DROP-BALL IN THE CITY—Daily operation of the “Drop-Ball’ table in many barangays using fiesta ‘perya’ as a front, continues despite protests from parents and families whose children are being victimized by the seemingly harmless game of chance. Afficionados now reportedly bet as much as P1,000. Above photo was taken in…
THE rivers are not your trash bin. This was the strong message sent out by the Dagupan government as 21 residents were apprehended last week after they were caught in the act of throwing garbage or defecating in the city’s rivers.
RPOC MEETING–Governor Amado Espino Jr. shares thoughts with Department of Interior and Local Government Regional Director Manuel Biazon while Police Regional Director Orlando Mabutas listens to the discussion during the Regional Peace and Order Council meeting in Lingayen last week. (PUNCHphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. was re-elected chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) while Chief Superintendent Orlando Mabutas, police regional director of Ilocos, was elected vice chairman. La Union and Pangasinan have already been declared clear of insurgency but there is still one barangay in the former and…
BUGALLON–A former chairman of Barangay Bongalon here was seriously wounded after he was shot by one of two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle at 6:30 a.m. of September 17 at the boundary of Barangay Magsaysay and Bongalon in Bugallon.
BUSTING DENGUE–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez gives instruction to members of the “Dengue Busters” of insect repellent company Baygon, whom she invited to help mitigate clearing of known breeding places of mosquitoes in Sitio Calarin, Barangay Malued last Wednesday. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
ALAMINOS CITY–A frightened 27-year old female Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was recently repatriated from Saudi Arabia with the help of Mayor Hernani Braganza and now contemplates fighting back. Cherry Ann Ferrer, a resident of Barangay Poblacion here who arrived from Saudi Arabia on September 6, will consider the mayor’s advice to…
ART FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez receives an abstract painting using recycled materials as a token of appreciation from Grade 1 pupils of the Pangasinan Universal Institute during their courtesy call on her. The class is promoting an advocacy seeking to maximize use of recycled materials as home and…
CITY HALL ALTERNATIVE TO NON-APPEARANCE DEPARTMENT heads of the Dagupan City Hall continue to snub the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), but some of them have resorted to writing letters to respond to the council’s queries in lieu of their physical presence during hearings and deliberations.
JUST a little over a month into the province-wide river clean-up program, positive results are already being observed in the areas that have been dredged and cleared. Small-scale fisherfolks are now able to freely navigate, for both transport purposes and fishing activities, the waters, which used to be heavily cluttered…
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