UNCOLLECTED garbage is beginning pile up in many barangays in Dagupan City. Reason: The Waste Management Division (WMD) has stopped picking up or hauling the wastes from Material Recovery Facilities of each of the 31 villages of Dagupan. Speaking for his barangay alone, Liga ng Barangay president Marcelino Fernandez, barangay…
A motion of Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza asking the Sangguniang Panlalawigan plenary to revert back to the discussion period after Supplemental Budget No. 4 was already unanimously passed by the body was turned down by 10 provincial board members. During the division of the house, only two…
THE worst is far from over. A six-year-old boy in Mangaldan town died recently from COVID-19. This was confirmed by Dr. Racquel Ogoy, municipal health officer, who confirmed that the victim, a resident of Barangay Malabago, was not administered the anti-COVID vaccine. Ogoy said the child’s parents rushed the boy…
A businessman, a sabong aficionado, was shot dead in Barangay San Miguel in Calasiao town on Sunday evening, May 29. Investigation revealed the victim Leopoldo Ragutana Jr., known as “Dondon” and a companion were leaving the cockpit compound when he was approached by two still unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle…
A 33-year-old woman in Sitio Parongking, Barangay San Miguel in Calasiao town died after a pickup driven by a drunk driver plowed through her house. The victim, Melody dela Cruz , was asleep in her house on May 29 at 3 a.m. when a speeding Ford Ranger Raptor, driven by…
A 25-year-old woman who claimed to be a licensed dentist was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by the police in Barangay San Felipe Sur in Binalonan town on June 1. The suspect, Jazzel Garcia, 25, a self-employed, was charged for illegal dentistry practice without any license from the Professional Regulation…
AN eight-year-old boy drowned at the Agno River after he was swept away by strong currents on Monday, May 30. Police investigation showed the victim, Jozzel John Rigor, grade 2 pupil and a resident of Barangay San Vicente in Alcala town, was with his three cousins about to wash their…
A 67-year-old man died after being hit by a speeding motorcycle in Barangay Malaca, Urbiztondo town on Monday night, May 30. The victim, Alberto Ramirez Sr., a resident of said place, was crossing the street in the barangay when Renato Sibayan, 18, with backrider Tammy Sibayan, 52, also residents in…
A member of the PNP Special Action Force (SAF) in Samar province was beaten to death by a group of thugs in an altercation in Barangay Poblacion, Mapandan town. Police investigation showed that a Patrolman Robert de Vera, 29, resident of Barangay Luyan, stepped in the middle of altercation in…
COMPLETE LOSS – Firemen from Calasiao and Dagupan City conduct clearing operations on the house in Barangay Banaoang in Calasiao gutted by a one hour fire last week. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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