A CONTINUING land dispute is suspected to be behind the death of an OFW who was shot dead while inside an eatery in Barangay Minien West, Sta. Barbara, 45 noon of September 9. P/Chief Inspector Rex Infante, Sta. Barbara police chief said, the investigators are looking into a land dispute…
PANGASINAN TEAM CLOBBERS UC JAGUARS — Alaminos cager Nico Celino goes for a shot despite being triple teamed by University of the Cordilleras Jaguars during a goodwill game on September 13 at the UC Gymnasium. Team Pangasinan clobbered the Jaguars, current champion in the Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League Season, 104-89. (PIO photo…
CHESS WHIZ KIDS — Children take time to entertain themselves while waiting for the start of the 7th Gov. Amado Espino Chess Clinic at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center (PTDC) in Lingayen last September 9. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
Certification as ‘Drug-free’, a serious process IT is encouraging to learn that more towns are expected to be certified to be drug-free by the Regional Oversight Committee, after a validation process by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. To date, six have already been certified as drug-free, namely: San Nicolas Mapandan,…
OUR HELPLESSNESS. The Philippines need not be over-confident or complacent over the uneasy development in the Korean Peninsula, which was exacerbated the last few days by North Korea’s test of its first hydrogen bomb, a weapon of mass destruction said to be more lethal than nuclear bomb. This was our original reaction to Facebook post of…
THREE MORE EXPECTED THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) finally declared the town of San Nicolas as the 6th drug-free town in Pangasinan last Thursday, September 7. PDEA Regional Director Tacio awards the drug-free certification to San Nicolas Mayor Saldivar and Vice Mayor Joel Luansin during the signing and declaration…
STRICT COMPLIANCE REQUIRED IF the validation of declarations of towns as drug-free by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is slow, it is because local governments fail to either submit documentary requirements or resolve pending issues. This was pointed out by PDEA Provincial Officer Dexter Asayco in an exclusive interview…
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