LINGAYEN -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed an ordinance on Monday naming the headquarters of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) as Camp Antonio Sison.
Second District Board Member Nestor Reyes, majority floor leader, said Antonio Sison was a former governor of Pangasinan who donated the land during his incumbency to the then Philippine Constabulary, forerunner of today's Philippine National Police (PNP).
Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario said there was another Sison who served as governor of Pangasinan --- Perfecto Sison.
But during a brief recess, he was advised by his colleagues that it was the late Governor Antonio Sison who donated the present lot occupied by the PNP headquarters to the then PC.
The PNP Provincial Office through Provincial Director and Senior Superintendent Ronald Lee recommended to the SP that the PNP provincial headquarters be named after Camp Palaris in honor of Juan de la Cruz Palaris, nom de guerre of Pantaleon de la Cruz of Binalatongan who led a revolt against Spain sometime in 1700s.
But the recommendation was turned down during a public hearing conducted by the legislative body in favor of the late Pangasinan Governor Antonio Sison.
Senior Supt. Lee noted that all the PNP camps in Region 1 were already previously named after provincial heroes of different provinces, except the PNP headquarters in Pangasinan. (PNA)
