DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez led a 16-man delegation on educational and goodwill visit to the United States, particularly Milpitas City in California, one of Dagupan City’s sister cities overseas from November 19 to 30. While the mayor is in the U.S. for 12 days, Vice Mayor Bryan Kua is…
RESIDENTS of Zone 5 in Bonuan Gueset hailed the announcement of Barangay Captain Manuel Bumanglag that Bartolome Ceralde Street, an alternate route from the Dagupan-San Fabian road to Tondaligan Ferdinand Park, will finally be rehabilitated. Bumanglag told The PUNCH that Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia allocated P5 million from…
THE Department of Health–Center for Health Development Region I (DOH-CHD 1) urges the public not to self-medicate, as this could result in anti-microbial resistance (AMR). Jeanine Santiago, DOH-CHD 1 regional pharmacist, stressed that anti-microbial resistance in healthy persons is caused mostly by self-medication or taking a dose of antibiotics for…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Transport groups did not join strike, but ask consolidation deadline extension MEMBERS of the transport sector in Pangasinan confirmed they did not join the nationwide transport strike staged by PISTON and Manibela. Bernard Tuliao, president of AUTOPro, said Wednesday, only a small percentage…
THE Alaminos City government inaugurated its Balay Silangan Drug Reformation Center, the 10th in the province. Led by City Mayor Arth Bryan Celeste, the inauguration was attended by Seymoure Darius Sanchez, PDEA R1 Assistant Regional Director; Maria Angela Gopalan, DSWD Regional Director; Virgilio Sison, DILG Pangasinan Provincial Director; and P/Col Jeff Fanged, PNP Pangasinan…
MANY RECKLESS DRIVERS? THERE were more vehicular road incidents in Pangasinan than in any other province in the region. This data was confirmed by the Police Regional Office I (PRO1) and attributed the high incidence mostly to reckless driving as the leading cause. P/LtCol Benigno Sumawang, PRO1 Public Information Office…
THIRTEEN local government units in Pangasinan were honored by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for their excellent performance in the campaign against illegal drugs during the 2023 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Award held at Crown Plaza Hotel, Quezon City last November 22. The ceremony was led by DILG…
611 SUCCESSFUL ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 1 said the recent arrests of 43 targeted drug personalities and 13 drug den maintainers were among the 721 persons arrested over the past 10-month period, highlighting its accomplishment from January to October 2023. Those arrested, according to PDEA…
SECOND AWARD FOR PUNCH’S CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST – Willie Lomibao, The PUNCH’s chief photo journalist and Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Pangasinan-based photo correspondent, again bagged the “Tobacco Photo of the Year” in this year’s Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards for his photo published by the Sunday Punch on February 26, 2023. Beside him is Atty Arnaldo Cariño, PMI…
THE Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) and the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs of the Regional Development Council passed separate resolutions mandating all government agencies in Region 1 to establish ‘Drug-free Work Places’ (DFWP). Speaking at the Kapihan sa Ilocos last week, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1 Director…
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