Mayor, it’s about public accountability DAGUPENOS do wait for their mayor to report on his first 100 days (and every month thereafter). His opening statement was worrisome. “When I was told we had to prepare for a first one hundred days speech, the first question I asked was “Do we…
THE Dagupan City Police has began planning for the implementation of a security plan for the peaceful observance of Undas on November 1. Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Mangelen, Dagupan City chief of police, said all Dagupan PNP personnel, SWAT operatives, and motorcycle operatives will be deployed to secure seven cemeteries, churches,…
BIKING OVER GADGET – Boys in Balungao town happily take to their bicycles along a farm-to-market road over gadgets that most boy in urban cities prefer, validating the thoughts of U.S President John F. Kennedy that said, “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
NO ASF-FREE DECLARATION LINGAYEN–Just as Pangasinan was about to be declared “African Swine Fever (ASF)-free,” blood samples taken from 30 dead hogs bought by a local trader in Barangay Apalen, Bayambang from Camiling, Tarlac, were confirmed on October 16 to have died from AFS. The 30 hogs were among 60…
SITG ESPINO JR. LINGAYEN–The term “last possessor” is different from the term “last registered owner”. With this as his statement, P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, insinuated that businessman Jewel Castro of Baguio City, tagged as one of 22 suspects in the attempted slay on former Congressman Amado Espino Jr….
PANGASINAN police has assured the province that the chain of command in the Philippine National Police has not been affected by the controversy involving the outgoing P/General Oscar Albayalde who has since resigned as PNP chief. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, P/ Colonel Redrico A. Maranan, provincial police…
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan provincial government, along with two cities and 21 municipalities, earned the 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance Awards. This was reported by Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año in a post on the DILG website. As 2019 SGLG awardee, Pangasinan is set to receive P7 million Performance…
THREE towns received failed ratings in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) assessment and validation on the road clearing operation mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG Pangasinan officer-in-charge Randy dela Rosa, in an interview Wednesday, said Tayug and Mangatarem received 65% rating, while Natividad got 60%. “The DILG…
PENALTY FOR NAMES ON AMBULANCE THE Office of the Ombudsman has reduced the period of suspension of the mayor and vice mayor of Asingan from one year to one month for conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service that emanated from putting their names and photos to the…
LINGAYEN—Parents are finally responding to Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) campaign vs. dengue. PHO recorded 7,133 dengue cases in the province from Jan.1 to Oct.14 this year, two percent lower than the 7,257 cases over the same period last year. Provincial health officer Dr. Anna Teresa De Guzman said only 11…
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