CAPITOL NEWS LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – In the midst of the massive flooding caused by the torrential rains, induced by tropical storm “Inday” and tropical depression “Josie”, Pangasinan saw the unity of its people with the aid coming from the national government demonstrating the “bayanihan spirit.” In urging his provincemates “to…
CAPITOL NEWS AERIAL INSPECTION. Gov.Amado I. Espino III surveys the extent of flooding in Pangasinan aboard a Philippine Air Force rescue helicopter on July 23,2018 (PDDRMO Photo)
DRUG OPS DURING 3-DAY FLOOD LINGAYEN–Despite the widespread flood in Pangasinan, police and PDEA operatives did not take a day off and continued operations against illegal drugs in various towns, resulting in the arrest of 10 newly identified drug pushers, three of whom were former drug surrenderers. Among those arrested was…
MALASIQUI—The local police arrested the town’s third most wanted persons for several estafa and illegal recruitment cases on July 24. P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz, town police chief, said Loreta Bayotas, 49, widow, a resident of Barangay Olea this town, was nabbed by virtue of an alias warrant of arrest for estafa with…
Your Sunday PUNCH is 62 years old OUR past 52 issues since July 2017 pointed to challenging times for Pangasinan. In the middle of it all were the efforts of the Pangasinan police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the local governments to sustain the early gains of the war on…
WHEN THE RAINS FALL… Residents in Dagupan City brave the floodwater on Galvan St. for trips to the market when the rains stopped momentarily. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NO DAM WATER RELEASE EXPECTED ROSALES–Moderate to occasional heavy rains dumped by Tropical Storm Inday overnight on July 19 till the following morning caused water level of rivers crisscrossing Pangasinan to rise slowly, threatening and inducing flood in at least 34 towns and cities in eastern and central Pangasinan. Flood Bulletin…
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