mission formed by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) to probe the gunslaying of its secretary-general in Pangasinan on May 16 showed that the assassination was part of widespread political killings being perpetrated in the country.       Jose Doton, 62, of San Nicolas town who was…

TELEPHONE COMPANIES GET RELIEF Police nab 2 suspects LINGAYEN – Another task force was recently formed -Task Force Spaghetti! It’s mission is to neutralize operations of a gang stealing cable lines of telephone companies in the province, and to monitor activities of junkshops whose primary client is the gang that…

THE President of Equatorial Guinea, who is on six-day state visit in the Philippines, will arrive in Dagupan City as special guest of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.  His Excellency Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea, will fly via helicopter from Manila to barangay Bonuan Binloc with…

THE Dagupan City Fiesta 2005 earned a net revenue of P812,058 from the Mrs. Dagupan  International and from donors and sponsors. This was disclosed by Councilor Alex de Venecia, Hermano Mayor of the Dagupan City Fiesta 2005, in his report to the media. Specifically, the report cited a revenue of…

DAGUPAN CITY – Days after the House of Representatives restored “diplomatic relations” with the Senate, Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. called on the latter to fast-track the priority bills already submitted to them. He made the call during a media interview at this residence in Dagupan City. De Venecia said…

LINGAYEN – Here’s the latest claim on the anti-illegal gambling campaign: the province is now 95 percent “ameneng” (illegal video machines)-free. This was the assessment of P/Supt. Federico Castro Jr. regional officer of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on evaluating the success rating of the provincial office’s campaign….

SAN NICOLAS – The police are still facing a blank wall in connection with the slaying of a leader of a militant group in eastern Pangasinan and the wounding of his brother Tuesday morning in barangay Camanggaan here. Killed by three bullet wounds, one on the head and in the…

RESURGENCE CONFIRMED CIDG task force nabs 36 collectors LINGAYEN – The illegal numbers game called ‘jueteng’ has resurrected in Pangasinan, using lotto or even the Small Town Lottery (STL) as cover. This was gleaned from various arrests conducted by the anti-gambling task force of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group…