MANGALDAN officially joined the list of towns and cities in Pangasinan declared as drug-free by a regional Oversight Committee of the Philippine Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a ceremony in the municipal hall on November 26. PDEA provincial head Dexter Asayto read the certification signed by PDEA Regional Director Bryan Babang, officially declaring Mangaldan as…
P2.5-B OPERATIONS SEIZED BUGALLON—An estimated P2.5-billion worth of fake cigarettes and machines were seized and 28 persons were arrested in a raid conducted by joint elements of the National Bureau of Investigation Intellectual Property Rights Division (NBI IPRD) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in a factory in Barangay…
ANTI-DRUG EDUCATION – A pupil at West Central 1 Elementary School holds up the information materials on drug use distributed by the Dagupan City Police during the forum for the the launching of 2018 Drug Prevention and Abuse Week. (Punchphoto by JoJo Riñoza)
BAYAMBANG—Retired Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and now senatorial candidate Ronald Dela Rosa reiterated that he is standing by his record and accomplishments in the war on drugs and challenged his detractors to prove that he issued illegal orders to hunt and kill drug personalities. “If I did something wrong,…
MANGALDAN–The rehabilitation services of Pangasinan Provincial Reformation Center (PPRC) in Burgos town is being offered by the provincial government to convicted drug pushers on parole apart from the reformed drug personalities that surrendered in the province. This was disclosed by retired Colonel Rhodhyn Luchinvar Oro, Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Officer (PDRRMO),…
WHILE some areas in the Visayas are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison, five coastal areas in Pangasinan remain red tide-free. Shellfish Bulletin No. 29 of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources showed that based on the result of the laboratory analyses “shrimps, crabs and seashells like mussels and…
NATIVITY AT THE POLICE STATION – Dagupan City’s police personnel arrange a life-sized Belen or Nativity scene at their police station’s lobby for the Yuletide season. (Punchphoto by JoJo Riñoza)
THE Region 1 police seized six assorted loose firearms, 18 assorted magazines and 262 ammunition, one hand grenade and one smoke grenade in a region-wide operation from November 20 to 24. P/ Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, region 1 director, said the serving of seven search warrants led not only to…
THE state-run Social Security System (SSS) announced it has already released nearly P22 billion to its partner banks for the release of the December and 13th month pensions of its pensioners starting November 29 and not later than December 7 this year. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel…
FISHERMEN’S CATCH – Fishermen in Binmaley town slowly pull in their net late morning for the day’s catch. ((Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
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