A 24-year old nursing student from Baguio City was arrested in Barangay Bobonan in Pozorrubio town at dawn on June 21 during a drug buy-bust operation conducted by joint police operatives. The suspect was identified as Dianne Escalante, a native of Baguio City. Seized from her were P120,000 worth of…
A man who went missing for six days was found dead in a state of decomposition along the De Venecia Highway in Dagupan City on Monday, June 20. The victim, Aaron Fernandez, 20 years old, a resident of Barangay Poblacion Oeste in Dagupan City, was last seen riding a car…
A former barangay kagawad in Barangay Calvo in Mangatarem town, was arrested by anti-drug police operatives Monday night, June 20. The suspect, Jimmy Pagdilao, 45 years old, considered as a Street Level Individual (SLI) pusher, was arrested after he sold a sachet of shabu to undercover agents. Authorities confiscated two…
A local farmer’s association president in Lingayen town, who just made his rounds after sorting out names for fuel subsidies to fellow farmers, was shot dead on Wednesday, June 22. The victim was identified as Rodrigo Fernandez, a resident of Barangay Lasip. He is a former barangay kagawad and currently…
AFTER FIVE DAYS OF BUCK-PASSING AFTER initially refusing to receive on June 10 the approved 2022 budget ordinance, the office of outgoing Mayor Brian Lim had a change of heart and decided to receive it five days later on June 15. The 1st endorsement – “Respectfully forwarded to the Honorable City…
BARANGAY officials operating Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and stallholders at the Malimgas Market confirmed that regular collection of daily garbage has been discontinued since City Mayor Brian Lim lost in his reelection bid. Both sectors already complained of stench filling the air and increasing number of swarm of flies and…
EVEN before incoming Mayor Belen Fernandez assumes her post on July 1, the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed an ordinance adopting a Revised Comprehensive Dagupan City Government Scholarship and Educational Assistance Program to benefit students from poor families, including those who are at risk of dropping out, out-of-school youth who are not beneficiaries…
POOR READING, WRITING, NUMBERS “THIS is better for the children so they can learn instead of the online and module system where only parents do most of the studying.” This was the reaction in the vernacular of Chrislyn De Vera, a mother of 6 children and one of the parents…
THE Dagupan City Health Office (CHO) warned city residents against the disease leptospirosis which is prevalent nowadays owing to flash floods and flooding in low lying areas affected by high tide . Dr. Dalvie Casilang, city health officer, said leptospirosis is a disease that often occurs particularly during the rainy…
A FARMER was killed while six others suffered third degree burns and were hospitalized when they were struck by a lightning in the afternoon of June 12 in Barangay Nibaliw, Mabini. The fatality was identified as Marcelo Flores, 40, who was directly hit by the lightning as they took shelter…
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