By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO

MELANIE Grace Heng of barangay Lasip Grande was crowned Miss Dagupan City 2007 along with her royal court at the city plaza last Wednesday on the eve of the fiesta.

Rounding up her royal court were other beauties that included Plinkee Delos Reyes (barangay Caranglaan) first runner up, Camille Ann Castro (barangay Bolosan) second runner up, Alanna Cuison (barangay Pogo Chico) third runner up, and Arnelynne Balolong Read the rest of this entry »

By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO
PIA Dagupan Infocenter

DAGUPAN policemen will be on full alert tomorrow as the province welcomes the new year.

Supt. Dionicio Borromeo, city police chief, said the force had been on full alert since December 26, the day before the city fiesta.

He said he has issued orders to his men to be deployed in key areas tomorrow, December 31, to render all kinds of police assistance to the public from pedestrian assistance to traffic monitoring and directing to routine patrols in the thoroughfares.
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ON a fountain in a small park in the hamlet of Wilhelmsfeld in the city of Heidelberg, Germany is a life-size statue of Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippine’s national hero whose martyrdom on December 30, 1986 was recalled anew by the whole nation ysterday.

“This is how deeply the Germans love your national hero,” said Professor Manfred Ollik, a retired colonel of the German Police Academy who lives with a Filipino wife and a grown-up son in Bonuan Gueset Centro in Dagupan City.

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AGUILAR—A Christmas party in barangay Panacol here turned bloody when a barangay councilman was shot dead while responding to a trouble at 1 a.m. of December 23.

The fatality was identified as Isidro Parayaoan, alias Boy, who was shot by Ludovico Domingo, alias Nardo, 35, who allegedly opened fore with the use of an undetermined firearm while on board a motorcycle.
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CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO—Good news to 1,098 police personnel from the four provinces in the Ilocos region.

Those recommended for promotion are assigned to the different police provincial offices and units of the police in Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.

The recommendation by the Regional Police Office was in recognition of the outstanding performance of the men in PRO1 in enforcing laws and in implementing the key programs of the police, such as “Winnning Wars against the Rebels Without Firing Read the rest of this entry »

LINGAYEN—A man drowned while swimming on Christmas Day in the Lingayen Beach, according to the police.

Gregorio Inalvez, 40, married, an employee of Robina Farm, of Villa Aglipay, San Jose, Tarlac drowned at around 11 a.m. while swimming with friends and relatives. He was brought by strong current to the deeper portion of the beach where he sank.
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