PPPO DECLARED 1,254 DRUG-FREE WHILE the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has already declared 1,255 barangays in Pangasinan as drug-cleared, records, however, of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office, shows that only 442 barangays of the total 1,254 drug-affected were officially validated as drug-free by the regional oversight committee….
PNP OPLANS ‘BOGA’, ‘SITA’, ‘BAKAL’ AN intensive campaign against criminality in the province that was implemented to support the war on drugs has resulted in the confiscation of 10,457 unlicensed firearms and filing of charges against gun owners. P/ Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, public information officer of Pangasinan Police Provincial…
WAR ON DRUGS SCORE CARD THE municipality of Burgos in the First District was finally validated as a drug-free community, the 11th in Pangasinan, last Thursday, Nov. 22. This was confirmed by the oversight committee composed of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Health (DOH),…
2018 HIGHER BY 9% LINGAYEN – After holding an executive session to hear the budget proposal of Office of the Provincial Veterinarian last Nov. 20, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is set to approve the 2018 provincial government’s P3.75 billion budget. The annual budget proposed by the office of Gov. Amado…
THE neoclassical 18th century piano that Leonor Bauson Rivera played on is finally back in Dagupan and now under the care of the Arts and Culture Office at the city museum. On Mayor Belen T. Fernandez’s directive, Councilor Jeslito Seen, chairman of Culture and Arts Committee of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) and Culture and Arts officer…
RED WEDNESDAY – Nuns and parishioners of Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese light candles inside the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City in observance of the Red Wednesday, a day to support persecuted Christians worldwide. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
WITH PDP-LABAN 2019 ENDORSEMENT STO. TOMAS–Love her or hate her but Pangasinenses should rally behind the possible senatorial bid of their kabaleyan Mocha Uson. This was the initial reaction of former Dangerous Drugs Board chairman Antonio Villar Jr., a local political kingmaker in this vote-rich province to the announcement of House Speaker…
LINGAYEN – The provincial board presided by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. unanimously approved Provincial Resolution No. 1140-2017 entitled “Commending The Municipality of Alcala For Having Been Declared As A Drug-Free Town In The Province Of Pangasinan.” Board Member Clemente Arboleda, Jr., author of the resolution, cited official…
7,650 NEW VOTERS THE resumption of voters’ registration being done by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices in 44 towns and four cities in Pangasinan since Nov. 6 has listed 7,650 new registrants. The number of new registrants has further increased vote-rich Pangasinan’s total to 1,787,701 voters. Eric Austria, election…
THE five Vietnamese fishermen arrested by the Philippine Navy for illegally fishing on Philippine grounds remain in the custody of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Sual. Nestor Domenden, regional director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources confirmed that the Vietnamese have not been released since the investigation on the…
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