TWENTY-three-year-old Danny Ocde was arrested in Barangay Liwa-Liwa in Bolinao shortly after he stabbed his two co-workers on May 13. P/Lt. Col. Radino Belly, chief of police of Bolinao, identified the suspect as a construction worker and a resident of Barangay Catungi in Bolinao. The victims were identified as Fernando Cariño, 45; and Jerome Apelado, 23, both residents and construction workers in…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 22-year-old Dagupeño nabbed in drug-bust A 22-year-old Dagupeño was nabbed by authorities after a drug-bust operation by PNP in Barangay Pantal. Suspect was identified as Shagen Jay Cayanan Zamora, a resident of Sitio Aliguas in Barangay Pantal, Dagupan City. Police nabbed two heat-sealed sachets containing suspected…
2024 GILON-GILON CHAMPION – Street dancers of Cluster 6 (Barangays Pantal, Lasip Chico, Lucao, Malued and Tapuac) show their winning performance that made them this year’s champion with other minor awards. Gilon-Gilon is an annual and popular feature of the Bangus Festival every year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE seven members of the opposition slashed the proposed P599, 972.235.23 million supplemental budget to P43 million despite explanation from Mayor Belen Fernandez the difference between the annual budget and the supplemental budget. The city mayor called out specifically, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, as chairman of finance committee, for not knowing…
ONE SCHOLAR NABBED IN BUY-BUST OPS MAYOR Belen Fernandez turned the table on the opposition when one of its members raised questions on the selection process after one scholar of the present city administration was caught in an anti-drug operation of the police and reportedly in detention. Fernandez quickly clarified…
WE DID IT! – The members of the opposition in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod show copies of the ordinance they passed ostensibly for the benefit of city hall employees after rejecting the same for last year. Shown claiming credit for the passage are from left: Councilors Irene Lim-Acosta, Celia Chua-Lim,…
IN observance of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD-1) is providing complimentary cervical cancer screenings throughout the month of May at key hospitals in Region 1. Women are urged to undergo these screenings on May 24 at the Region 1 Medical Center in…
THE provincial government is set to create a management council dedicated to preserving and protecting a watershed in the province. Towards this end, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized Governor Ramon Guico III sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with various national, regional, and provincial agencies, as well as stakeholders from Regions…
TO simplify voter registration and encourage participation in future elections, COMELEC Pangasinan recently organized a Provincewide Centralized Satellite Registration of Voters, integrating the Special Registration Anywhere Program (RAP) at Robinsons Place Calasiao for Districts 1-4 and SM City Urdaneta Central for Districts 5-6. The activity enabled 839 residents to register;…
THANK YOU! — DILG Sec Benjamin Abalos Jr. receives a symbolic office table name plate from Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, PNP Provincial Director P/Col. Jeff Fanged and PNP Regional Director P/BGen Lou Evangelista after joining the BIDA Fun Run and addressing the forum held in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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