ELEMENTS of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) seized on April 23 about P4.5 million worth of contraband cigarettes in a warehouse in Sitio Pandayan, Barangay Poblacion in Alaminos City. NBI Dagupan Agent Mark Caceres said the cigarettes were reportedly smuggled from Thailand. These…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pangasinan arrested a 42-year-old man in a drug-bust operation in Barangay Camantiles, Urdaneta City, Wednesday afternoon. Team Leader Rechie Camacho identified the suspect as Marben Sanchez, a resident of Barangay Licsi in Manaoag . He was nabbed after he sold three sachets of shabu…
THE National Bureau of Investigation Dagupan District Office (NBI-DADO) rescued five therapists after raiding a spa establishment in Dagupan City Monday night. Atty. Rizaldy Jaymalin, NBI-DADO chief, said the operation against the Citirock Massage on Arellano Street in Barangay Pantal, was launched after weeks of surveillance based on reports received…
AS NCR+ CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE REACTING to the banner headline of the SUNDAY PUNCH’S April 11 issue that NCR COVID-19 patients are already being confined in Dagupan City hospitals, Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza asked if the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases…
WHAT PANDEMIC? — A young boy shows his catch using beach seine (kalokor) by the Lingayen beach which continues to be a major source of food and livelihood for fisherfolk in the area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
WHILE Region 1 remained under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) up to April 30, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded in the region has already ballooned to 12,652. This as 170 more new active cases were registered: 55 in Pangasinan, 27 in La Union; 44 in Ilocos Sur, 8…
THERE are still more than 100 beds available for COVID-19 patients in Dagupan if a surge in the number of confirmed cases continues. This was reported to the Sangguniang Panlungsod on April 13 by City Councilor Celia Lim in reaction to reports that the isolation facilities in Dagupan are already overflowing with patients…
THERE are 102 police personnel in full battle gear from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion that arrived in Pangasinan on April 14 to beef up forces manning the 20 border control points into Pangasinan. P/Major Arturo Melchor Jr., information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO), said the deployment was…
THE Sison municipal government here belied malicious reports that the town will be placed on lockdown. Through its Facebook page on Monday, the local government branded the news circulating on social media about planned lockdown of the whole town as fake and malicious. In refuting the fake news, the Sison…
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