FOR ELECTORATE’S ADVICE LINGAYEN—The Commission on Elections regional office has welcomed the suggestion of the police regional office to urge all candidates in the May barangay and SK elections to take drug tests voluntarily. This was revealed by Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula, police Region 1 director, even as he clarified that drug tests…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan police is closely monitoring activities of 186 barangay officials who have earlier been arrested or have surrendered under the Oplan Tokhang war on drugs and have reportedly filed their certificates of candidacy for next month’s barangay and SK elections. P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, police provincial director, said that…
SECRETARY Martin Andanar of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) recently urged the Philippine National Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government to release to the public the drug watch lists containing names of barangay officials involved in illegal drugs. Andanar said the release of names of barangay officials in the…
BEAUTIES BY THE MANGROVE — Candidates of Limgas na Pangasinan 2018 take a trip to Provincial Mangrove Nursery in Bolinao to participate in the provincial government’s Coastal Resource Management Program by planting mangrove trees. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
OVER STONING INCIDENTS LINGAYEN— Peeved by persistent incidence of stoning of buses along highways in the province, the police regional director, P/Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, has warned town police chiefs in the region of “immediate relief” if they fail to stop these incidents. Sapitula reiterated this policy amid reports that…
AN ALERT has been raised in Region 1 by the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) over reports that some criminal/terrorist groups from Mindanao have sought haven in Northern Luzon to escape the police and military dragnet targeting them. Intelligence reports bared during the RPOC first-quarter meeting indicated that around…
LUCKY NUMBER 8 NUMBER 8, considered a lucky number among Filipino and Chinese numerologists, drove candidates vying for elective posts in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to file their certificates of candidacy (COC) on Aril 18, 2018, the fifth day of filing period, across Pangasinan. Data gathered…
BOLINAO—If you are looking for something worthwhile to adopt, visit the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) Bolinao Marine Laboratory and say you want to adopt a baby giant… a baby giant clam! The university launched on April 20 its Adopt-A-Clam project, an extension project of the UPMSI Bolinao…
THERE is no misuse of the funds allocated for the training of members of the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC), according to DILG provincial director Agnes de Leon. De Leon vehemently denied a charge being circulated through text messages that she was “spending only P500 of the P721 budget” for…
“I AM PREGNANT” VOLUNTARY and self-employed expectant mothers can now use the Text-SSS facility in submitting maternity notifications to the Social Security System. SSS President and Chief Executive Emmanuel F. Dooc has described the Text-SSS facility for individually-paying members is an option open to them to notify SSS about their pregnancy aside…
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