THREE drug peddlers were arrested in two separate operations in Barangays Tambac and Pantal in Dagupan City by operatives from the Dagupan City Police that resulted in seizure of more than seven grams of suspected shabu. The first buy-bust operation was launched last Monday, December 27, 10 p.m. and arrested…
TWO persons were arrested separately by the police operatives a day after Christmas, one was nabbed in a buy-bust operation while the other was arrested for raising three fully grown marijuana plants in his backyard. First to fall in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police in Barangay Buenlag, Binmaley…
29 COVID-FREE TOWNS/CITIES THIRTY-FOUR new active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan were reported over the six-day period ending on December 20. However, there were 24 patients that recovered. The positive note was no death was recorded during the past six-day period. There were six new cases logged on December 16 with…
CHRISTMASSY VACCINATION – The vaccination site at the Dagupan city’s People Astrodome is adorned with Christmas decors to brighten up the mood for residents while waiting for their turn to be inoculated. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE continued decline in numbers of new cases is a strong indication that the pandemic in Pangasinan will finally come to an end. This was observation shared by Provincial Health Officer Anna De Guzman in an interview on December 20 when she highlighted an average of 4 daily confirmed cases…
THE Mabini municipal government already inoculated 70 percent of its eligible population as of Monday, Dec. 20. The local government unit said the inoculation of 12,895 residents with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines have been completed. The municipal health office expressed satisfaction with the cooperation extended by the eligible…
A MEMBER of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan proposed that the city government contributes financial assistance to affected families in the calamity stricken provinces in Visayas and Mindanao. The proposal was made by Councilor Dennis Canto during the first-ever face-to-face session of the SP since the start of the…
THE International Astronomical Union (IAU), the leading NGO focused on astronomy, named two recently-discovered asteroids, also called minor planets, after two heroines – Ilocano warrior Gabriela Silang, and Pangasinan mythical female Princess Urduja. The decision was made public by Dr. Edsel Salvana, through his Facebook post on Saturday, December 18,…
THE 416,483 Philippine Identification (PhilID) registrants in the region received their cards from the Philippine Statistics Authority as of Dec. 10. In an interview, PSA Region 1 spokesperson Jim Ian Baustista said the number includes those cancelled due to deaths or new address. Baustista said the delay in the delivery…
PANGASINAN’S two most wanted persons accused of rape were arrested separately on Dec. 18 in San Quintin and Batangas. Joint police elements nabbed Florencio Gayo, 55, a Civilian Volunteer Organization member, and a resident of Barangay Baligayan in San Quintin town, was arrested for statutory rape with no bail by…
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