'PAILAW' PROJECT. Ilocos Police Regional Office director Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta (second from left) leads the ribbon-cutting for the solar lights turned over to a community in Umingan town, Pangasinan on Oct. 6, 2021. The activity was part of the Patubig, Pailaw, Pantawag, Pabahay, at Palikuran ni Juana (5Ps) project of the police. (Photo courtesy of PRO-1's Facebook page) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 3,634 Pangasinenses from high-risk geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) are expected to benefit from the community projects of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). PPPO acting director Col. Richmond Tadina said Tuesday the Patubig, Pailaw, Pabahay, Pantawag, at Palikuran ni Juana (5Ps) project is in support of Executive Order 70 seeking to institutionalize the whole-of-nation approach to combat the terrorist-communist groups and their influences. Tadina said seven barangays under GIDAs have already received jetmatic water pumps to address the
File photo courtesy of Pangasinan Police Provincial Office MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 59 personnel and 11 chiefs of police in the province of Pangasinan have been rotated in relation to the upcoming national and local elections. Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) acting director Col. Richmond Tadina said the 59 police personnel have relatives or family members running for posts in the May polls. "They were rotated in different areas to remove the influence of the police personnel in the respective areas," he said in a forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency Pangasinan and Radyo Pilipinas Dagupan on Tuesday. He added the 11 chiefs of police were also rotated to remove or prevent close affiliation to the incumbent officials. Meanwhile, Tadina said four towns in the province are considered areas of immediate concern due to the incidents that occurred in these localities during the past elections, but these are not yet considered as election hotspot areas. &qu