A FORMER provincial administrator of Pangasinan was found dead inside his car parked on Maramba St, Barangay Poblacion Norte in Sta. Barbara town on April 5, 10:30 p.m. Albertini de Guzman Jr, 72, of Barangay Banaoang, Sta. Barbara was inside his car with a shoelace tied around his neck when…
THE Police Regional Office 1 reported an average decrease of 44 percent in the region’s index crimes during the observance of Holy Week 2023. Index crimes refer to crimes against persons and property with eight focus crimes, namely, murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, motorcycle and motor vehicle carnapping. From…
A 47-year-old widower was shot dead in his home in Sta. Barbara town by still unidentified suspects on Monday, April 10. Police investigation says victim Diobi Biol Sumaganday, 47, resident of Barangay Sapang, was inside his house, when perpetrators barged in and shot him three times. Neighbors rushed to the…
ALL 138 commissioned officers and seven non-commissioned officers assigned at the regional headquarters of Police Regional Office 1 tested negative in surprise drug testing conducted on April 12 by the Regional Forensic Unit 1. P/Brigadier General John Chua, police regional director, led the commissioned officers who took the surprise drug…
INDIGNATION RALLY VS. ANTI-POOR BUDGET WHAT was supposed to be a simple flag-raising ceremony last April 3 turned out to an indignation rally led by many of the more than 700 job order employees who were laid off because the seven majority councilors in the Sanggunian Panlungsod did not provide…
SEAFOOD GALORE — Gov. Ramon Guico III (right) leads the “Salo-salo” during the opening of Pangasinan Tourism and Trade Expo, a part of 2023 Agew na Pangasinan and Pistay Dayat Celebration. He is joined by Vice Gov. Mark Lambino and Board Members Chinky Perez (left) and Apple Bacay sampling different seafoods, native cakes and fruits. (Punchphoto…
THE Technical Working Group (TWG) organized by Gov. Ramon Guico III gave the greenlight for the establishment of a Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC), one of his declared plans in his first State of the Province Address last week. This three-day TWG strategic planning workshop at Hiraya Wellness and Eco-Park in…
PH’S TOP 10 MOST DILIGENT LIBRARIES VILLASIS Municipal Library ranked second in 2022’s Top 10 Most Diligent Libraries nationwide. Merly Zambrano, municipal librarian, told The PUNCH that every year, the Public Libraries Division acknowledges the most diligent libraries affiliated with the National Library of the Philippines (NLP). The first recognition…
THE Burgos local government recently organized the “Road to a Rabies-Free Community Symposium and Workshop for Rabies Awareness Month Celebration” last March 27, 2023 in a bid to become the first rabies-free zone in Western Pangasinan by the end of 2023. The town of Burgos is the only town in…
THE Department of Health–Ilocos Region in collaboration with partners in Pangasinan provided health and medical services to 250 barangay health workers (BHWs) during the “Women’s Health Day Celebration” on March 31, 2023 held at the Provincial Training and Development Center II in Lingayen, Pangasinan. BHWs received free eye screening, haircut…
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