By LIWAY C. MANANTAN YPARRAGUIRRE

Region’s Best for 2006. Warmest congratulations to the following: Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) led by Police Senior Supt. Alan L.M. Purisima; Dagupan City Police Station headed P/Supt. Edgar O. Basbas; and 107 Provincial Mobile Group (based in Tayug) led Supt. Tommy B. Cabigas, group director.
They were adjudged as Best Provincial Police Office, Best City Police Station and Best PMG, respectively, besting their counterparts in Police Regional Office 1.
Regional Director Leopoldo N. Bataoil said the Pangasinan Police command is the region’s contender for the national award.
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Newly promoted as full pledge police colonel. They are Police Senior Superintendents Alberto O. Vinluan, Jr., deputy provincial director for administration; Noli G. Taliño, concurrent deputy provincial director for operation and intelligence branch chief; and Alejandro Valerio, PPPO Human Resource branch chief.
This column learned their promotion order to the next rank from Camp Crame (from Superintendent to Senior Superintent) came out last November 10. The oathtaking of the newly promoted officers will be held this December (the best Christmas gift indeed) at Malacañang Palace before Pres. Gloria Arroyo.
With this development, we expect movement come January 2007 as per PNP guideline, only the provincial or city police director should have the rank of Senior Superintendent at the provincial command or city police office.
Just like what we observed in the past, either the new senior superintendents are re-assigned at the regional police office or are designated as provincial director.
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Miss Urdaneta City 2006. Princess V. Cabaluna of San Jose, California, USA earned the honor to be crowned as Miss Urdaneta City 2006. This native of Barangay Cabuloan accumulated more than P3 million in the popularity contest.
Lani Christine Vilano of Los Angeles, California (her family hails from Barangay Nancalobasaan) is 1st Princess; Audrey A. Cerame of Las Vegas, Nevada and Barangay is second princess while Saintly Dullaga of Kauai, Hawaii and Barangay San Jose is the third princess.
The city will celebrate is annual fiesta from December 1 until December 10. The coronation night will be on December 3 at the Urdaneta City Auditorium.
The gross earning of the four candidates is more than P9 million.
City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said proceeds from the popularity contest will be used in the lighting of the streets along its university belts.
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