THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Dagupan City belied reports that the city jail is overly congested with Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs). BJMP-Dagupan City jail Warden Roque Constantino Sison III said the number of detainees at the BJMP-Dagupan City, in fact, was already reduced by almost half,…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Six arrested in Dagupan drug den MORE than P100,000 worth of shabu were seized recently in a drug den operated by a couple in Sitio Aling, Barangay Pantal in Dagupan City. PDEA Provincial Director Richie Camacho said that the couple and four others were…
DOUBLE WHAMMY FROM MAJORITY BLOC THE majority councilors again blocked the move to construct the P150 million Mother and Child Hospital project of the Department of Health, this time by rejecting the inclusion of the same resolution they voted down last November 23, in the December 19 agenda. This after…
A DRUG DEN in the once-cleared Sitio Aliguas in Barangay Pantal, formerly known as Sitio Aling, was dismantled by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) early morning Monday, December 11. PDEA Pangasinan Provincial Officer Rechie Camacho said it was Monday’s implementation of a search warrant that resulted from…
POLICE authorities arrested on December 7 in Barangay Baay, Lingayen town a man who posed as Secretary of Interior and Local Government (SILG) Benhur Abalos by extorting money from local executives. Personnel of Internal Security, Office of the SILG as the lead unit, together with Provincial Intelligence Unit and Pangasinan…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Morillo, released images of suspects involved in the murder of Mangaldan’s Barangay Poblacion, chairwoman Melinda ‘Tonet’ Morillo. In a Facebook post by the Mangaldan PNP, the photos were screenshots from a CCTV footage collected by authorities during their investigation….
THE Balay Silangan, a reformation center for drug offenders, in Dagupan City will be operational starting January 1, 2024 after its inauguration this month. This was confirmed by Mayor Belen Fernandez that she’s s been in talks with PDEA Regional Director Joel Plaza, and officials of the DILG, PNP, DOH,…
GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE CAPITOL –Residents and visitors watch a performance by provincial employees after the ceremonial lighting of the 50-ft Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Capitol grounds by Governor Ramon Guico III and Vice Gov. Mark Lambino. (Punchphboto by Willie Lomibao)
THE authority of the Department of Budget and Management sustained its mandate when it issued the legal opinion that it does not only reviews appropriation ordinances submitted by a particular Local Government Unit, but submits its view that a submitted budget can be presumed valid. Deemed as valid was the…
AS TWO-WAY STREET TILL TO JAN. 6 IN response to requests of businessmen, Mayor Belen Fernandez announced that Arellano Street will be temporarily reopened to a two-way traffic from December 16 to January 6 next year. In a talk to newsmen on Wednesday, Fernandez said that this is in keeping…
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