A buy-bust operation conducted in Barangay Nalsian, Bayambang early morning of March 19 resulted in the arrest of a 16-year-old high-value target and the seizure of illegal drugs worth over P340,000. The successful operation was led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pangasinan Provincial Office, with the support from…
AN investigation is underway following the recovery of a bucket believed to contain the illegal drug shabu (methamphetamine) in Barangay Boboy in Agno town. The bucket, found Friday morning by fisherman Abelardo Fernando Ramos Jr. while fishing approximately 20 nautical miles west of Barangay Macaboboni, was turned over to the…
SHOOTING incidents in Pangasinan this January dropped by half to six from 12 in the same month last year, the police reported. Police Provincial Director P/Colonel Rollyfer Capoquian, in a recent interview, attributed the peaceful atmosphere in Pangasinan to the implementation of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) checkpoints. An election-related gun…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 2 nabbed in Dagupan drug ops, P136K shabu seized AUTHORITIES seized suspected shabu valued at over P136,000 and arrested two individuals, a 37-year-old former overseas Filipino worker and a 38-year-old tricycle driver, both residents of Dagupan City, in a recent anti-illegal drug buy-bust operation. Following the…
MOTHER-CHILD HOSPITAL PROJECT WITHDRAWN CONSTRUCTION of the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) project in Dagupan City has been scrapped before the P150 million allotted to it could be downloaded by the Department of Health to the Dagupan City government Mayor Belen Fernandez, in her State of the City Address (SOCA)…
WORK-FROM-HOME OPERATIONS TENSION was high at the Urdaneta City Hall early Friday morning, March 14, when a team from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) led by Regional Director Jonathan Paul Lausen Jr., accompanied by uniformed police officers, arrived to enforce the Office of the President’s suspension…
VIOLATING COMELEC RULES — All candidates for the 2025 midterm elections ignore and violate the Comelec rule that bans mounting of campaign posters on government buildings and infrastructures and trees because local Comelec officials ignore these. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Dagupan City Social Welfare Development Office (CSWDO) said there are 7,534 registered persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the city who continue to receive assistance under various programs. CSWDO Social Welfare Officer Christine Loresco, in an interview with radio program BK- Bida Kayo sa Aksyon over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, said…
SAME ISSUE IN INFANTA TOWN THE Manaoag local government set up a team to address the escalating problem of fly infestation in Barangay Babasit and surrounding areas, and the concerns over food safety and health. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said the ‘Task Force Kontra Langaw’ will conduct rigorous monitoring and…
THE Climate Change Commission (CCC) commended Pangasinan for its comprehensive resilience strategies and integrated approach to environmental sustainability as well as disaster preparedness and risk reduction. Citing the 100% Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) submission of the province and its 44 municipalities, CCC Executive Director Robert A. E. Borje…
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